String resources within build.gradle

Question

Does anyone know if its possible to access string resources within the build.gradle file? something like the following.

dependencies {
   compile(group: 'com.mysite.myapp', name: 'lib', version: '@string/version_number', ext: 'aar')
}

Answer 1

I think something like this should work. Since it internally uses groovy.

def your_string = 'some_string';
dependencies {
   compile(group: 'com.mysite.myapp', name: 'lib', version: your_string + '/version_number', ext: 'aar')
}