How to Change hard coded url constants for different environments(dev and prod) in Android?

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I am currently on an Android project where I have to switch the project on two environments(Prod and dev).

In the current scenario I am hardcoding a base url for prod environment, build the project and generate apk. When it comes to dev also hardcoding the corresponding url for dev environment. This becomes difficult as each time we need to switch the environment, we need to make code changes(changing the url) and rebuild the entire code. I found out a similar suggestion in this link clickhere

But I am not clear on how to achieve this. Please help with your suggestions.

Provide a url edit text in your app and whatever url is entered use that as base url or keepa radio button to switch between the development and production environment — Vivek Mishra, Oct 11 '18 at 09:35
[use product flavor in gradle.](https://developer.android.com/studio/build/build-variants) — Hardik Vasani, Oct 11 '18 at 09:37
@VivekMishra Actually in this scenario there is no facility to add an extra field. — Subin Thankachan, Oct 11 '18 at 09:39
@HardikVasani It is not about building two different apk's. I need to place the url dynamically when it comes to dev and prod enironment. — Subin Thankachan, Oct 11 '18 at 09:49
Possible duplicate : https://stackoverflow.com/questions/22995057/how-do-you-manage-multiple-environments-while-developing-android-apps — pvrforpranavvr, Nov 24 '18 at 07:14

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 11 '18 at 10:30

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The easiest way is using BuildConfig.DEBUG. This will return true if you're running a debug version.

if (BuildConfig.DEBUG) {
  // debug version
 } else {
  // release version
}

answered Oct 11 '18 at 10:30

rxabin

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How to Change hard coded url constants for different environments(dev and prod) in Android?

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