Chapter 42. The Announce Plugin

The Gradle announce plugin allows you to send custom announcements during a build. The following notification systems are supported:

Twitter
notify-send (Ubuntu)
Snarl (Windows)
Growl (Mac OS X)

42.1. Usage

To use the announce plugin, apply it to your build script:

Example 42.1. Using the announce plugin

build.gradle

apply plugin: 'announce'

Next, configure your notification service(s) of choice (see table below for which configuration properties are available):

Example 42.2. Configure the announce plugin

build.gradle

announce {  
  username = 'myId'
  password = 'myPassword'
}

Finally, send announcements with the announce method:

Example 42.3. Using the announce plugin

build.gradle

task helloWorld << {  
    println "Hello, world!"
}  

helloWorld.doLast {  
    announce.announce("helloWorld completed!", "twitter")
    announce.announce("helloWorld completed!", "local")
}

The announce method takes two String arguments: The message to be sent, and the notification service to be used. The following table lists supported notification services and their configuration properties.

Table 42.1. Announce Plugin Notification Services

Notification Service	Operating System	Configuration Properties	Further Information
twitter	Any	username, password
snarl	Windows
growl	Mac OS X
notify-send	Ubuntu		Requires the notify-send package to be installed. Use `sudo apt-get install libnotify-bin` to install it.
local	Windows, Mac OS X, Ubuntu		Automatically chooses between snarl, growl, and notify-send depending on the current operating system.

42.2. Configuration

See the AnnouncePluginExtension class in the API documentation.