Gradle is what we call a build tool or build system ... digging out an old piece of code from an older version of Android Studio for instance). But in fact, its presence makes life far simpler ...

Behind the scenes, Android Studio uses the Gradle automated build toolkit, and although it’s possible to run Gradle with very little (if any) manual configuration, Gradle has much more to offer ...

If you haven’t already, start up Android Studio. The menu bar provides a Build menu, which you’ll use to access Gradle and build the example application. There’s more than one way to build ...

For the past decade, Android Studio has been the go-to IDE (integrated development environment) for millions of Android developers worldwide with Gradle Build Tool as the default build system. From ...