What is the Gradle wrapper and why should you use it?

Published: 16 March 2020
on channel: Tom Gregory Tech
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The Gradle wrapper is a script that can be added to your Gradle project and used to execute your build. In this video we'll talk about the key advantages of the Gradle wrapper, such as not needing to have Gradle installed on your machine in order to execute your build. Plus we'll run through how to apply and use the wrapper in your own project.

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DOCS
To learn more about configuring the Gradle wrapper, see these Gradle docs https://docs.gradle.org/current/userg...

CORRECTIONS
In Gradle 7+ you can no longer run "gradle wrapper" in an empty directory. Please use "gradle init" instead for new projects and "gradle wrapper" within existing projects. Here's the breaking change https://docs.gradle.org/current/userg...

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