Access versionName in build.gradle

Question

Is there a way to access versionName in my build.gradle from xml? I would like to set a TextView's text with this value.

Or maybe declare a string with the version in strings.xml and use that in build.gradle?

Is there nothing simple like @android:strings:version?

possible duplicate of [Get application version programatically in android](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6593592/get-application-version-programatically-in-android) — Eugen Martynov, Jun 13 '14 at 11:30
Take a look http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6593592/get-application-version-programatically-in-android — Eugen Martynov, Jun 13 '14 at 11:30
Read the question. I'm asking for the versionname from build.gradle so I can access it in my xml — Mark Molina, Jun 13 '14 at 11:37
So you want to edit xml instead of build.gradle? So gradle will put this value in your AndroidManifest — Eugen Martynov, Jun 13 '14 at 11:41
You can use gradle.properties inside your root project and define: VERSION_NAME=1.2.1 VERSION_CODE=26 Then in your build.gradle you can use: versionName project.VERSION_NAME versionCode Integer.parseInt(project.VERSION_CODE) — G3M, Jun 15 '14 at 19:51

score 3 · Answer 1 · edited Dec 10 '17 at 08:13

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You can use BuildConfig class for this. For example:

TextView mTv = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.mTv);
mTv.setText(BuildConfig.VERSION_NAME);

or

Toast.makeText(this, BuildConfig.VERSION_NAME, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();

edited Dec 10 '17 at 08:13

Milad Faridnia

answered Aug 20 '15 at 20:53

Victor Gomes

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