The Gradle AppDistributionPlugin should not eagerly create its tasks

[bmuschko]

[REQUIRED] Step 2: Describe your environment

• Firebase Component: com.google.firebase.appdistribution
• Component version: 5.0.0

[REQUIRED] Step 3: Describe the problem

Using the TaskContainer.create method to create a task will spend unnecessary time when running a Gradle build. You should use the TaskContainer.register method. For more information, see the Gradle documentation.

Steps to reproduce:

Simply apply and configure the plugin. Any UploadDistributionTask, AddTestersTask, and RemoveTestersTask tasks will be created and configured during Gradle's configuration phase.

BTW: Where do I find the source code of the Gradle plugin? It doesn't seem to live in this repository.

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[lehcar09]

Hi @bmuschko, thank you for reaching out and suggesting how we can improve our Firebase SDK. I'll go ahead and mark this as a feature request. While we are unable to promise any timeline for this, we'll definitely keep this under our radar.

P.S. For folks who find this useful, adding an emoji thumbs up on the original post can help us prioritize adding this to the roadmap.

As for the Firebase App Distribution Gradle plugin source code, our engineers also aim for it to be open source, however, this is not the high priority at the moment.

[bmuschko]

Thanks for the info, @lehcar09. Marking the issue as a feature request sounds reasonable. Let me know in case you are open sourcing the Gradle plugin. I'd be happy to provide a pull request.