Reach the version code and name from a library module

Question

I'm currently working on modularizing my application, so I'm putting each feature in a library module. In one of my features, I access the version code and name. However, although I defined them in the build.gradle file specific for that module

they were not there in the generated BuildConfig file

I cannot reference the BuildConfig file of the original :app module since I cannot let my feature modules have a dependency on that module.

is there an alternative way of accessing this info from the library module?

Answer 1

Version code and version name are properties of an application package and they are not supported for a library module.

At runtime, you can pass in a Context and access this application package metadata with the help of PackageManager. Example: Detect my app's own android:versionCode at run time