# ApplicationAndroidComponentsExtension

# ApplicationAndroidComponentsExtension

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```
interface ApplicationAndroidComponentsExtension : DslLifecycle, AndroidComponentsExtension
```

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Extension for the Android Application Gradle Plugin components.

This is the`androidComponents`block when the`com.android.application`plugin is applied.

Only the Android Gradle Plugin should create instances of interfaces in com.android.build.api.variant.

## Summary

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| From class[AndroidComponentsExtension](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/7.2/com/android/build/api/variant/AndroidComponentsExtension) 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| [Unit](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-unit/index.html)                                                                                           | [beforeVariants](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/7.2/com/android/build/api/variant/AndroidComponentsExtension#beforeVariants(com.android.build.api.variant.VariantSelector,org.gradle.api.Action))`(` ` selector: `[VariantSelector](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/7.2/com/android/build/api/variant/VariantSelector)`?,` ` callback: `[Action](https://docs.gradle.org/current/javadoc/org/gradle/api/Action.html)`<`[ApplicationVariantBuilder](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/7.2/com/android/build/api/variant/ApplicationVariantBuilder)`?>?` `)` [Action](https://docs.gradle.org/current/javadoc/org/gradle/api/Action.html)based version of[beforeVariants](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/7.2/com/android/build/api/variant/AndroidComponentsExtension#beforeVariants(com.android.build.api.variant.VariantSelector,kotlin.Function1))above.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | | [Unit](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-unit/index.html)                                                                                           | [beforeVariants](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/7.2/com/android/build/api/variant/AndroidComponentsExtension#beforeVariants(com.android.build.api.variant.VariantSelector,kotlin.Function1))`(` ` selector: `[VariantSelector](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/7.2/com/android/build/api/variant/VariantSelector)`?,` ` callback: ((`[ApplicationVariantBuilder](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/7.2/com/android/build/api/variant/ApplicationVariantBuilder)`) `->` `[Unit](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-unit/index.html)`)?` `)` Method to register a[callback](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/7.2/com/android/build/api/variant/AndroidComponentsExtension#beforeVariants(com.android.build.api.variant.VariantSelector,kotlin.Function1))to be called with[VariantBuilderT](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/7.2/com/android/build/api/variant/AndroidComponentsExtension)instances that satisfies the[selector](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/7.2/com/android/build/api/variant/AndroidComponentsExtension#beforeVariants(com.android.build.api.variant.VariantSelector,kotlin.Function1)). | | [Unit](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-unit/index.html)                                                                                           | ~~[finalizeDSl](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/7.2/com/android/build/api/variant/AndroidComponentsExtension#finalizeDSl(org.gradle.api.Action))~~`(callback: `[Action](https://docs.gradle.org/current/javadoc/org/gradle/api/Action.html)`<`[ApplicationExtension](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/7.2/com/android/build/api/dsl/ApplicationExtension)`?>?)` **This function is deprecated.**Replaced by finalizeDsl                                                                                                                                                               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[onVariants](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/7.2/com/android/build/api/variant/AndroidComponentsExtension#onVariants(com.android.build.api.variant.VariantSelector,org.gradle.api.Action))`(` ` selector: `[VariantSelector](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/7.2/com/android/build/api/variant/VariantSelector)`?,` ` callback: `[Action](https://docs.gradle.org/current/javadoc/org/gradle/api/Action.html)`<`[ApplicationVariant](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/7.2/com/android/build/api/variant/ApplicationVariant)`?>?` `)` [Action](https://docs.gradle.org/current/javadoc/org/gradle/api/Action.html)based version of[onVariants](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/7.2/com/android/build/api/variant/AndroidComponentsExtension#onVariants(com.android.build.api.variant.VariantSelector,kotlin.Function1))above.                                                                                                          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Allow for registration of a[callback](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/7.2/com/android/build/api/variant/AndroidComponentsExtension#onVariants(com.android.build.api.variant.VariantSelector,kotlin.Function1))to be called with variant instances of type[VariantT](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/7.2/com/android/build/api/variant/AndroidComponentsExtension)once the list of[com.android.build.api.artifact.Artifact](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/7.2/com/android/build/api/artifact/Artifact)has been determined.                                                           | | `@`[Incubating](https://docs.gradle.org/current/javadoc/org/gradle/api/Incubating.html)` `[Unit](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-unit/index.html) | [registerExtension](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/7.2/com/android/build/api/variant/AndroidComponentsExtension#registerExtension(com.android.build.api.variant.DslExtension,kotlin.Function1))`(` ` dslExtension: `[DslExtension](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/7.2/com/android/build/api/variant/DslExtension)`?,` ` configurator: ((variantExtensionConfig: `[VariantExtensionConfig](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/7.2/com/android/build/api/variant/VariantExtensionConfig)`<`[ApplicationVariant](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/7.2/com/android/build/api/variant/ApplicationVariant)`>) `->` `[VariantExtension](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/7.2/com/android/build/api/variant/VariantExtension)`)?` `)` Register an Android Gradle Plugin DSL extension.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | | `@`[Incubating](https://docs.gradle.org/current/javadoc/org/gradle/api/Incubating.html)` `[Unit](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-unit/index.html) | [registerSourceType](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/7.2/com/android/build/api/variant/AndroidComponentsExtension#registerSourceType(kotlin.String))`(name: `[String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)`?)` Register a new source type to all source sets.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          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a[VariantSelector](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/7.2/com/android/build/api/variant/VariantSelector)instance that can be configured to reduce the set of[ComponentBuilder](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/7.2/com/android/build/api/variant/ComponentBuilder)instances participating in the[beforeVariants](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/7.2/com/android/build/api/variant/AndroidComponentsExtension#beforeVariants(com.android.build.api.variant.VariantSelector,kotlin.Function1))and[onVariants](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/7.2/com/android/build/api/variant/AndroidComponentsExtension#onVariants(com.android.build.api.variant.VariantSelector,kotlin.Function1))callback invocation.                                                                                                                                                                                                                               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| From class[DslLifecycle](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/7.2/com/android/build/api/variant/DslLifecycle) |------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | [Unit](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-unit/index.html) | [finalizeDsl](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/7.2/com/android/build/api/variant/DslLifecycle#finalizeDsl(org.gradle.api.Action))`(callback: `[Action](https://docs.gradle.org/current/javadoc/org/gradle/api/Action.html)`<`[ApplicationExtension](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/7.2/com/android/build/api/dsl/ApplicationExtension)`?>?)` [Action](https://docs.gradle.org/current/javadoc/org/gradle/api/Action.html)based version of[finalizeDsl](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/7.2/com/android/build/api/variant/DslLifecycle#finalizeDsl(kotlin.Function1))above. | | [Unit](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-unit/index.html) | [finalizeDsl](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/7.2/com/android/build/api/variant/DslLifecycle#finalizeDsl(kotlin.Function1))`(callback: ((`[ApplicationExtension](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/7.2/com/android/build/api/dsl/ApplicationExtension)`) `->` `[Unit](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-unit/index.html)`)?)` API to customize the DSL Objects programmatically after they have been evaluated from the build files and before used in the build process next steps like variant or tasks creation.                                                                |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  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