Difference between using gradlew and gradle

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What is the difference between using gradlew and gradle or are they the same

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gradlew is a wrapper w - character  that uses gradle  Under the hood gradlew performs three main things   Download and install the correct gradle version Parse the arguments Call a gradle task  Using Gradle Wrapper we can distribute share a project to everybody to use the same version and Gradle s functionality compile  build  install     even if it has not been installed  To create a wrapper run  gradle wrapper  This command generate   gradle-wrapper properties will contain the information about the Gradle distribution     Is used on Unix to specify the current directory

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The difference lies in the fact that   gradlew indicates you are using a gradle wrapper  The wrapper is generally part of a project and it facilitates installation of gradle  If you were using gradle without the wrapper you would have to manually install it - for example  on a mac brew install gradle and then invoke gradle using the gradle command  In both cases you are using gradle  but the former is more convenient and ensures version consistency across different machines      Each Wrapper is tied to a specific version of Gradle  so when you   first run one of the commands above for a given Gradle version  it   will download the corresponding Gradle distribution and use it to   execute the build       Not only does this mean that you don   t have to manually install Gradle   yourself  but you are also sure to use the version of Gradle that the   build is designed for  This makes your historical builds more reliable   Read more here - https   docs gradle org current userguide gradle wrapper html  Also  Udacity has a neat  high level video explaining the concept of the gradle wrapper - https   www youtube com watch v 1aA949H-shk

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