Build Variant Matrix Selector

A plugin for Android Studio making it easier to select variants / flavors

Introduction

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This plugin replaces the variant selector in Android Studio with a popup that lets you select the flavors in a matrix instead of using drop down lists. It's much more efficient when working on large projects in Android Studio.

Here's what I didn't like about Android Studio's solution and why I chose to build this plugin:

• If you have multiple leaf modules, there was no way to select the same flavor for all modules in one operation
• Drop downs lists the options inefficiently*
• Android Studio's conflict resolution didn't always work**

*) While drop downs have to list A x B x C selections, where A, B and C are number of flavors per dimension, radio buttons can do with A + B + C

**) Anecdotal, I haven't investigated deeply.

Installation

Requirement: Android Studio 4.0 or newer.

Go to File - Settings - Plugins, Search for plugin "Build Variant Matrix Selector"

Optionally download and install from disk from either Jetbrains or Gitlab

Usage

Go to File - Settings - Keymap - map a key to the action "Select Build Variant by Matrix". Start clicking the button after a proect has loaded, simple as that!

Known limitations

• Not currently supporting modules that have incomplete dimension configuration. If you have flavor A, B & C for dimension X, you need to have flavor A, B & C in all modules.

Acknowledgements

Thants to PandoraMedia's variant-helper-plugin for inspiration