build-checkstyle.gradle

/**
 * Created by Nicholas Wong <[email protected]>.
 * Github Gist: https://gist.github.com/nickwph/de0dd805e29fe3bcba476b6126459259
 * Gradle build file to set up variables for checkstyle.
 */
apply plugin: 'checkstyle'

checkstyle {
    configFile file('checkstyle-config.xml')
    showViolations true
    ignoreFailures true
}

android.applicationVariants.all { variant ->
    def name = variant.buildType.name
    def checkstyle = project.tasks.create "checkstyle${name.capitalize()}", Checkstyle
    checkstyle.dependsOn variant.javaCompile
    checkstyle.source variant.javaCompile.source
    checkstyle.classpath = project.fileTree(variant.javaCompile.destinationDir)
    checkstyle.exclude('**/BuildConfig.java')
    checkstyle.exclude('**/R.java')
    project.tasks.getByName("check").dependsOn checkstyle
}