Building and Deploying the HelloWorld Android Gradle Project

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/zeyangli/helloworld-android-gradle.git

2. Build the project:

cd helloworld-android-gradle
./gradlew build

The build process downloads required dependencies and runs lint, producing a successful build report:

Download https://jcenter.bintray.com/com/loopj/android/android-async-http/1.4.9/android-async-http-1.4.9.jar
Download https://jcenter.bintray.com/cz/msebera/android/httpclient/4.3.6/httpclient-4.3.6.jar
Download https://jcenter.bintray.com/com/google/code/gson/gson/2.8.1/gson-2.8.1.jar
Download https://dl.google.com/dl/android/maven2/android/arch/lifecycle/common/1.0.0/common-1.0.0.jar
Download https://dl.google.com/dl/android/maven2/android/arch/core/common/1.0.0/common-1.0.0.jar
... (lint output omitted for brevity) ...
BUILD SUCCESSFUL in 1m 49s
58 actionable tasks: 50 executed, 8 up-to-date

3. Locate the generated APKs:

Debug APK: helloworld-android-gradle/app/build/outputs/apk/debug

Release APK: helloworld-android-gradle/app/build/outputs/apk/release

4. Upload the APKs to Fir (a distribution platform) and obtain download links for testing.

5. Download the uploaded package on a device to verify that the application runs correctly.

Images in the original article illustrate the upload QR code and the testing result.