gradlew missing in generated android project

Question

Okay I'm trying to do some android developing via command line / with an alternative IDE.

I have the following path variables set up:

• jdk1.8.0_40/bin/
• android-sdk-linux/tools/
• android-studio/bin/
• android-sdk-linux/platform-tools/

I run this command to make a project:

android create project --target 2 --name MyFirstApp --path ./MyFirstApp --activity MyActivity --package com.example.myfirstapp

The tutorial tells me to cd into MyFirstApp and run.

gradlew assembleRelease

There is no gradlew in this directory!

$ cd MyFirstApp/
$ ls
AndroidManifest.xml  build.xml         proguard-project.txt  src
ant.properties       libs              project.properties
bin                  local.properties  res

I've been trying for days but I need help doing this:

Use Gradle to build your project in debug mode, invoke the assembleDebug build task using the Gradle wrapper script (gradlew assembleRelease).

Apul

the gradlew.sh and gradlew.bat are alway the same, you could copy from another project. – Stylograph

Is this a gradle project? Where is the build.gradle file? Project build seems to be setup using ant. Have a look at the build.xml. – Respondent

l ran "$ gradle init" in the "MyFirstApp" directory and it produced some new files including a "build.gradle". – Apul

Answer 1

This is called the gradle wrapper, you have to generate it first. In your main build.gradle file, put:

task wrapper(type: Wrapper) {
    gradleVersion = '2.0'
}

Then run:

gradle wrapper

This has to be run once and you will get the gradlew file. You can then remove the wrapper task from your build.gradle file.

Erastatus

Using the gradle I found at "android-studio/gradle/gradle-2.2.1/bin/" I ran "$ gradle init" in the "MyFirstApp" directory and now I have the gradlew I was searching for. I'm not sure where to go from here my comprehension is pretty low at this point. – Apul