#gradle

Gradle is usually something that almost every Android Engineer tries to avoid.

In this playlist, the author explains the basics like tasks and plugins, their lifecycle and dependencies in a simple language

#basics

If you still don’t know in details what is the difference between targetSdkVersion and compileSdkVersion, this article will help you

Non-transitive R classes can significantly improve your build time.

In this article author explains evolution of R classes and how non-transitive approach can help.

It also fixes really old bug:

Without non-transitive R classes it’s not possible to reuse gradle modules with resources in instrumented test modules