gradle-native

The home of Gradle's support for natively compiled languages.

Latest updates

You can track closed issues and our regular updates in our release notes.

We have a #native Slack channel on the Gradle Community Slack.

What is gradle-native?

As of 4.1, Gradle includes several plugins for building applications and libraries from C++ and Swift sources. Check out the blog post for an introduction.

• Issues related to Gradle's support for native languages are tracked in this repo.
• This repository also includes some WIP documentation and release notes
• Samples are in the native-samples repo.
• The source code for the plugins still lives in the gradle repo and will migrate here over time.

For more information about Gradle, please visit: https://gradle.org

This project adheres to the Gradle Code of Conduct. By participating, you are expected to uphold this code.

Features

• Compile and link libraries and applications from C++ and Swift source.
• Build C++ for macOS, Linux and Windows.
• Build Swift for macOS and Linux.
• Supports GCC, Clang, Visual C++, MinGW compilers.
• Fast parallel, incremental compilation for C++.
• Incremental compilation for Swift.
• Distributed caching of C++ and Swift compilation.
• Transitive dependency management, including support for composite builds and pre-built binaries from a Maven binary repository. Other pre-built binaries are not yet supported.
• Source dependencies.
• Publishing dependencies to a Maven binary repository.
• Tool chain discovery based on requirements declared in the build, including discovery of these compilers when running on cygwin or using Visual C++.
• Xcode integration, to allow you to generate Xcode workspace and project files from your Gradle build.
• Visual Studio integration, to allow you to generate a Visual Studio solution and project files from your Gradle build.
• XCTest integration, supported on macOs and Linux.

Contributing

If you're looking to contribute to Gradle or provide a patch/pull request, you can find more info here.