Track execution time per task in gradle script?

Question

What is the most elegant way to track the execution times on how long a task took in a gradle build script? In an optimal case log the time directly same or next line to the tas

Answer 1

I know this is an old question, but I've found a cool plugin that does task timing. It's like @jlevy's answer, but with some more options available: https://github.com/passy/build-time-tracker-plugin

This plugin by Pascal Hartig continuously logs your build times and provides CSV and bar chart summaries. The developer recommends it for monitoring your build times over time, versus --profile which gives you a snapshot for the current build.

This is how I'm currently using it:

buildscript {
    repositories {
        mavenCentral()
    }

    dependencies {
        classpath "net.rdrei.android.buildtimetracker:gradle-plugin:0.7.+"
    }
}

apply plugin: "build-time-tracker"

buildtimetracker {
    reporters {
        summary {
            ordered false
            threshold 50
            barstyle 'unicode'
        }
    }
}