How can I create different testersGroups depending on build type?`

[dant3]

Hi

I want to have different sets of groups for different build types/flavors.

Like if debug builds were available only to devs and qa, but release was as well available for beta-testers.

I can't think of how can I do this without suffering pain or supplying list from the outside which still does not works if I build multiple targets at once.

Is this possible, at least with some coding involved?

[IonutGavris]

Hi @dant3,

One solution would be to send the build type to the gradle script, as an command line argument.

Modify your build.gradle file to contain the following:

android {
    buildTypes {
        release {
            setTestFairyGroups("release", "dev, qa, owner")
        }
        staging {
            setTestFairyGroups("debug", "dev, qa")
        }
    }
}

def setTestFairyGroups(String buildType, String testGroups) {
    if (project.hasProperty("testBuildType")) {
        if (project.property("testBuildType").equals(buildType)) {
            testfairyConfig.testersGroups(testGroups)
        }
    }
}

From command line you use it like this:

gradlew testfairyRelease -PtestBuildType = "release"

or

gradlew testfairyStaging -PtestBuildType = "staging"

[mikekudzin]

You may try the following script. It works for us

afterEvaluate {
    android.applicationVariants.all { variant ->
        def fairyTask = tasks.findByName("testfairy${variant.name.capitalize()}")
        if (fairyTask) {
            def testGroups
            if (variant.name.capitalize().contains("demo".capitalize())) {
                testGroups = "demo"
            } else {
                testGroups = "dev"
            }
            fairyTask.doFirst {
                testfairyConfig.testersGroups(testGroups)
            }
        }
    }
}