lint

Declaring dependencies

To add a dependency on Lint, you must add the Google Maven repository to your project. Read Google's Maven repository for more information.

Add the dependencies for the artifacts you need in the build.gradle file for your app or module:

plugins {
    id("com.android.lint")
}
dependencies {
    lintChecks "androidx.lint:lint-gradle:1.0.0-alpha03"
}

plugins {
    id("com.android.lint")
}
dependencies {
    lintChecks("androidx.lint:lint-gradle:1.0.0-alpha03")
}

For more information about dependencies, see Add build dependencies.

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Version 1.0

Version 1.0.0-alpha03

December 11, 2024

androidx.lint:lint-gradle:1.0.0-alpha03 is released. Version 1.0.0-alpha03 contains these commits.

New Features

• Catch calls to Provider<>.toString as it is nearly always a bug to do that.
• Catch calls of Kotlin collection extension functions on TaskContainer as these cause eager Task creation.
• Catch calls to ConfigurableFileCollection.from passing in a Configuration as that causes eager resolution of the configuration suggesting to use project.files(configuration) or configuration.incoming.artifactView {}.files.
• Catch usages of Property<File> suggesting to use RegularFileProperty or DirectoryProperty as it is enforcing the use directory vs file.

Version 1.0.0-alpha02

September 4, 2024

androidx.lint:lint-gradle:1.0.0-alpha02 is released. Version 1.0.0-alpha02 contains these commits.

New Features

• Added a check for discouraged GradleRunner.withPluginClasspath API.
• Added checks for APIs that are problematic for lazy configuration by flagging calls to TaskContainer.withType without calling configureEach.
  • Added checks for APIs that are problematic for Gradle Project Isotation by flagging calls to Project.getRootProject, Project.findProject, Project.getParent, Project.findProperty, Project.getProperties, Project.hasProperty, Project.property.

Version 1.0.0-alpha01

February 21, 2024

androidx.lint:lint-gradle:1.0.0-alpha01 is released. Version 1.0.0-alpha01 contains these commits.

New Features

• An initial set of lint checks for Gradle Plugin authors to help them catch mistakes in their code. They are expected to be used on Gradle projects that apply java-gradle-plugin. It will catch uses of internal Gradle and Android Gradle Plugin APIs and eager task configuration.