madb_init.gradle

allprojects {

    // Add the following tasks only for the project in the current directory.
    if (project.projectDir == gradle.startParameter.currentDir) {

        // An optional output file name can be specified by a Gradle command-line flag:
        // -PmadbOutputFile=<file_name>
        def output = project.properties.containsKey('madbOutputFile')
            ? new File(project.properties['madbOutputFile'])
            : null

        // Empty the file, if it exists already.
        if (output != null) {
            output.text = ''
        }

        task madbExtractApplicationId << {
            extract(project, {p -> getAppId(p)}, output, 'application ID')
        }

        task madbExtractMainActivity << {
            extract(project, {p -> getMainActivity(p)}, output, 'main activity')
        }
    }

}

void extract(project, extractor, output, debugName) {
    def id = null

    // See if this project is an Android application module.
    if (isApplicationModule(project)) {
        id = extractor(project)
    } else {
        // This project is NOT an Android application module.
        // Retrieve the id from the first application sub-module.
        id = extractor(project.subprojects.find { isApplicationModule(it) })
    }

    if (id) {
        if (output != null) {
            output.append(id + '\n')
        } else {
            println id
        }
    } else {
        throw new GradleException('Failed to extract the ' + debugName)
    }
}

boolean isApplicationModule(project) {
    return project.plugins.hasPlugin('com.android.application')
}

String getAppId(project) {
    try {
        return project.android.defaultConfig.applicationId
    } catch (all) {
        return null
    }
}

String getMainActivity(project) {
    try {
        def manifestFile = getAndroidManifestLocation(project)

        // Parse the xml file and find the main activity.
        def manifest = new XmlSlurper().parse(manifestFile)
        def mainActivity = manifest.application.activity.find { isMainActivity(it) }
        def name = mainActivity.'@android:name'.text()

        // If the activity name is using the shorthand syntax starting with a dot,
        // make it a fully-qualified name by prepending it with the package name.
        if (name.startsWith('.')) {
            return manifest.'@package'.text() + name
        } else {
            return name
        }
    } catch (all) {
        return null
    }
}

File getAndroidManifestLocation(project) {
    try {
        return project.android.sourceSets.main.manifest.srcFile
    } catch (all) {
        return null
    }
}

boolean isMainActivity(activity) {
    try {
        def intentFilter = activity.'intent-filter'
        return  intentFilter.action.'@android:name'.text() == 'android.intent.action.MAIN' &&
                intentFilter.category.'@android:name'.text() == 'android.intent.category.LAUNCHER'
    } catch (all) {
        return false
    }
}