archivesBaseName in build.gradle of app module

What is the purpose of archivesBaseName in build.gradle of app module?

[ataulm]

android {
    ...

    defaultConfig {
        ...
        archivesBaseName = 'myDefaultName.'
    }

    // Specifies one flavor dimension.
    flavorDimensions "version"
    productFlavors {
        full
        demo
    }

    variantFilter { variant ->
        def name = variant.flavors*.name
        archivesBaseName = 'my-flavor-name-is-' + name + '-awesome'
    }
    ...

You can override archivesBaseName anywhere in the android block.

~versionNameSuffix can already be used to differentiate between APKs generated for different flavors and is the easiest way to add the build flavor in the APK name.~ Looks like it’s just taking the flavor name and build type by default.

You can have more control if you like by setting archivesBaseName in the variantFilter function, but the flavor and type are still appended.

[nickbutcher]

Hi @gokhanbarisaker, archivesBaseName is a gradle convention for setting the name of the output file. I use this to customise the file name, e.g. to plaid-0.5.5-release.apk. See the gradle docs for more info.

The GIT_SHA build config isn’t currently being used. I made that available as it can be extremely useful for crash reporting (see this great article). It could be removed but I don’t see any point in doing so as it might be useful in the future and it’s nice to demonstrate this technique.