TestVariant

Added in 4.2.0

interface TestVariant : GeneratesTestApk, Variant

Model for test components that only contains build-time properties.

This is for components associated with the com.android.test plugin. This is not for test components associated with variants. For these see TestComponent.

See Component and Variant for more information.

Summary

Public properties
Property<String>

Variant's application ID as present in the final manifest file of the APK.
ApkOutputProviders

Provides access to built artifacts output(e.g. APK) produced by this Variant.
Provider<Directory>

The Directory containing the APKs of the application under test.
Provider<String>

The application of the app under tests.

Inherited functions
From com.android.build.api.variant.Component
String
@Incubating
computeTaskName(action: String, subject: String)

Utility method to create unique task name for component.
Unit

This function is deprecated. Will be removed in v9.0, use the instrumentation block.
Unit
<ParamT : InstrumentationParameters> transformClassesWith(
    classVisitorFactoryImplClass: Class<AsmClassVisitorFactory<ParamT>>,
    scope: InstrumentationScope,
    instrumentationParamsConfig: (ParamT) -> Unit
)

This function is deprecated. Will be removed in v9.0, use the instrumentation block.
From com.android.build.api.variant.HasAndroidResources
ResValue.Key
makeResValueKey(type: String, name: String)

Make a ResValue.Key to interact with resValues's MapProperty
From com.android.build.api.variant.Variant
T?
<T : Any?> getExtension(type: Class<T>)

Returns an extension object registered via the VariantBuilder.registerExtension API or null if none were registered under the passed type.
Unit
@Incubating
missingDimensionStrategy(
    dimension: String,
    vararg requestedValues: String
)

Set up a new matching request for a given flavor dimension and value.

Inherited properties
From com.android.build.api.variant.Component
Configuration

Access to the variant's annotation processor Configuration; for example, the debugAnnotationProcessor Configuration for the debug variant.
Artifacts

Access to the variant's buildable artifacts for build customization.
FileCollection

Access to the variant's compile classpath.
Configuration

Access to the variant's compile Configuration; for example, the debugCompileClasspath Configuration for the debug variant.
Boolean

Whether the produced artifacts will be debuggable
Instrumentation

Access to the variant's instrumentation options.
JavaCompilation

Access to the variant's java compilation options.
LifecycleTasks

Provides access to the LifecycleTasks created for this component.
Provider<String>

The namespace of the generated R and BuildConfig classes.
Configuration

Access to the variant's runtime Configuration; for example, the debugRuntimeClasspath Configuration for the debug variant.
Sources

Access to variant's source files.
From com.android.build.api.variant.ComponentIdentity
String?

Build type name.
String?

The multi-flavor name of the variant.
String

Component's name.
List<Pair<String, String>>

List of flavor names.
From com.android.build.api.variant.GeneratesApk
AndroidResources

Variant's android resources processing configuration, initialized by the corresponding global DSL element.
Dexing

Variant's specific dexing options
AndroidVersion

Min SDK version for this variant
ApkPackaging

Variant's packagingOptions, initialized by the corresponding global DSL element.
Renderscript?

Variant specific settings for the renderscript compiler.
AndroidVersion

Target SDK version for this variant.
AndroidVersion

This property is deprecated. Replaced with targetSdk, will be removed in 9.0
From com.android.build.api.variant.GeneratesTestApk
Property<Boolean>

The functionalTest value to use to run the tests.
Property<Boolean>

The handleProfiling value to use to run the tests.
Property<String>

The instrumentationRunner to use to run the tests.
MapProperty<String, String>

The instrumentationRunnerArguments to use to run the tests.
Property<String>

The test label, or "" if none defined.
From com.android.build.api.variant.HasAndroidResources
Property<Boolean>

Variant's is pseudo locales enabled, initialized by the corresponding DSL elements.
MapProperty<ResValue.Key, ResValue>

Variant's ResValue which will be generated.
From com.android.build.api.variant.Variant
MapProperty<String, BuildConfigField<Serializable>>

Variant's BuildConfigField which will be generated in the BuildConfig class.
List<Component>

List containing this variant and all of its nestedComponents
MapProperty<String, Any>

Additional per variant experimental properties.
ExternalNativeBuild?

Variant's cmake ExternalNativeBuild, initialized by merging the product flavor values or null if no cmake external build is configured for this variant.
MapProperty<String, String>

MapProperty of the variant's manifest placeholders.
Int?

Gets the maximum supported SDK Version for this variant.
Int?
AndroidVersion
List<Component>

List of the components nested in this variant, the returned list will contain:
ListProperty<RegularFile>

List of proguard configuration files for this variant.
UnitTest?

Variant's UnitTest, or null if the unit tests for this variant are disabled.

Public properties

applicationId

Added in 8.8.0-alpha08
val applicationId: Property<String>

Variant's application ID as present in the final manifest file of the APK.

outputProviders

Added in 8.8.0-alpha08
val outputProviders: ApkOutputProviders

Provides access to built artifacts output(e.g. APK) produced by this Variant.

testedApks

Added in 8.3.1
val testedApks: Provider<Directory>

The Directory containing the APKs of the application under test.

The Directory content should be read using a com.android.build.api.variant.BuiltArtifactsLoader

testedApplicationId

Added in 4.2.0
val testedApplicationId: Provider<String>

The application of the app under tests.