How to get Current Build Type in Gradle

You can get the exact build type by parsing your applicationVariants:

applicationVariants.all { variant ->
    buildType = variant.buildType.name // sets the current build type
}

A implementation could look like the following:

def buildType // Your variable

android {
    applicationVariants.all { variant ->
        buildType = variant.buildType.name // Sets the current build type
    }
}

task myTask{
    // Compare buildType here
}

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Update

This answer by this question helped the questioner to settle the problem.

This worked for me

applicationVariants.all { variant ->
    def variantType = variant.buildType.name
    println "Variant type: $variantType"
    if (variantType == "debug") {
       // do stuff
    }
}