How do I read properties defined in local.properties in gradle.properties

Question

In my Android Studio project I have proxy settings defined in gradle.properties file, that is synched with Git repo. As long as I have my proxy password defined there, I need to move it into local.properties file. I want to achive smth like this:

in gradle.properties:

systemProp.http.proxyPassword=<local.properties>.proxy_pass

and in local.properties:

proxy_pass="PASSWORD"

How can I do that?

Possible duplicate https://stackoverflow.com/questions/21999829/how-do-i-read-properties-defined-in-local-properties-in-build-gradle — Tenten Ponce, Dec 28 '17 at 08:47
AFAIK this is not possible. However, since you've made your property a `systemProp` you can override its value from the commandline or with an environment variable. — Michael, Dec 28 '17 at 08:54

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 28 '17 at 15:18

This won't happen, because Java Properties are simple strings, there is no logic applied automatically.

However, you can simply use a gradle.properties file in the .gradle folder of your user home directory to define environment-related settings instead of project-related settings. This file won't be uploaded to a VCS.

How do I read properties defined in local.properties in gradle.properties

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