Gradle Implicit Getter Call

Gradle Implicit Getter Call

Gradle will let you replace specific constants in your build scripts with method calls, so you can for example dynamically compute a version string based on your current version control revision number, rather than hardcoding a number.

When computing a version name, it's tempting to for example call the method to do that getVersionName. However, when you put that method call inside the defaultConfig block, you will actually be calling the Groovy getter for the versionName property instead. Therefore, you need to name your method something which does not conflict with the existing implicit getters. Consider using compute as a prefix instead of get.

Issue id: GradleGetter