Is it necessary to learn Gradle for Android development?

Question

I am learning android developing and should I learn gradle and Groovy-based domain-specific language ?? And where I can learn these??

Does learning Gradle will help me in creating android app?

Answer 1

• Learning Android Development In 2019 — https://medium.com/mindorks/learning-android-development-in-2019-a-practical-guide-ddc71e008696

• Which Language Should Android Developers Start With — https://dzone.com/articles/java-vs-kotlin-which-language-android-developer-sh

• https://www.sololearn.com/learn/7792/?ref=app
• https://www.sololearn.com/Discuss/823823/?ref=app
• https://code.sololearn.com/WaVusr8J1KvK/?ref=app
• https://www.sololearn.com/Discuss/447092/?ref=app

Answer 2

Gradle is a build-tool, building android apps is automated nowadays in Android Studio, so not necessarily no you don't need it.

In my opinion you don't need Groovy either. Plain Java is good. If you want to make it a bit fancier, you could try the Kotlin language.

Answer 3

Ipang it's supposed to be easier to write Kotlin than Java, because of the syntax.

Answer 4

Veliside
Can you elaborate on the "a bit fancier" part of Kotlin?
Why, how is it a bit fancier with Kotlin?