Make Gradle work for you, create your own tasks and plugins

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Shows how to implement a real Gradle task that copies APK AAB and mapping into a versioned directory using a BuildSrc class or standalone module, wires inputs/outputs and annotations so Gradle does incremental builds and up-to-date checks (first run ~2s, subsequent runs skip). Demonstrates exposing a plugin via the Gradle plugin DSL, configuring a nice DSL that uses Property for lazy values, and publishing to mavenLocal or the Gradle Plugin Portal so the plugin actually works across projects.

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1. 0:00Gradle customization intro
2. 1:06Gradle tasks basics
3. 3:38Custom task code location
4. 5:01Complex Gradle task
5. 10:47Plugins vs tasks
6. 11:49Task to plugin conversion
7. 14:40Plugin usage in project
8. 16:28Publishing a plugin
9. 17:53Improving tasks and plugins
10. 19:39Conclusion & Q&A

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