pakoito/groovy-android-gradle-plugin

A Gradle plugin to support the Groovy language for building Android apps

Groovy language support for Android

This plugin adds support for writing Android applications using the Groovy language.

Usage

Edit your build.gradle file with the following:

buildscript {
    repositories {
        jcenter()
    }
    dependencies {
        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:0.12.2'
        classpath 'me.champeau.gradle:gradle-groovy-android-plugin:0.3.0'
    }
}

apply plugin: 'me.champeau.gradle.groovy-android'

Then you must choose which version and modules of Groovy you use. So far, Android support is available in the 2.4.0-beta-1 release and beyond, so you need to add the following repository to your build.gradle file:

repository {
   jcenter() // or mavenCentral()
}

Then you can start using Groovy by adding a dependency on the grooid classifier:

dependencies {
    compile 'org.codehaus.groovy:groovy:2.4.0-beta-3:grooid'
}

then use the assembleDebug task to test.

Writing Groovy code

This plugin has been successfully tested with Android Studio. It will let you write an application in Groovy. It is recommended, for performance, memory and battery life, that you use @CompileStatic wherever possible.

Details can be found on my blog and here for more technical details