Gradle Management: What is a Gradle - devrath/RunTracer GitHub Wiki

• When we add code in individual files in the app, It does not create an executable application
• So creating the executable app by organizing the files like a task runner that makes the files run in the right order and with the right input to get the executable app.

Dependency management

• It has to directly look into all the dependencies mentioned in your project and download it into the project if not downloaded. It looks into the remote containers that we have defined in the project like maven, and j-center.
• Also if the dependencies you are including contain other dependencies, They also will be downloaded by the gradle.
• If the module is linked to the project, It has to get the dependencies from the module.

Compilation management

• Gradle advices all the compilers what to compile.

Runs gradle plugins

• Example if you add a dependency that does the code-generation. That involves a plugin that takes care of code generation. The gradle also manages the plugins by running in the right order.

Build optimization

• Gradle also has the responsibility of optimizing the build generation by running and following the compilation strategy.
• It will run the modules in the right order and in parallel as needed.

Build configuration management

• It goes and checks the configs for each grade defined in modules like compile-SDK, namespaces etc ..., Defining the BuildTypes that involves code-obfuscation etc...