android, intellij, gradle

build.gradle

// lives in the project directory
buildscript {
    repositories {
        mavenCentral()
    }

    dependencies {
        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:0.5.+'
    }
}

apply plugin: 'android'

repositories {
    mavenCentral()
}

android {
    compileSdkVersion 18
    buildToolsVersion "18.0.1"

    defaultConfig {
        versionCode 1
        versionName '0.1'
        minSdkVersion 8
        targetSdkVersion 18
    }
}

dependencies {
    compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:18.0.+'
    compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:18.0.+'
}

parent_build.gradle

// this lives in the outter directory
task wrapper(type: org.gradle.api.tasks.wrapper.Wrapper) {
    gradleVersion = '1.7'
}

settings.gradle

// this lives in the outter direcotry
include ':ProjectName'

structure_diagram

outer_project
+--project
   +--src
   |  +--main
   |  |  +--java
   |  |  |  +--com.package.name
   |  |  +--res
   |  |  +--AndroidManifest.xml
   |  |  \--icon.png
   |  |
   |  \--build.gradle
   |
   +--build.gradle
   +--settings.gradle
   +--gradle (generated wrapper dir)
   \--gradlew (generated wrapper script)