Gradle Plugin for Zero-Touch Instrumentation

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// build.gradle.kts
plugins { id("dev.wildedge") version "..." }
wildedge { dsn = providers.gradleProperty("wildedge.dsn") }

A bytecode-weaving Gradle plugin that instruments Interpreter.run(), OrtSession.run(), etc. at compile time using ASM or Transform API. Zero code changes in the app. The plugin can also validate at build time that registered models have corresponding tracking calls (enforcing the lint rules at build level).

[piotrekno1]

Use Component.transformClassesWith from the AGP Variant API. The old Transform API is removed in AGP 8+.

androidComponents.onVariants { variant ->
    variant.transformClassesWith(
        WildEdgeAsmVisitorFactory::class,
        InstrumentationScope.ALL
    ) { params ->
        params.config.set(...)
    }
}

InstrumentationScope.ALL covers inference calls inside third-party AARs, not just app code. Needed for cases where inference is wrapped inside another library.

Gotchas:

• R8/ProGuard strips method signatures. The visitor needs keep rules for target classes (Interpreter, OrtSession.run, etc.) or match on obfuscated names.
• InstrumentationScope.ALL has a real build-time cost on large dependency graphs. Needs benchmarking before committing as the default.
• Build-time lint validation (verifying registered models have tracking) belongs in a separate Task, not the ASM visitor.

Before building the plugin: confirm manual instrumentation is actually a blocker for adoption. The plugin adds a second artifact to maintain.