Uploaded November 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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This is the ultimate Android beginner's crash course to Gradle Kotlin. It will teach you everything you need to know in your daily work life, specifically the Gradle Wrapper, modules, dependencies, version catalogs, build types, product flavors, build variants and source sets.

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00:00 - Introduction
01:05 - PL Coding Black Week
01:56 - Gradle in Android Studio
5:27 - The Gradle Wrapper
8:03 - build.gradle.kts (project)
8:56 - Gradle Plugins
12:27 - build.gradle.kts (app)
15:20 - Version Catalogs
16:23 - Gradle Modules
22:56 - Build Types
26:44 - Build Config
28:56 - Product Flavors
34:19 - Source Sets