How To Create a Custom Configuration in the IDE
This chapter explains how to create a new Configuration in all the supported IDEs.
The creation of a new Configuration with Android Studio / IntelliJ IDEA is done as follows:
Click on Run > Edit Configurations….
Click on + and Select Gradle.
Fill the name of the new Configuration in the Name field.
Add a task and a property if needed in the
Rundialog, for examplerunOnSimulator -Pdebug.mode=true.
Configuration Creation in IntelliJ IDEA
Click on OK.
Select the newly created Configuration in the drop-down list in the Navigation bar and click on the run button to launch it.
Navigation bar in IntelliJ IDEA
The Configuration can also be launched by double-clicking on it in the Gradle tasks view.
Gradle view in IntelliJ IDEA
The creation of a new Configuration with Eclipse is done as follows:
Click on Run > Run Configurations….
Right-click on Gradle Task and click on New Configuration.
Fill the name of the new Configuration in the Name field.
Add a task’s name in the
Gradle Taskstab, for examplerunOnSimulator.
Configuration Gradle Tasks tab in Eclipse
Go to the
Project Settingstab.Check
Override project settings.Add a property as a Program Argument if needed, for example
-Pdebug.mode=true.
Configuration Project Settings tab in Eclipse
Click on Run to launch the Configuration.