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Episode 202: AndroidX, Gradle and Metalava

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Understanding Gradle in Android Development

This chapter focuses on the challenges and importance of understanding Gradle in the context of Android development. They discuss the benefits of tools like Perfero or C-Strace in gaining a better understanding of what happens under the hood in the build process. The conversation also highlights the difficulties in optimizing Gradle, citing an example where they needed to verify dependencies and encountered a bug that caused unnecessary IO accesses.

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