Is it possible to declare a variable in Gradle usable in Java?

Here are two ways to pass value from Gradle to use in Java;

Generate Java Constants

android {
    buildTypes {
        debug {
            buildConfigField "int", "FOO", "42"
            buildConfigField "String", "FOO_STRING", "\"foo\""
            buildConfigField "boolean", "LOG", "true"
        }

        release {
            buildConfigField "int", "FOO", "52"
            buildConfigField "String", "FOO_STRING", "\"bar\""
            buildConfigField "boolean", "LOG", "false"
        }
    }
}

You can access them with BuildConfig.FOO

Generate Android resources

android {
    buildTypes {
        debug{
            resValue "string", "app_name", "My App Name Debug"
        }
        release {
            resValue "string", "app_name", "My App Name"
        }
    }
}

You can access them in the usual way with @string/app_name or R.string.app_name

An example of usage an Api App Key in an Android application (Java and XML)

gradle.properties

AppKey="XXXX-XXXX"

build.gradle

buildTypes {
//...
    buildTypes.each {
        it.buildConfigField 'String', 'APP_KEY_1', AppKey
        it.resValue 'string', 'APP_KEY_2', AppKey
    }
}

Usage in java code

Log.d("UserActivity", "onCreate, APP_KEY: " + getString(R.string.APP_KEY_2));

BuildConfig.APP_KEY_1

Usage in xml code

<data android:scheme="@string/APP_KEY_2" />

• Link to an example of Api App Key usage in an Android application
• Using String Constants Generated by Gradle Build Configurations