I want to skip some tasks when I run gradle build. I know that it can be done from command line with -x:
gradle build -x unwantedTask
My question is how can the same result be achieved in the build.gradle?
You can try e.g.:
unwantedTask.enabled = false
Answer：
Because I need to disable a bunch of tasks, so I use the following codes before apply plugin: in my build.gradle file:
tasks.whenTaskAdded {task ->
if(task.name.contains("unwantedTask")) {
task.enabled = false
}
}
Answer：
As hinted to by @LukasKörfer in a comment, to really remove a task from the build, instead of just skipping it, one solution is to add this to your build script:
project.gradle.startParameter.excludedTaskNames.add('yourTaskName')
However this seems to remove the task for all subprojects.
Answer：
For a bit more generic approach, you can:
unwantedTask.onlyIf { <expression> }
For instance:
compileJava.onlyIf { false }
Advanced IDEs, like IDEA, through code completion, will give you a lots of what you can do on any given object in the build.gradle – it’s just a Groovy script, after all.
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