Gradle Build System

Felgo uses the Gradle build system for Android builds. In order to use Gradle make sure that you adapt the following settings:

Installing Gradle Dependencies

Before using Gradle make sure that you installed the necessary packages and tools to build and deploy for Android. For more information see the Android Deplyoment Guide.

Create Gradle Template Files

Most plugins require you to adapt a Gradle build file. If your project does not have a custom build.gradle file yet open the Build Android APK detail pane and click the button Create Templates.

This step adds several files to a subfolder called android within your project file tree, one of them is called build.gradle and contains all relevant build settings for usage with Felgo.

Upgrading Your Project to Gradle

If your project currently uses the legacy Ant build system you can perform following steps to migrate to the new Gradle build system:

• Remove the android/project.properties and android/local.properties files if present.
• Make sure to follow the steps as described in Installing Gradle Dependencies and Create Gradle Template Files.
• Add the Felgo repository URL to your build.gradle to automatically fetch dependencies, so that it looks like the following block:

   allprojects {
     repositories {
       google()
       mavenCentral()
       maven { url 'https://install.felgo.com/maven/' } // Add this line to your build.gradle file
     }
   }

• If you're using Felgo Plugins, add the dependencies to your build.gradle file as stated in the specific plugin integration guide.

AndroidManifest.xml File

Felgo uses a custom activity for your Android project. Perform the following steps migrate your existing project for usage with Felgo 2.8.2 and above:

Open the AndroidManifest.xml file found under Other files in your project tree (switch to the XML Source tab at the top of Qt Creator's editor window or use an external text editor) and change the

<application>'s android:name parameter from "org.qtproject.qt.android.bindings.QtApplication" to "com.felgo.helper.FelgoApplication"

and the

<activity>'s android:name parameter from "org.qtproject.qt.android.bindings.QtActivity" to "com.felgo.helper.FelgoActivity".