Building with Android Gradle Plugin 0.7.+

android_hacks.gradle

//location: android_hacks.gradle
//start custom permissions
def processManifest(variant)
{
    //here we get the content of the manifest file, and we replace {packagename} with the actual packagename.
    variant.processManifest.doLast {
        copy {
            from("${buildDir}/manifests") {
                include "${variant.dirName}/AndroidManifest.xml"
            }
            into("${buildDir}/processed_manifests")
        }

        def manifestFile = file("${buildDir}/processed_manifests/${variant.dirName}/AndroidManifest.xml");

        def packagename = variant.productFlavors.get(0).packageName + (variant.buildType.packageNameSuffix ?: "");
        def content = manifestFile.getText().replaceAll(/\{packagename\}/, packagename);
        manifestFile.write(content);
    }
    variant.processResources.manifestFile = file("${buildDir}/processed_manifests/${variant.dirName}/AndroidManifest.xml");
}
//end custom permissions

//START custom overriding of authorities content providers
def overrideContentProviderAuthority (buildVariant)
{
    println "Overriding content provider authorities"

    def flavor = buildVariant.productFlavors.get(0).name;
    def buildType = buildVariant.buildType.name;
    def workspaceDir = rootProject.projectDir.absolutePath + "/App/src/";
    def uniqueSuffix = "." + flavor + "." + buildType;

    def buildTypeResourceDir = workspaceDir + "/" + flavor + buildType.capitalize() + "/res/values/";

    def xmlStringsFileAsNode = new XmlParser().parse(workspaceDir + "main/res/values/contentproviders.xml")

    // Loop through each ContentProvider authority string resource in the file and append a unique suffix
    xmlStringsFileAsNode.each {
        it.setValue(it.text() + uniqueSuffix)
    }

    createOverrideDirIfNecessary(buildTypeResourceDir)
    def fileWriter = new FileWriter(buildTypeResourceDir + "contentproviders.xml")
    def printWriter = new PrintWriter(fileWriter)
    printWriter.print("""<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>\n""")
    def xmlPrinter = new XmlNodePrinter(printWriter)
    xmlPrinter.setPreserveWhitespace(true)
    xmlPrinter.print(xmlStringsFileAsNode)
}

def createOverrideDirIfNecessary(dirPath) {
    def file = new File(dirPath)
    if (!file.exists()) {
        file.mkdirs()
    }
}

//for all application variants, we need to do some special stuff to make the content providers work
android.applicationVariants.all { variant ->

    variant.mergeResources.dependsOn{
        overrideContentProviderAuthority(variant)
    }

    processManifest(variant)
}
//end content providers

AndroidManifest.xml

<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    package="com.example.myapp">

	<!-- {packagename} will be replaced by the actual packagename -->

	<!-- Custom permission to safely send broadcasts between processes -->
	<permission
		android:name="{packagename}.permission.RECEIVE_BROADCASTS"
		android:protectionLevel="signature"/>

	<!-- Custom permission so 'com.showpad' is the only app that can receive push notifications -->
	<permission
		android:name="{packagename}.gcm.permission.C2D_MESSAGE"
		android:protectionLevel="signature" />

	
	<!-- Receive our custom broadcasts -->
	<uses-permission android:name="{packagename}.permission.RECEIVE_BROADCASTS" />
	
	<!-- For Google Cloud Messaging -->
	<uses-permission android:name="com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE" />
    <uses-permission android:name="{packagename}.gcm.permission.C2D_MESSAGE" />
	<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WAKE_LOCK" />
	
	<!-- SDK -->
    <uses-sdk
        android:minSdkVersion="14"
        android:targetSdkVersion="19"/>
    
    <application ...>
        
        <!-- Activities -->
        <!-- ... -->
        
        <!-- Providers -->
        <provider
            android:name=".providers.AssetProvider"
            android:authorities="@string/provider_asset"
            android:exported="true"/>
        
        <provider
            android:name=".providers.AssetTagProvider"
            android:authorities="@string/provider_assettags"
            android:exported="false"/>
        
		<!-- ... -->
        
        <!-- Services in the same process -->
        <<!-- ... -->

        <!-- Services in a different process -->
		<!-- ... -->
         
         <!-- Broadcast Receivers -->
         <receiver
            android:name="com.showpad.gcm.receivers.GCMReceiver"
            android:permission="com.google.android.c2dm.permission.SEND">
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="com.google.android.c2dm.intent.RECEIVE" />
                <category android:name="{packagename}" />
            </intent-filter>
        </receiver>
        
    </application>

</manifest>

AssetProvider.java

//location: App/src/main/java/com/example/myapp/providers/AssetProvider.java
public class AssetProvider extends AbstractSessionContentProvider
{
	public static final String AUTHORITY = createProviderAuthority("myapp.asset");
	public static final Uri CONTENT_URI = Uri.parse("content://" + AUTHORITY + "/");
	
	public final static String createProviderAuthority(String inName)
	{
		return inName + "." + BuildConfig.FLAVOR + "." + BuildConfig.BUILD_TYPE;
	}
	
	...
	
}

build.gradle

//location: build.gradle
buildscript {
    repositories {
        mavenCentral()
    }
    dependencies {
        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:0.7.+'
    }
}

task wrapper(type: Wrapper) {
    gradleVersion = '1.9'
}

ext {
    //build tools version
    myBuildToolsVersion='19.0.0'

    //target sdk level is 19 or KitKat 4.4
    myCompileSdkVersion=19
    myTargetSdkVersion=19

    // minimum sdk level is 14( Ice Cream Sandwich, 4.0)
    myMinSdkVersion=14

    //support library version
    mySupportLibraryVersion='com.android.support:support-v13:19.0.0'

    // Java version 7
    myJavaVersion=JavaVersion.VERSION_1_7
}

contentproviders.xml

<!-- Location: App/src/main/res/values/contentproviders.xml -->
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
    <string name="provider_asset">myapp.asset</string>
    <string name="provider_assettags">myapp.assettags</string>
</resources>