add check for flag whether there are plugins consuming v8 apis

Author: petekanev

build-artifacts/project-template-gradle/build-tools/check-v8-dependants.js

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+'use strict';
+
+let args = process.argv;
+let dependencies = JSON.parse(args[2]);
+let platformsDir = args[3];
+
+const path = require("path"),
+    fs = require("fs");
+
+if (dependencies) {
+    let platformDir = path.join(platformsDir, "android");
+    let buildDir = path.join(platformDir, "build-tools");
+    let useV8File = path.join(buildDir, 'useV8');
+
+    try {
+        fs.unlinkSync(useV8File);
+    } catch (e) {
+
+    }
+
+    let useV8Symbols = false;
+
+    for (let dependencyName in dependencies) {
+        let dependency = dependencies[dependencyName];
+        
+        let isPlugin = !!dependency.nativescript;
+        if (isPlugin) {
+            let consumesV8Symbols = !!dependency.nativescript.useV8symbols;
+            if (consumesV8Symbols) {
+                useV8Symbols = true;
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (useV8Symbols) {
+        fs.writeFileSync(useV8File, "1");
+    }
+}

build-artifacts/project-template-gradle/build.gradle

@@ -212,7 +212,12 @@ dependencies {
 
 
 def copyNativeScriptAar() {
-	def runtimeAarType = project.hasProperty("nooptimize") ? "regular" : "optimized";
+	def useV8SymbolsFlag = new File("$projectDir/build-tools/useV8");
+	def runtimeAarType = "optimized";
+	if (useV8SymbolsFlag.exists() && !useV8SymbolsFlag.isDirectory()) {
+		println "Using less-optimized runtime bundle.";
+		runtimeAarType = "regular";
+	}
 
 	copy {
 		from "$projectDir/libs/runtime-libs/nativescript-${runtimeAarType}.aar"