why do i have to sign qa flavor in gradle?

Question

i have this build config in my gradle file ?

    buildTypes {
        release {
            minifyEnabled false
            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.txt'
        }
        debug {
            applicationIdSuffix ".debug"
            versionNameSuffix ".debug"
        }
        qa {
            applicationIdSuffix ".qa"
            versionNameSuffix ".qa"
        }
    }
    sourceSets { debug { res.srcDirs = ['src/debug/res', 'src/debug/res/values'] } }
}

why when i am try to run qa it trow me and error for not having key for this flavor ?

Answer 1

The only build type for which Gradle can build your project "out of the box" is debug, as the Android Plugin for Gradle knows to use the plugin-created debug signing keystore. For everything else, you either need to:

• Configure a separate signing keystore (e.g., for release)

• Initialize the new build type from the debug build type, akin to using a copy constructor, so it uses the same rules that debug does for signing

In the following sample, I want to define a new mezzanine build type, giving it the same signing configuration as I use for release. So, I use mezzanine.initWith(buildTypes.release) to set up mezzanine as a copy of release, then continue to configure it with different rules:

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'

android {
    compileSdkVersion 19
    buildToolsVersion "21.1.2"

    defaultConfig {
        versionCode 2
        versionName "1.1"
        minSdkVersion 14
        targetSdkVersion 18
    }

    signingConfigs {
        release {
            storeFile file('HelloConfig.keystore')
            keyAlias 'HelloConfig'
            storePassword 'laser.yams.heady.testy'
            keyPassword 'fw.stabs.steady.wool'
        }
    }

    buildTypes {
        debug {
          applicationIdSuffix ".d"
          versionNameSuffix "-debug"
        }

        release {
            signingConfig signingConfigs.release
        }

        mezzanine.initWith(buildTypes.release)

        mezzanine {
            applicationIdSuffix ".mezz"
            debuggable true
        }
    }
}

In your case, you would use something like qa.initWith(buildTypes.debug) before configuring the rest of the qa build type.