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In the build.gradle files, sometimes (I’m not sure when) you’ll have to specify what version of gradle is used. The last few updates of Android Studio kept breaking some build files which listed the gradle version in use. I would have to update the gradle version number to fix the build file. I wanted to know if there’s a way to figure out what version of gradle is included with Android Studio, instead of having to guess. I haven’t been able to find out how to do this through Android Studio.
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asked Jul 9, 2014 at 17:42
aceperryaceperry
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On Windows you can navigate to C:\Users\<user>\.gradle\wrapper\dists and you can see which gradle versions have been downloaded
answered Jul 9, 2014 at 17:45
MrEngineer13MrEngineer13
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Thanks for that! I’m using Ubuntu so the directories are slightly different. For linux, it’s in ~/.gradle/wrapper/dists/ which is pretty much the same. Quick question, I’m guessing that 1.12 means 0.12 in the build files? Also, I have 5 directories, so I’m assuming that I can use all of them, with different gradle versions?
Jul 10, 2014 at 10:12
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You’re mixing up two things: gradle and gradle plugin. 1.12 is the version of gradle itself, whilst 0.12 is the version of gradle plugin. In build files you only specify gradle plugin version.
Jul 10, 2014 at 11:09
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Ok, thanks Damian. That clears up a lot since it’s not clear from the build files that they’re referring to the plugin, and not the actual gradle version.
Jul 10, 2014 at 21:01
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Which raises the question, how do you figure out what version of the gradle plugin do you have? I know someone earlier mentioned to read the release notes, but it’s not there (or is buried a few links deep) and the latest version didn’t have any release notes on the site. Really, there should be a more direct way to figure out this info from looking somewhere on your machine instead of relying on some release note which may or may not be outdated/exist.
Jul 10, 2014 at 21:12
If you’re using gradle wrapper then you can change (or just check) gradle version number in gradle-wrapper.properties file. In order to do this you have to modify distributionUrl
answered Jul 9, 2014 at 17:49
Damian JeżewskiDamian Jeżewski
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I have no idea what gradle wrapper is. How can you tell if you’re using gradle wrapper? I’m just using the standard Android Studio IDE, that I downloaded from Google, and updated using the update mechanism. Does that setup use gradle wrapper? I don’t really touch gradle, and I suspect many others are in the same boat that I’m in.
Jul 10, 2014 at 10:05
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When you create/import project you have to decide if you would like to use standalone gradle installation or gradle wrapper. When you choose first option you have to specify gradle path and manually manage gradle version. In the second case you can use graddle wrapper which is responsible for downloading gradle version specified in gradle-wrapper.properties config. It’s very convienient when e.g. when you’re building your project on CI server and you want to be sure that specific gradle version is used.
Jul 10, 2014 at 11:13
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I just created a new app in Android Studio and it never gave me a choice between standalone or gradle wrapper. In fact, the wizard didn’t have anything to do with gradle, except at the end after creating the project, when it put up a notice about gradle finishing. I hope you understand that the way gradle is handled by Android Studio can be very confusing.
Jul 10, 2014 at 21:16
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I must have mixed something up. If I remember correctly there is such choice when you import existing project. In case you’re creating new project I suppose the default is to use gradle wrapper.
Jul 10, 2014 at 21:41
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Learn how to search the current version of Gradle used in your Android project.
Gradle by itself is a general purpose build tool. It can be used to build almost anything you care to implement in the build script. It is declarative, since you don’t want to see lots of code in the build file, which is not readable and less maintainable. One common question of every new developer of Android is how to know the current version of Gradle in the working project.
In this short article, we will explain you briefly how to know which version of graddle is using your Android Project.
A. From Android Studio
You can directly check the version of gradle used by your android project in Android Studio from the project structure. Go to File > Project structure:
In the new window that will appear, go to the Project tab and verify the version of gradle in the Gradle version field:
B. From the gradle-wrapper.properties file
You can see as well the gradle version in the \YourProject\gradle\gradle-wrapper.properties file of your project without opening Android Studio. The file contains the following content:
#Mon Apr 08 17:22:20 COT 2019
distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
distributionPath=wrapper/dists
zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-4.10.1-all.zip
Or do it as well from Android Studio:
So easy it is to know the version of gradle !
Happy coding !
There are multiple ways in which you can find out the version of the Gradle tool that you are using in Android Studio for your Android Project. Let us take a look at a few of them.
- You can simply open your Android Studio IDE and go to Menu: File -> Project Structure… and take a look at the «Android Gradle Plugin Version».
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Open the Terminal in Android Studio by going to Menu: View -> Tool Windows -> Terminal. Run the command.
Windows:gradle --versionLinux/macOS:
./gradlew --versionNote: This is what you will check only if you are using Gradle installed on your device and not the gradlew.
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In your project, look for the gradle-wrapper.properties here you should be able to see the version for property distributionUrl
#Mon May 22 17:30:33 CDT 2023 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME distributionPath=wrapper/dists distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.0-bin.zip zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME zipStorePath=wrapper/dists - When you perform Gradle Sync, in the console you can note the version of Gradle.
... Starting Gradle Daemon... Gradle settings evaluated using settings file 'C:\Users\code2care\AndroidStudioProjects\MyApp\settings.gradle'. Gradle version: 8.0.0 ...
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