Code quality

Add static code analyzers to an Android project.

Code analyzers

• PMD
• Findbugs
• Checkstyle
• Infer
• Lint

Install prerequisites

In order to properly work, node, npm and browser-sync.

• Install nodejs:
  • Linux:
    • curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_6.x | sudo -E bash -
    • sudo apt-get install -y nodejs
  • Mac:
    • brew install node
• Install Browsersync:
  • npm install -g browser-sync

Place showQualityReports.sh and config in the project root.

Add to app build.gradle:

apply from: "${rootDir}/config/quality/checkstyle/codequality-checkstyle.gradle"
apply from: "${rootDir}/config/quality/findbugs/codequality-findbugs.gradle"
apply from: "${rootDir}/config/quality/pmd/codequality-pmd.gradle"
apply from: "${rootDir}/config/quality/infer/codequality-infer.gradle"

Add to app build.gradle, inside application tag:

lintOptions {
             //lint rules
             apply from: "${rootDir}/config/quality/lint/codequality-lint.gradle", to: it
             //locations for the rules and output
             lintConfig file("${rootDir}/config/quality/lint/lint-config.xml")
             htmlOutput file("${buildDir}/reports/lint/index.html")
             xmlOutput file("${buildDir}/reports/lint/index.xml")
}