Android 'flavorDimensions' in build.gradle is deprecated

Question

Settings in build.gradle flavorDimensions "xyz", "abc"

@Incubating 
@Deprecated(message = "Replaced by flavorDimensions property") 
public void flavorDimensions(
    @NotNull String... dimensions
)

I could not find an example of a modern approach.

I think that when something is Deprecated they should give a hint(link) to what should replace it. — cliff2310, Jan 13 '23 at 19:57

score 26 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 19 '23 at 20:27

26

Based on the @Deprecated message "Replaced by flavorDimensions property," I replaced my equivalent flavorDimensions "xyz", "abc" instance with:

flavorDimensions = ["xyz", "abc"]

I don't entirely understand the ramifications of this, but it didn't seem to break anything in my admittedly very simple configuration, and the warning went away.

answered Jan 19 '23 at 20:27

David R. Hedges

421
5
5

I suppose that is kotlin dsl and not groovy, right? – David Jan 28 '23 at 09:32
3

@David You can use `flavorDimensions = ['xyz', 'abc']` in Groovy. – skywall Apr 01 '23 at 20:49
1

after doing this, gradle sync would run fine, but when i tried to run any of the tests in any other module, i would get the error with the app module with the flavors: `com.android.builder.errors.EvalIssueException: All flavors must now belong to a named flavor dimension. Learn more at https://d.android.com/r/tools/flavorDimensions-missing-error-message.html` – Eric Aug 03 '23 at 07:32
I think this should be marked as answer. @David if you find his answer helpful and solved, mark it as the answer – Goutham Aug 04 '23 at 21:26

score 5 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 16 '23 at 03:06

5

Just use:

flavorDimensions += "version"

This works.

answered Aug 16 '23 at 03:06

TRX

465
1
8
17

1

Hello. Can you explain more about this? – lgn Aug 17 '23 at 13:53
1

@lgn https://developer.android.com/build/build-variants#product-flavors This is the official recommended method to configure product flavors now – TRX Aug 22 '23 at 07:20

score 4 · Answer 3 · edited Aug 25 '23 at 14:00

4

It looks like they change flavorDimensions to accept only List not String, so you need to change the code to look like this:

flavorDimensions = ["dimension"]

Or

flavorDimensions = ["dimension1","dimension2"]

edited Aug 25 '23 at 14:00

Aldan

674
9
23

answered Aug 22 '23 at 21:12

Mohamed Ben Romdhane

1,005
3
11
22

This is a bit clearer and more concise than the accepted answer. – steve Sep 01 '23 at 13:13

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Aug 03 '23 at 07:29

after updating my build.gradle file to using flavorDimensions ["dimension1","dimension2"], i got an error while building:

A problem occurred configuring project ':app'.
> com.android.builder.errors.EvalIssueException: All flavors must now belong to a named flavor dimension. Learn more at https://d.android.com/r/tools/flavorDimensions-missing-error-message.html

to fix this, i had to do this instead:

flavorDimensions.add("dimension1")
flavorDimensions.add("dimension2")

related: https://stackoverflow.com/a/68661161/2898715

Android 'flavorDimensions' in build.gradle is deprecated

4 Answers4