2 posts tagged with "Android Studio"

"Hey… why does this screen freeze every time I scroll too fast?"

That's what my QA pinged me at 11:30 AM on a perfectly normal Tuesday.

I brushed it off. "Probably a one-off," I thought.

But then the bug reports started trickling in:

• "The app slows down after using it for a while."
• "Navigation feels laggy."
• "Sometimes it just… dies."

That's when the panic set in.

Ever wondered how big apps manage free vs paid versions, or white-label multiple client apps from a single Android project? The answer is Gradle Flavors.

Imagine you're building an app for a fitness startup. The client loves it. Then they say: "Can we also get a version for our premium users, with extra features and no ads? Oh, and one more version for our corporate partners?"

You smile, and quietly panic.

Do you:

• Copy the codebase three times?
• Manually toggle features before every build?
• Cry?

Nope. You use Gradle Flavors.