Build Android App with YAML

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YAML Parameters for building Android apps

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List with common parameters for all Buddy actions

Name	Type	Description
action `Required`	String	The ID of the action.
type `Required`	String	The type of the action. Should be set to `BUILD`.
docker_image_name `Required`	String	The name of the Docker image.
docker_image_tag `Required`	String	The tag of the Docker image.
execute_commands `Required`	String[]	The commands that will be executed.
cached_dirs	String[]	The dependencies & directories to be cached and available to every execution in this pipeline.
working_directory	String	The directory in which the pipeline filesystem will be mounted.
setup_commands	String[]	The command that will be executed only on the first run.
services	Service[]	The containers with the services that will be attached to this environment. Available types: `MYSQL`, `MONGO_DB`, `MARIADB`, `POSTGRE_SQL`, `REDIS`, `MEMCACHED`, `ELASTICSEARCH`.
login	String	The username required to connect to the Docker hub, private registry or GCR.
password	String	The password required to connect to the Docker hub, private registry or GCR.
registry	String	The url to the Docker registry or GCR.
integration	String	The ID of the integration. Required for using the image from the Amazon ECR.
region	String	The name of the Amazon S3 region. Required for using the image from the Amazon ECR. The full list of regions is available here.

YAML example for building Android apps

yaml
actions:
- action: "Build Android app"
  type: "BUILD"
  working_directory: "/buddy/yaml-project"
  docker_image_name: "library/openjdk"
  docker_image_tag: "8"
  execute_commands:
  - "export ANDROID_HOME="/opt/android/sdk/""
  - "export BUILD_TOOLS_VER="27.0.3""
  - "export PATH=$PATH:/opt/android/sdk/build-tools/$BUILD_TOOLS_VER"
  - "#build"
  - "chmod +x gradlew"
  - "#./gradlew assembleDebug"
  - "./gradlew assembleRelease"
  setup_commands:
  - "mkdir -p /opt/android/sdk && mkdir .android"
  - "cd /opt/android/sdk && curl -o sdk.zip https://dl.google.com/android/repository/sdk-tools-linux-3859397.zip && unzip sdk.zip && rm sdk.zip"
  - "yes | /opt/android/sdk/tools/bin/sdkmanager --licenses"
  - "/opt/android/sdk/tools/bin/sdkmanager --update"
  - "/opt/android/sdk/tools/bin/sdkmanager platform-tools"
  - "/opt/android/sdk/tools/bin/sdkmanager tools"
  - "/opt/android/sdk/tools/bin/sdkmanager emulator"
  - "/opt/android/sdk/tools/bin/sdkmanager "extras;android;m2repository""
  - "/opt/android/sdk/tools/bin/sdkmanager "extras;google;m2repository""
  - "/opt/android/sdk/tools/bin/sdkmanager "extras;google;google_play_services""
  - "/opt/android/sdk/tools/bin/sdkmanager "build-tools;27.0.3""
  - "/opt/android/sdk/tools/bin/sdkmanager "platforms;android-27""
  volume_mappings:
  - "/:/buddy/mount/directory"

Last modified on Mar 4, 2025

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