Android Studio 3.0 Flavor Dimension Issue

Question

Upgraded to Studio Canary build. My previous project of Telegram Messenger is giving following error.

Error:All flavors must now belong to a named flavor dimension. The flavor 'armv7' is not assigned to a flavor dimension. Learn more at https://d.android.com/r/tools/flavorDimensions-missing-error-message.html

What should I do? I have already seen that link but couldn't understand what to do. I have 3 build variants now, release,debug and foss.

Answer 1

After trying and reading carefully, I solved it myself. Solution is to add the following line in build.gradle.

flavorDimensions "versionCode"

android { 
       compileSdkVersion 24
       .....
       flavorDimensions "versionCode"
} 

Answer 2

If you want not to use dimensions you should use this line

android { 
compileSdkVersion 24

...
flavorDimensions "default"
...
}

but if you want ti use dimensions you should declare your dimension name first and then use this name after THIS example is from the documentations:

android {
...
buildTypes {
debug {...}
release {...}
}

  // Specifies the flavor dimensions you want to use. The order in which you
  // list each dimension determines its priority, from highest to lowest,
  // when Gradle merges variant sources and configurations. You must assign
  // each product flavor you configure to one of the flavor dimensions.
  flavorDimensions "api", "mode"

  productFlavors {
    demo {
  // Assigns this product flavor to the "mode" flavor dimension.
  dimension "mode"
  ...
}

full {
  dimension "mode"
  ...
}

// Configurations in the "api" product flavors override those in "mode"
// flavors and the defaultConfig block. Gradle determines the priority
// between flavor dimensions based on the order in which they appear next
// to the flavorDimensions property above--the first dimension has a higher
// priority than the second, and so on.
minApi24 {
  dimension "api"
  minSdkVersion 24
  // To ensure the target device receives the version of the app with
  // the highest compatible API level, assign version codes in increasing
  // value with API level. To learn more about assigning version codes to
  // support app updates and uploading to Google Play, read Multiple APK Support
  versionCode 30000 + android.defaultConfig.versionCode
  versionNameSuffix "-minApi24"
  ...
}

minApi23 {
  dimension "api"
  minSdkVersion 23
  versionCode 20000  + android.defaultConfig.versionCode
  versionNameSuffix "-minApi23"
  ...
}

minApi21 {
  dimension "api"
  minSdkVersion 21
  versionCode 10000  + android.defaultConfig.versionCode
  versionNameSuffix "-minApi21"
  ...
    }
  }
}
...

Answer 3

If you don't really need the mechanism, just specify a random flavor dimension in your build.gradle:

android { 
    ...
    flavorDimensions "default"
    ...
}

For more information, check the migration guide

Answer 4

I have used flavorDimensions for my application in build.gradle (Module: app)

flavorDimensions "tier"

productFlavors {
    production {
        flavorDimensions "tier"
        //manifestPlaceholders = [appName: APP_NAME]
        //signingConfig signingConfigs.config
    }
    staging {
        flavorDimensions "tier"
        //manifestPlaceholders = [appName: APP_NAME_STAGING]
        //applicationIdSuffix ".staging"
        //versionNameSuffix "-staging"
        //signingConfig signingConfigs.config
    }
}

Check this link for more info

// Specifies two flavor dimensions.
flavorDimensions "tier", "minApi"

productFlavors {
     free {
            // Assigns this product flavor to the "tier" flavor dimension. Specifying
            // this property is optional if you are using only one dimension.
            dimension "tier"
            ...
     }

     paid {
            dimension "tier"
            ...
     }

     minApi23 {
            dimension "minApi"
            ...
     }

     minApi18 {
            dimension "minApi"
            ...
     }
}

Answer 5

Here you can resolve this issue, you need to add flavorDimension with productFlavors's name and need to define dimension as well, see below example and for more information see here https://developer.android.com/studio/build/gradle-plugin-3-0-0-migration.html

flavorDimensions 'free','paid' //here defined dimensions
productFlavors {
    production {
        dimension 'paid' //you just need to add this line
        ... // your existing code

    }

    demo {
        dimension 'free' //added here also
        ... // your existing code

    }

    development {
        dimension 'free' //add here too
        ... // your existing code

    }