Gradle, 'could not find property'

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I've tried to look for similar questions, but no luck.

I'm building my Gradle project from the command line, and supply the passwords in the gradle release command line using -P.

Here's my build.gradle:

buildscript {
    repositories {
        mavenCentral()
    }
    dependencies {
        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:1.1.3'
    }
}

apply plugin: 'android'

android {
    signingConfigs {
        release {
             storeFile file("C:/Android/Dev/keystore/dm.keystore")
             keyAlias KEY_ALIAS
             storePassword STORE_PASSWORD
             keyPassword KEY_PASSWORD
        }
    }

    buildTypes {
        release {
            signingConfig signingConfigs.release
        }
    }

    compileSdkVersion 'android-13'
    buildToolsVersion '22.0.1'

    buildTypes {
        release {
            minifyEnabled false
            proguardFile getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt')
        }
    }
}

When I try to do a clean, it gives me:

Could not find property 'KEY_ALIAS' on SigningConfig_Decorated{name=release, storeFile=C:\Android\dev\keystore\dm.keystore, storePassword=null, keyAlias=null, keyPassword=null, storeType=C:\Android\dev\keystore\dm.keystore}.

Someone said that the 'signingConfigs' should come before the 'buildTypes', and it does.

Is there any way that I can keep the 'signingConfigs' in there, but maybe modified somehow, and not have it complain?

If I take 'signingConfigs' out, and add it before I do the release it works.

Thanks!

You need to use gradle <build cmd> -PKEY_ALIAS=<alias>. And do it for all the variables. I would highly suggest to put those in a gradle.properties file. — Jared Burrows
I do that when I do a release, but I shouldn't have to do it when I do a clean, you'd think. Isn't there any way to keep 'signingConfigs' in there without it giving an error? I don't want to go the route of using a .properties file since there isn't a default .properties file when I create the project except for local.properties. — user1572522
Thanks for the edit. Okay, I think it's dumb that it would complain about not having the parameters for 'clean' or 'assembleDebug' even if 'signingConfigs' is in there, so I just have to deal with it.. Thanks — user1572522

orium orium · Accepted Answer · 2015-08-06T20:11:33

try this

 def key="default"
def storePass="default"
def keyPass="default"

if (project.hasProperty("KEY_ALIAS")) {
    key = KEY_ALIAS
}
if (project.hasProperty("STORE_PASSWORD")) {
    storePass = STORE_PASSWORD
}
if (project.hasProperty("KEY_PASSWORD")) {
    keyPass = KEY_PASSWORD
}


signingConfigs {
    release {
        storeFile file("C:/Android/Dev/keystore/dm.keystore")
        keyAlias key
        storePassword storePass
        keyPassword keyPass
    }
}

i also recommend you to store your signing information in separate file

Gradle, 'could not find property'

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