
Limrun Gradle
Need a remote Android build without installing Gradle or Android Studio locally? limrun-gradle runs `lim gradle build` against a remote sandbox that syncs your sources, runs the project's own Gradle wrapper, and streams the output, so it works the same from Linux, Windows, macOS, or a container. It handles debug APKs, release AABs, Expo prebuild when there's no `android/` folder, and tool version pinning with `lim gradle use`. The part I'd look at first is `--sign`: Limrun generates and escrows an upload key per app, so Play uploads keep matching across machines and CI without you managing a keystore. Once the APK exists, the skill hands off to limrun-android-emulator for installing and driving it.
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- last updated
- Oct 26, 2026
Install
$ npx -y skills add limrun-inc/skills --skill limrun-gradle --agent claude-codeInstalls into .claude/skills of the current project.
Files
Remote Gradle build
Build Android projects on Limrun's remote Gradle sandboxes, from any
environment (Linux, Windows, macOS, VM, container). lim gradle build syncs
your sources to a remote instance, runs the project's own Gradle wrapper
there, and streams the build output. This workflow builds on the remote instance; local Gradle, a local Android
SDK, and local emulators are not part of it. A finished run has the app
running on a Limrun emulator or the artifact delivered.
For iOS builds, use limrun-xcode instead of this skill. For the Expo
dev-client loop (Metro, hot reload) on either platform, use
limrun-expo-development; it comes back here for the Android Debug
build.
Auth and CLI
Install if needed: npm install --global lim. Auth is lim login or
LIM_API_KEY (it may already be set in the user's environment even when .env and the shell do not show it; check before asking for it). The CLI is the source of truth:
the commands in this skill are verified, but if a flag errors or you need one
not shown here, check --help instead of guessing:
lim gradle --help
lim gradle build --help
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Details
- Repository
- github.com/limrun-inc/skills
- Categories
- Frontend Development, DevOps & CI/CD, Release Management, Mobile Development, Java & JVM, CLI & Terminal
- First seen
- Oct 26, 2026