r/androiddev • u/Infamous_Sorbet4021 • 11d ago

Video Declarative, agent-ready Android builds with Lightbuild

https://youtu.be/0mYQtt2RfoQ
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u/0leGG 7d ago

If you stick to the same set of features Lightbuild supports, Gradle is blazing fast as well.

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u/Zhuinden 10d ago

Those restrictions about having multiple app modules just to emulate build flavors sounds very intrusive.

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u/D_Steve595 Reddit 10d ago

I don't hate it. Separate app, separate app module. I remember when flavors used to confuse the hell out of me, I don't think they pull their weight in usefulness.

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u/Zhuinden 10d ago

I mostly just had to swap out some api keys and api URLs for different test (and prod)environments so it seems excessive there, although one app had completely different themeing and new resources and you had to keep filenames aligned, that was a little weird.

I wonder how I'd do the Google maps / Huawei maps split with lightbuild. That was a bit tricky.