# Using a Custom Gradle Plugin to Configure the BugSee Android SDK

DevFeed: [Using a Custom Gradle Plugin to Configure the BugSee Android SDK](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/android-bugsee-sdk-ignore-the-docs-do-this-instead-24899.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.blundellapps.co.uk/android-bugsee-sdk-ignore-the-docs-do-this-instead/>)

Author: blundell

Published: 2025-01-30T21:43:46Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Blundell](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/blundell.md>)

Topics: [Android](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/android.md>), [Gradle](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/gradle.md>), [configuration](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/configuration.md>), [SDKs](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/sdks.md>), [Library](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/library.md>), [iOS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ios.md>)

Tags: [android](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android.md>), [configuration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/configuration.md>), [gradle](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/gradle.md>), [gradle-plugin](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/gradle-plugin.md>), [intermediate](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/intermediate.md>), [ios](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ios.md>), [libraries](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/libraries.md>), [monitoring](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/monitoring.md>), [reference](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/reference.md>), [sdk](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sdk.md>)

## AI overview

This tutorial explains how to configure the BugSee Android SDK through a custom Gradle plugin. It moves dependency setup, library initialization, token configuration, settings, and plugin application into a more modular structure with clearer separation of concerns.

## Source excerpt

When introducing 3rd party libraries (like BugSee), often their configuration is dumped into your build.gradle/application:onCreate and mixed with everything else. This post shows you how to have cleaner, more maintainable code by creating your own gradle plugin. BugSee is a Flight recorder for your iOS and Android apps "See video, network and logs that led [...] The post Android Bugsee SDK: Ignore the Docs, Do THIS Instead first appeared on Blundell.