How to use gradle properties in build.gradle
When I run this task: task tmpTask << { project.properties.each {println " $it"} } I see: org.gradle.java.home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-oracle But how to use this variable? I've tried both: task tmpTask << { println org.gradle.java.home println project.properties.org.gradle.java.home } But none of this works. First print gives error: Could not find property 'org' on task ':tmpTask'. while second fails with: Cannot get property 'gradle' on null object project.properties is a Map<String, ?> So you can use project.properties['org.gradle.java.home'] You can also use the property() method (but that