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Android Gradle Plugin
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Android Gradle Plugin 8.7
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- com.android.build.api
  - Overview
  - Classes
    AndroidPluginVersion
- com.android.build.api.artifact
- com.android.build.api.attributes
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  - Interfaces
    AgpVersionAttr
    BuildTypeAttr
    ProductFlavorAttr
- com.android.build.api.component
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  - Interfaces
    UnitTest
- com.android.build.api.dsl
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    AaptOptions
    AarMetadata
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    AdbOptions
    AndroidResources
    AndroidSourceDirectorySet
    AndroidSourceFile
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    AnnotationProcessorOptions
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