Creating a task that runs before all other tasks in gradle

Question

I need to create an initialize task that will run before all other task when I execute it.

task A {
    println \"Task A\"
}

task initializer {
   println \"ini         


        

Answer 1

Seems like you aim execution phase, and you want a task precursing each task or just run as a first task in the execution phase?

If you want a task to always execute in every project before each other task after its being evaluated you can add a closure to he main build.gradle:

allprojects {
  afterEvaluate {
    for(def task in it.tasks)
      if(task != rootProject.tasks.YourTask)
      task.dependsOn rootProject.tasks.YourTask
  }
}

or

tasks.matching {it != YourTask}.all {it.dependsOn YourTask}

You can also use the Task Execution Graph to define the lifecycle. There are few ways of achieving your goal, depending on your needs and a project structure.