Android build script configuration options

This chapter describes build configuration options that control the behavior of the Glean SDK's Gradle plugin. These options are not usually required for normal use.

Options can be turned on by setting a variable on the Gradle ext object before applying the Glean Gradle plugin.

allowMetricsFromAAR

Normally, the Glean SDK looks for metrics.yaml and pings.yaml files in the root directory of the Glean-using project. However, in some cases, these files may need to ship inside the dependencies of the project. For example, this is used in the engine-gecko component to grab the metrics.yaml from the geckoview AAR.

ext.allowMetricsFromAAR = true

When this flag is set, every direct dependency of your library will be searched for a metrics.yaml file, and those metrics will be treated as the metrics as if they were defined by your library. That is, API wrappers accessible from your library will be generated for those metrics.

The metrics.yaml can be added to the dependency itself by calling this on each relevant build variant:

variant.packageLibraryProvider.get().from("${topsrcdir}/path/metrics.yaml")

gleanGenerateMarkdownDocs

The Glean SDK can automatically generate Markdown documentation for metrics and pings defined in the registry files, in addition to the metrics API code.

ext.gleanGenerateMarkdownDocs = true

Flipping the feature to true will generate a metrics.md file in $projectDir/docs at build-time.

gleanDocsDirectory

The gleanDocsDirectory can be used to customize the path of the documentation output directory. If gleanGenerateMarkdownDocs is disabled, it does nothing. Please note that only the metrics.md will be overwritten: any other file available in the target directory will be preserved.

ext.gleanDocsDirectory = "$rootDir/docs/user/telemetry"

gleanYamlFiles

By default, the Glean Gradle plugin will look for metrics.yaml and pings.yaml files in the same directory that the plugin is included from in your application or library. To override this, ext.gleanYamlFiles may be set to a list of explicit paths.

ext.gleanYamlFiles = ["$rootDir/glean-core/metrics.yaml", "$rootDir/glean-core/pings.yaml"]