The reason for applying app.gradle last is that it should be able to override any properties or settings that any plugin might have set. In most of the cases, this is the file which you should use when you need to add some gradle code in your application. You can also add your native dependencies here. In this file you can set the default Android configurations like minSdkVersion and targetSdkVersion. Then, in your gradle script file, you can access the property by accessing it on the project object as project.m圜ustomVariable. For example, if you want to define the variable m圜ustomVariable with a value m圜ustomValue, you would need to add the following in your gradle.properties file: m圜ustomVariable=m圜ustomValue

In this file you can set various properties which could be used at a later point in the gradle script files.

App_Resources/Android/gradle.properties.

Today marks the release of the first Canary version of Android Studio Arctic Fox (2020.3.1), together with Android Gradle plugin (AGP) version 7.0.0-alpha01. They are applied in the build process in the following order: Posted by Murat Yener, Developer Advocate.

There are several locations for gradle files that can be used for adding your code or gradle properties. Sometimes, if you want to use any external plugins or libraries you need to add some code to the gradle files. The gradle build files are part of the application template that comes from the android runtime package. NativeScript uses gradle to build android applications.

Android gradle plugin update