Yoda Response: Certainly, Avi. Streamlining the build process for efficiency is crucial in Android development. Here’s an example of how I’ve optimized the build process:

1. **Gradle Configuration**:
   - **Build Variants**: Defined multiple build variants (e.g., debug, release) in `build.gradle` to separate configurations for different environments. This allowed us to build only the necessary components for each variant, reducing build times.
   - **Dependency Management**: Carefully managed dependencies by specifying only the necessary libraries for each build variant, avoiding unnecessary dependencies that could slow down the build process.

2. **ProGuard and R8**:
   - **Code Shrinking**: Enabled ProGuard/R8 for release builds to shrink, obfuscate, and optimize the code. This not only reduced the APK size but also improved build performance by eliminating unused code.
   - **Resource Shrinking**: Configured resource shrinking to remove unused resources, further reducing the APK size and build time.

3. **Build Caching**:
   - **Gradle Build Cache**: Enabled Gradle’s build cache to reuse outputs from previous builds, significantly speeding up incremental builds.
   - **Remote Build Cache**: Configured a remote build cache to share build outputs across different machines, further enhancing build efficiency.

4. **Parallel Execution**:
   - Enabled parallel execution of tasks in Gradle by setting `org.gradle.parallel=true` in `gradle.properties`. This allowed multiple tasks to run concurrently, reducing overall build time.

5. **Incremental Builds**:
   - Leveraged Gradle’s incremental build feature by ensuring that tasks were properly configured to only rebuild what had changed, rather than the entire project.

6. **Custom Build Scripts**:
   - Created custom Gradle tasks and scripts to automate repetitive tasks and streamline the build process. This included tasks for code generation, resource processing, and more.

7. **Monitoring and Optimization**:
   - Regularly monitored build times using Gradle’s build scan feature to identify bottlenecks and optimize them. This included profiling tasks and dependencies to ensure they were as efficient as possible.

8. **AOSP Build System**:
   - For AOSP projects, optimized the build process by configuring the `Android.bp` and `Android.mk` files appropriately, managing dependencies, and using prebuilt binaries where possible to reduce build times.

By implementing these strategies, I was able to significantly streamline the build process, resulting in faster build times and more efficient development cycles.