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> Even some of the seemingly obvious ones like pure Java/JUnit 4 testing on x86 are impossible This is actually possible, albeit th...

> Even some of the seemingly obvious ones like pure Java/JUnit 4 testing on x86 are impossible This is actually possible, albeit through a third party framework - Robolectric. > The Android Gradle plugin has a different interface than the Java Gradle plugin, so other existing Gradle plugins (this one being an example) all have to be re-written specifically for Android This is probably the single most aggravating thing about the new build system. It's a serious pain point. Nothing works except what Google's developers have spent time on integrating - sure, there are third party libraries and hacks to bring some more of the Java ecosystem, but only the things Google has deemed worthy integrate nicely with the build tool and the IDE.

Posted by ZoFreX on Jun 10, 2014, 8:46 PM

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> Even some of the seemingly obvious ones like pure Java/JUnit 4 testing on x86 are impossible This is actually possible, albeit th...

ZoFreXJun 10, 2014, 8:46 PM

> Even some of the seemingly obvious ones like pure Java/JUnit 4 testing on x86 are impossible This is actually possible, albeit through a third party framework - Robolectric. > The Android Gradle plugin has a different interface than the Java Gradle plugin, so other existing Gradle plugins (this one being an example) all have to be re-written specifically for Android This is probably the single most aggravating thing about the new build system. It's a serious pain point. Nothing works except what Google's developers have spent time on integrating - sure, there are third party libraries and hacks to bring some more of the Java ecosystem, but only the things Google has deemed worthy integrate nicely with the build tool and the IDE.

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