1.- app/build.gradle
apply plugin: 'com.android.application' apply plugin: 'checkstyle' // <-- add this line android { // ... }
task checkstyle(type: Checkstyle) { configFile = rootProject.file('config/checkstyle.xml') source 'src' include '**/*.java' exclude '**/gen/**' classpath = files() } dependencies { // ... }
2.- Create a file and name it checkstyle.xml inside project_root/config
You can find the contents of this file here
3.- You can now execute the checkstyle from your terminal
./gradlew checkstyle