Does it feel like Android Studio packages and builds your apps, with very little input from you? Behind the scenes, Android Studio uses the Gradle automated build toolkit, and although it’s ...

This post provides an introduction to Gradle - the build tool used by Android studio to package projects into APKs ready for release.

Now, Part 3 will take you through the steps to build and run the app in an Android device emulator or live device. We’ll first use Gradle to build the app’s application package (APK) file.