how to build different variants of android through gradle

Question

I already have

2 flavours (staging, production)

2 buildTypes (debug, release)

beyond that, I want to have different variants for, say, different vendors. like a production-release build for samsung and htc. is it possible through build scripts?

PS: I don't want to use 3rd party plugin like this

You've already created 2 flavors, I don't understand why can't you just use the same procedure to create other flavors? — Kai, Apr 20 '15 at 12:28
@kai bcz its like a 3rd level of variant. its same as say, prod-release build, just that some branding parameters will be different for different vendors. I agree its possible through buildTypes, but for each vendor i'ld need 2 entries, though manageable but slight messy. — Ankit, Apr 20 '15 at 12:32
I see what you mean now, but I don't think you really need a "staging-release" build? In that case you just need to define 3 build types (staging, production-debug, production-release), leaving flavors to be used exclusively for branding/customization purpose. That is what I did for one of my project and I can't complain about the setup. — Kai, Apr 20 '15 at 12:39

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 21 '15 at 06:41

You could use flavor dimensions.

android {
    flavorDimensions 'environment', 'vendor'

    productFlavors {
        staging {
            flavorDimension 'environment'
        }

        production {
            flavorDimension 'environment'
        }

        htc {
            flavorDimension 'vendor'
        }

        samsung {
            flavorDimension 'vendor'
        }
    }
}

how to build different variants of android through gradle

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