Android gradle apply plugin: 'com.android.application'

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I was just wondering why that line of code exists in my gradle configuration

Android gradle apply plugin: 'com.android.application'

how is "com.android.application" related to iOS? iOS is Apple, Android is not... — Jim
– Jim, Commented Dec 16, 2014 at 20:23

CommonsWare · Accepted Answer · 2014-12-16 20:25:01Z

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Gradle is a general-purpose build system. It uses plugins to teach it how to build different types of software. com.android.application is a Gradle plugin that teaches Gradle how to build Android applications, just as com.android.library is a plugin that teaches Gradle how to build Android library projects. There are many plugins available for Gradle, to teach it how to build other sorts of systems or augment other plugins.

answered Dec 16, 2014 at 20:25

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李永峰 · Accepted Answer · 2018-04-09 14:26:28Z

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As describe in the official website:The first line in the build configuration applies the Android plugin for Gradle to this build and makes the android block available to specify Android-specific build options.

answered Apr 9, 2018 at 14:26

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