Plexus-Gradle-Plugin

This Gradle plugin helps make the Plexus Messaging SDK compatible with your Android Studio / Gradle project. It automatically fixes and notifies you of required changes to make the Plexus Messaging SDK compatible with your app.

Setup

1. In your root build.gradle, under buildscript, add the following 2 new lines to your existing repositories and dependencies sections

buildscript {
    repositories {
        // ...
        maven { url 'https://plugins.gradle.org/m2/' } // Gradle Plugin Portal 
    }
    dependencies {
        // ...
        // Plexus-Gradle-Plugin
        classpath 'gradle.plugin.com.plexus.gradle.plexus-gradle-plugin:1.0'
    }
}

2. Add the following to the top of your app/build.gradle

apply plugin: 'com.plexus.gradle.plexus-gradle-plugin'

3. Android Studio - Sync gradle
4. Clean and rebuild

Features

• Automatically aligns versions of module dependencies under the same group. This fixes compile and runtime errors due to mismatched interdependencies. Applies to the following libraries:
  • com.google.android.gms
  • com.google.firebase
  • com.android.support
• Ensures com.android.support is never higher than compileSdkVersion
• Ensures a compatible Plexus Messaging SDK version for the targetSdkVersion you're using
• Ensures new enough Plexus Messaging SDK is included when com.android.support is upgraded
• Calculates intersecting range of 2 version ranges
  • Including backwards capability with Gradle 2.14.1
• Future: Other warnings and checks specific to OneSignal such as app_id and notification icons

Compatibility

• Recommend using AGP 3.0.0 or newer (Android Gradle Plugin) and Gradle 4.1 or newer.
  • Compatible with Gradle 2.14.1+ and AGP 2.2.3+
  • Tested up to Gradle 6.7.1 and AGP 4.1.1