build.gradle -- add note for MyOpenWeatherMapApiKey

[Cattalins]

I am a pretty new user to Android Studio, Gradle and everything else.
I have been having some trouble to get the project starting with the build.gradle file.

ON:

    buildTypes.each {
        it.buildConfigField 'String', 'OPEN_WEATHER_MAP_API_KEY', MyOpenWeatherMapApiKey
    }

It would be nice to have a note stating that your API Key should be inside single quotes AND double quotes.

LIKE:

    buildTypes.each {
        // Replace MyOpenWeatherMapApiKey with your API Key in the format '"abcdefgh012345"' 
        // Use both single quotes followed by double quotes.
        it.buildConfigField 'String', 'OPEN_WEATHER_MAP_API_KEY', MyOpenWeatherMapApiKey
    }

[jasjasbinks]

Thank you Cattalins, I also encountered this hiccup :)

[a1g0rithm]

I agree Cattalins. Part of being a good coder is using comments to help clarify what the previous code means.

[morfioce]

That was starting to bother me and then I read this, so thank you Cattalins

[zmckenney]

Wow, thank you for this post! This was something I also ran into that bothered me. Thanks for the information!

[dragon9001]

I get stuck at the same situation. Thanks so much!!! cattallins

[DClayton12]

@Cattalins Good catch and Thank you! I was searching errors using gradle as the error was not obvious.

[asheshb]

Thanks a lot Cattalins. That was very helpful and time saving.

[JerryZaz]

On the bright side, getting this fixed was also a learning experience and YOU get to say that you did it without this post! You're awesome!

[Cattalins]

Yes, I know, but sadly when this get fixed, I will return to my anonymity.
Hahaha

[bavly]

thank you Cattalins very much this helped me

[nammshub]

Thank you so much for your help :)

[tkinetik1]

AMEN!

[dbwest]

that helped so much. Should've guessed to have done that when I saw the code it generated...

[thaibt]

Hi I have this problem with buildTypes.each

Error:(21, 0) Gradle DSL method not found: 'buildConfigField()'
Possible causes:

• The project 'Sunshine' may be using a version of Gradle that does not contain the method.
  Gradle settings
• The build file may be missing a Gradle plugin.
  Apply Gradle plugin

And no, I am not missing a comma.

[shrenuj]

Earlier,I quit the tutorial coz android studio wont let me run the app coz of this gradle quotes issue.
Thanks a lot!

[thaibt]

For some reason, my gradle built only works when I simulate through a virtual phone, not my galaxy.... Which was weird because it was compatible.

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[peterqz]

Also this works:
it.buildConfigField 'String', 'OPEN_WEATHER_MAP_API_KEY', ""abcdefg0123456""

[sachinrkeche]

Good Catch..

[javiexpo]

You can also use the gradle.properties file tu define the constant MyOpenWeatherMapApiKey like this:

MyOpenWeatherMapApiKey = "abcdefg0123456"

And the project will sync without problem

[lucasassalti]

Thank u =)

[lishuopitt]

This link may be helpful http://stackoverflow.com/questions/33365650/cannot-resolve-symbol-c882c94be45fff9d16a1cf845fc16ec5

[ratulbside]

This helps me a lot .. :)

[javadKarbasian]

Thanks a lot

[Polyterative]

This helped me a lot, thanks!!!

[tusharbanne]

I should have seen this before figuring out what the problem is. It would have saved a lot of time.

[ghost]

Thank you so much for this post, i have spent last 2 hrs fixing this issue.

[ghost]

Thanks a lot Cattalins

[ghost]

buildTypes.each {
it.buildConfigField 'String', 'OPEN_WEATHER_MAP_API_KEY', ""c882c94be45fff9d16a1cf845fc16ec5""
}
//me a funcionado!!!

[tal32123]

How does one use this code:

MyOpenWeatherMapApiKey = "abcdefg0123456"

it doesn't seem to work for me.

[ghost]

Hi, Please add this line in your build.gradle file buildTypes.each { it.buildConfigField 'String', 'OPEN_WEATHER_MAP_API_KEY', "'abcdefg0123456'" } And after that refer this by BuildConfig.OPEN_WEATHER_MAP_API_KEY in your ForecastFragment class. Think it must work.

[Heleni]

Thanks a lot!

[baishali-ghosh]

Thanks a lot. Got stuck here, kept applying " " and it still wouldn't render correctly in the build config. You saved me a lot of time.

[technoplato]

There's going to be a change coming that will make this process much more clear! Sorry for the current confusion. I agree, single quotes surrounding double quotes is very confusing.

[alketola]

Thank you, you saved my day! Started pondering about this a fed days ago...

• However, I consider this a very educative catch. ;-)

[sidvenu]

@tal32123 and others who are looking why defining MyOpenWeatherMapApiKey in gradle.properties doesn't work. The people at Udacity tells us to create gradle.properties in .gradle directory. But there is already in the normal project folder.(C/Users/.../Sunshine/gradle.properties). Put MyOpenWeatherMapApiKey="{YOURKEYHERE}" there and replace {YOURKEYHERE} with your key. and then leave the build.gradle file as it is as they gave here at github. It will work

[technoplato]

@SiddharthVenu The reason why you shouldn't put your API key in your project's (C/Users/.../Sunshine/gradle.properties) is because gradle recommends that file being checked in to version control. If you have your API key in that file, you shouldn't check it into version control. If you put your API key in your GLOBAL gradle.properties (~/.gradle/gradle.properties), it will be recognized by your project's build.gradle, but won't be checked into version control, which is really the goal here.

Does that make sense?

[sidvenu]

@halfjew22 But it does not recognize the variable if I put it in ~/.gradle

[technoplato]

@SiddharthVenu Uh oh! Shoot me an email (mlustig@google.com) and I'll help you fix that!

[ahewlett]

I just encountered this, thank you for posting the solution.

[poph2]

@Cattalins Your name has been engraved electronic stones of android history. You will not be forgotten.

[smsubham]

thanks for this solution , saved me hours of frustration.

[jmkuruvilla]

Thank you! That saved some headache.

[Josephaguele]

Why does it (OPEN_WEATHER_MAP_API_KEY) have to be written like this?
And what is the effect of having to code in the build area?

Please I need an answer to this questions

[AliHG]

@Josephaguele : naming OPEN_WEATHER_MAP_API_KEY like this will make no difference you can name it as you like but when you call it in your code "FetchWeatherTask" class BuildConfig.OPEN_WEATHER_MAP_API_KEY; make sure to change the name here too

[AliHG]

@Cattalins i'm pretty sure this is not how it's done

buildTypes.each { it.buildConfigField 'String', 'OPEN_WEATHER_MAP_API_KEY', MyOpenWeatherMapApiKey }

and MyOpenWeatherMapApiKey is like calling a variable you declared in gradle.propertie

MyOpenWeatherMapApiKey="3194b70c58f9e0bc45dfd2279c1696c587"
in gradle.properties file your .gradle folder in your home directory

when adding your api key in your build.gradle file you risk when using github t

[Josephaguele]

I tried coding it like everyone has said, but it hasn't worked for me yet because when I try to run the sunshine app, it still shows the run time error.
Is this not the correct code?

buildTypes.each{
it.buildConfigField 'String', 'OPEN_WEATHER_MAP_API_KEY', ""MyOpenWeatherMapApiKey""
}

Please can anyone help me out with this. And please must we have a correct and working API key before the Sunshine app will work?

[AliHG]

@Josephaguele this is the working code you add these lines exactly as it is in build.gradle file inside the android { } and this is my code
`apply plugin: 'com.android.application'

android {
compileSdkVersion 21
buildToolsVersion "21.1.2"

defaultConfig {
    applicationId "com.example.android.sunshine.app"
    minSdkVersion 10
    targetSdkVersion 21
    versionCode 1
    versionName "1.0"
}
buildTypes {
    release {
        minifyEnabled false
        proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
    }
}

buildTypes.each {
    it.buildConfigField 'String', 'OPEN_WEATHER_MAP_API_KEY' , MyOpenWeatherMapApiKey
}

}

dependencies {
compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:21.0.2'
}
`

you only add

buildTypes.each { it.buildConfigField 'String', 'OPEN_WEATHER_MAP_API_KEY' , MyOpenWeatherMapApiKey }
in the correct place inside the android { } scope and don't change any thing else in this file and click sync now

and you must have a working api Key for the sunshine app to work and this is my key " 3194b70c58f9e0bc45d2279c1696c587 " if you wish to use it

and to must add your api key to the gradle.properties file located in C:\Users\your username.gradle in windows and in your Home directory in mac and here is the code in my gradle.properties file

org.gradle.daemon=true MyOpenWeatherMapApiKey="3194b70c58f9e0bc45d2279c1696c587"

if you need any help i'm here

[Josephaguele]

Thanks,
I really appreciate. The key you gave to me worked. Please can I just use
it for the practical sessions. Please

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wrote:

@Josephaguele https://github.com/Josephaguele this is the working code
you add these lines exactly as it is in build.gradle file inside the
android { } and this is my code
`apply plugin: 'com.android.application'

android {
compileSdkVersion 21
buildToolsVersion "21.1.2"

defaultConfig {
applicationId "com.example.android.sunshine.app"
minSdkVersion 10
targetSdkVersion 21
versionCode 1
versionName "1.0"
}
buildTypes {
release {
minifyEnabled false
proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
}
}

buildTypes.each {
it.buildConfigField 'String', 'OPEN_WEATHER_MAP_API_KEY' , MyOpenWeatherMapApiKey
}

}

dependencies {
compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:21.0.2'
}
`

and you must have a working api Key for the sunshine app to work and this
is my key " 3194b70c58f9e0bc45d2279c1696c587 " if you wish to use it

and to must add your api key to the gradle.properties file located in
C:\Users\your username.gradle in windows and in your Home directory in mac
and here is the code in my gradle.properties file

org.gradle.daemon=true
MyOpenWeatherMapApiKey="3194b70c58f9e0bc45d2279c1696c587"

if you need any help i'm here

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[AliHG]

@Josephaguele it's yours 👍

[Uiyama]

Thanks a lot. I really appreciate.

[Josephaguele]

Hi,

Please Is there any way I can get an updated explanation of Postal Code
Param. I really do not understand it .
I would be very grateful.
Thanks in anticipation.

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Thanks a lot. I really appreciate.

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[Josephaguele]

Please my android monitor screen is not showing the information as shown in the tutorial.
When I click the refresh button, this is what shows up on my screen.

I hope this will do well.
The last two lines, which is the InputManager is what shows up on my android studio monitor screen when I click the refresh button

[kavoos]

If you create (global) gradle.properties yourself, you should make a PROPERTIES FILE and not TEXT DOCUMENT (via notepad or something like that!)
Your gradle.properties should be like this:

and it must be in C:\Users[user name].gradle
It contains: MyOpenWeatherMapApiKey="xxxx1111xxxx"
Your build.gradle should be like this:
...
buildTypes {
release {
minifyEnabled false
proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
}
}
buildTypes.each {
it.buildConfigField 'String', 'OPEN_WEATHER_MAP_API_KEY', MyOpenWeatherMapApiKey
}
...

[seiya021]

Thank's Cattalins

[Josephaguele]

Thank you

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[omerboyraz]

Thank you for help.

[rag-lab]

ok, when changing the build.gradle file double check you inserted the code in the correct one. there's 2 here (Project and app), the code should be on the build.grade (app)

[sachinrkeche]

Thanks ..

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[AMT16]

Thank you , that was helpful