Increment Build Number in a smart way 🤔

Hello, I am more of a programmer than a content writer. In this tutorial, ‘am gonna put some simple and easy tricks I have learned so far. Let’s get this started.

Increment Build Number/Version Code Automatically

This is purely based on the number of git commits. I liked it.

iOS:

Go to your project Target, on the right side you will see Build Phases. Tap on Build phases Tab. Tap on + icon to add your script to increment build number automatically. It’s good to have the name of the script, I titled it as Increment Build.
https://gist.github.com/trinadhkoya/aa30980782ad363587073105a7635064#file-incrementbuild-sh

Android:

The following snippet should be placed in build.gradle(project) level. It will check the commit number of your master branch and change

ext {
    buildToolsVersion = "28.0.3"
    minSdkVersion = 19
    compileSdkVersion = 28
    targetSdkVersion = 28
    supportLibVersion = "28.0.0"
    googlePlayServicesVersion = "16.0.0"
    getVersionCode = { ->
            try {
                def stdout = new ByteArrayOutputStream()
                exec {
                commandLine 'git', 'rev-list', '--count', 'master'
                    standardOutput = stdout
                }
                return Integer.parseInt(stdout.toString().trim())
            }
            catch (ignored) {
                return -1;
            }
        }}

just call this getVersionCode in your app level build.gradle file to get the dynamic version code.

defaultConfig {
    applicationId "com.example.app"
    minSdkVersion rootProject.ext.minSdkVersion
    targetSdkVersion rootProject.ext.targetSdkVersion
    versionCode rootProject.ext.getVersionCode()
    versionName "4.0"
    multiDexEnabled true}

It’s never too late to ask me for some advice or help. And also, feel free to comment your version of it too.

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