Force refresh of archive
Force refresh of archive
My project has a dependency on an .aar file located remotely.
.aar
Android Studio keeps a copy of this file in my ./gradle/caches directory
Android Studio
./gradle/caches
When I clean and re-build the project, the file is not refreshed.
How can I force Android Studio to reload the archive from the remote location ?
Android Studio
Or is it possible to disable the gradle cache for a specific file ?
gradle
EDIT: I'd like to force a refresh of a specific file, not of the whole cache => This question is not a duplicate of How to clear gradle cache?
I read that already, it takes too long to clear and rebuild the whole cache, hence my question
– matdev
Jan 2 '18 at 11:32
1 Answer
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You can disable caching in ~/.gradle/gradle.properties :
~/.gradle/gradle.properties
org.gradle.caching=false
Also you can define a task to do that :
task('clearDomainCache', type: Delete, group: 'Utilities',
description: "Deletes any cached artifacts with the domain of com.myCompany in the Gradle or Maven2 cache directories.") doLast
def props = project.properties
def userHome = System.getProperty('user.home')
def domain = props['domain'] ?: 'com.myCompany'
def slashyDomain = domain.replaceAll(/./, '/')
file("$userHome/.gradle/cache").eachFile ^resolved-$domain") delete cacheFile.path
if (cacheFile.name =~ "^*.aar") delete cacheFile.path
delete "$userHome/.m2/repository/$slashyDomain"
I've added org.gradle.caching=false to my gradle.properties file and when I build, an old version of the archive reappears in my .gradle directory :(
– matdev
Jan 2 '18 at 15:12
I've tried using a task, but running it does not delete the classes.jar file contained in my .gradle/caches/transforms-1/files-1.1/ directory. Also, even with org.gradle.caching=false, the archive file keep on, reappearing in .gradle/caches
– matdev
Jan 9 '18 at 9:54
this statement control delete process
if (cacheFile.name =~ "^$domain|^resolved-$domain") @matdev– Arash Hatami
Jan 19 '18 at 11:04
if (cacheFile.name =~ "^$domain|^resolved-$domain")
Many thanks ! I managed to clear the cached aar files by adding the line if (cacheFile.name =~ "^*.aar") delete cacheFile.path
– matdev
Jan 22 '18 at 9:48
OK that sounds good ... answer updated @matdev
– Arash Hatami
Jan 22 '18 at 9:54
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Possible duplicate of How to clear gradle cache?
– Arash Hatami
Jan 2 '18 at 10:38