get date of compilation

keszegh

In the about part of my app i want to write the version of the app according to the date it was compiled. is there an automatic way to get this so i don't need to edit it manually all the time (as usually i do forget)?

hgy29

There is no builtin way, but you could write a plugin script to do that

keszegh

thanks for the fast answer,
for me it would take too much time to write the script, so unless somebody else also likes the idea i have to live with the manual solution.

hgy29

Actually it is not that difficult: here is an example supporting android only:

<plugin name="Build Date" description="Create a BUILD-DATE file in assets containg the build date"> <target name="AndroidStudio,APK"> <lua> local f=io.open(Export.getProperty("sys.exportDir").."/app/src/main/assets/assets/BUILD-DATE","w") f:write(os.time()) f:close() local f=io.open(Export.getProperty("sys.exportDir").."/app/src/main/assets/assets/allfiles.txt","a+") f:write("BUILD-DATE\n") f:close() </lua> </target> </plugin>

keszegh

great, i'd need it mainly for win(qt)+mac