GitVersioner conflicts with Instant Run

[Syex]

GitVersioner includes the number of changes in the versionName, so with (almost) every build the versionName changes to something like

android:versionName = 500-feature/my_awesome_feature-SNAPSHOT(2 +3 -5)

This forces Instant Run to always do cold swaps, restarting the whole app for small changes like adding layout attributes, because the AndroidManifest has changed.

It would be desirable that the versionName for Instant Run builds doesn't change or there is an option to disable the suffix including the amount of changes in the versionName.

[matthiasbruns]

You should not use dynamic version names and code when you develop. You could add a beta build, which you can send to your testers.

buildTypes 
{
    release {
        minifyEnabled false
        proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
        defaultConfig.versionCode gitVersioner.versionCode
        defaultConfig.versionName gitVersioner.versionName
    }
    debug {
        applicationIdSuffix ".debug"
        debuggable true
    }
    beta {
        initWith debug
        //manifestPlaceholders = [hostName:"internal.example.com"]
        applicationIdSuffix ".beta"
        matchingFallbacks = ['debug', 'release']
        defaultConfig.versionCode gitVersioner.versionCode
        defaultConfig.versionName "BETA_" + gitVersioner.versionName
    }
}