I hate gradle

Me too

I love gradle

(largely because I'm used to ant...)

gradle is *the* single, and best update to the android build system. it is a bit hard to use it at first, but as soon as you see what the alternatives were in the past, or when you need to build multiple version at the same time - you will think gradle is the best thing ever.

@magicMirror can't disagree with all that but it's sooooo slow

@y2k0z depending on your exact setup, it is possible to make it faster. google around a bit.

I love it. It is as slow as we make it. So optimize it.

Try buck :D