Sample CircleCI Configuration For an Android App

android-19-circle.yml

#
# Build configuration for Circle CI
#

general:
    artifacts:
        - /home/ubuntu/your-app-name/app/build/outputs/apk/

machine:
    environment:
        ANDROID_HOME: /usr/local/android-sdk-linux

dependencies:
    override:
        - echo y | android update sdk --no-ui --all --filter tools,platform-tools,build-tools-19.1.0,android-19,extra-google-m2repository,extra-google-google_play_services,extra-android-support
        - ANDROID_HOME=/usr/local/android-sdk-linux ./gradlew dependencies

test:
    override:
        - (./gradlew assemble):
            timeout: 360

android-21-circle.yml

#
# Build configuration for Circle CI
#

general:
    artifacts:
        - /home/ubuntu/your-app-name/app/build/outputs/apk/

machine:
    environment:
        ANDROID_HOME: /usr/local/android-sdk-linux

dependencies:
    override:
        - echo y | android update sdk --no-ui --all --filter tools,platform-tools,build-tools-21.1.2,android-21,extra-google-m2repository,extra-google-google_play_services,extra-android-support
        - ANDROID_HOME=/usr/local/android-sdk-linux ./gradlew dependencies

test:
    override:
        - (./gradlew assemble):
            timeout: 360

Thank you! I finally be able to run my tests on CircleCI, however, I wondering that do we have to update android sdk every time?
- echo y | android update sdk --no-ui --all --filter tools,platform-tools,build-tools-21.1.2,android-21,extra-google-m2repository,extra-google-google_play_services,extra-android-support

Thank you, it works!

If you get this error on your build:

> Buildtools 24.0.2 requires Java 1.8 or above. Current JDK version is 1.7.

just add:

java:
    version: oraclejdk8

under the machine block.

It will look like the following:

machine:
    java:
        version: oraclejdk8
    environment:
        ANDROID_HOME: /usr/local/android-sdk-linux

Took the info from here: https://discuss.circleci.com/t/using-jdk-8-in-android/2255 (in case you were wondering).

Thanks Donn for sharing the sample circle.yml file! 👍

I always failed with this issue

Output:
bash: line 1: ./gradlew: Permission denied

ANDROID_HOME=/usr/local/android-sdk-linux ./gradlew dependencies returned exit code 126

Action failed: ANDROID_HOME=/usr/local/android-sdk-linux ./gradlew dependencies

@derohimat add following in your circle.yml:

dependencies:
  pre:
    - chmod +x gradlew

Very new at this. I got this error after I put circle.yml (24) into my repo:

modifiers to 'gradlew assemble)' must be a map

Action failed: Configure the build

Any idea why this is happening?

Never mind, there was a typo

I have this

dependencies:
    override:
        - echo "y" | android update sdk --no-ui --all --filter tools,platform-tools,build-tools-25.0.1,android-25,extra-google-m2repository,extra-google-google_play_services,extra-android-support
        - chmod +x gradlew
        - ANDROID_HOME=/usr/local/android-sdk-linux ./gradlew dependencies

and I get the following error

A problem occurred configuring project ':android-lib'.
> You have not accepted the license agreements of the following SDK components:
  [Android Support Repository].
  Before building your project, you need to accept the license agreements and complete the installation of the missing components using the Android Studio SDK Manager.
  Alternatively, to learn how to transfer the license agreements from one workstation to another, go to http://d.android.com/r/studio-ui/export-licenses.html

What am I missing?

@bolorundurowb there are different licenses that need to be accepted so you need to group your packages according to their license.

dependencies:
  pre:
    - echo y | android update sdk --no-ui --all --filter "platform-tools, tools"
    - echo y | android update sdk --no-ui --all --filter "android-24, build-tools-25.0.2"
    - echo y | android update sdk --no-ui --all --filter "extra-android-m2repository"
    - echo y | android update sdk --no-ui --all --filter "extra-android-support"

I also noticed that you have echo "y" try removing the quotes surrounding y