Multiple flavors in Android project: no way to specify which APK to run after build

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When specifying multiple flavors in the app.gradle and thus more than one APK gets generated during build, the CLI prints a warning More than one .apk found in ... directory. Using the last one produced from build.

So depending on Gradle's internal workings when doing a tns run android the APK that was built first is picked. Which may not be the right one in this case.

https://github.com/NativeScript/nativescript-cli/blob/8cd21b8f437eb37c14d0bd1df9babce7f53d7ee9/lib/services/platform-service.ts#L800

Would be great if the CLI would have an option to specify which flavor (or APK) to be used on tns run

Which platform(s) does your issue occur on?

macOS, Android build

Please provide the following version numbers that your issue occurs with:

• CLI: 4.0.0
• Cross-platform modules: tns-core-modules 4.0.1
• Runtime(s): tns-androd 4.0.1

Comienza en lib/services/platform-service.ts, alrededor de la lógica vinculada de selección de APK, y revisa cómo tns run android gestiona múltiples APKs producidos a partir de los flavors de app.gradle. Define la opción de CLI y el comportamiento esperado de selección de flavor o APK, y verifica después que tns run android inicie de forma consistente la APK solicitada en lugar de depender del orden de compilación.