oops, this was what I meant to do

app/build.gradle

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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2016 Adrian Malacoda
+ * Copyright (C) 2014 Vlad Mihalachi
+ *
+ * This file is part of Robut Editor.
+ *
+ * Robut Editor is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * Robut Editor is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+import java.util.regex.Pattern
+
+apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
+
+android {
+    compileSdkVersion 22
+    buildToolsVersion '22.0.1'
+
+    defaultConfig {
+        applicationId "net.monarchpass.android.robuteditor"
+        minSdkVersion 11
+        targetSdkVersion 22
+        versionCode 48
+        versionName "1.20"
+    }
+
+    compileOptions {
+        sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_7
+        targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_7
+    }
+    buildTypes {
+        release {
+            minifyEnabled false
+            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
+        }
+    }
+    lintOptions {
+        abortOnError false
+    }
+    packagingOptions {
+        exclude 'META-INF/LICENSE.txt'
+        exclude 'META-INF/NOTICE.txt'
+    }
+}
+
+dependencies {
+    compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
+    compile project(':libraries:sharedCode')
+}
+
+task incrementVersionCode << {
+    println(":incrementVersionCode - Incrementing Version Code...")
+    def buildGradleFile = file("build.gradle")
+    def patternVersionCode = Pattern.compile("versionCode (\\d+)")
+    def buildGradleFileText = buildGradleFile.getText()
+    def matcherVersionCode = patternVersionCode.matcher(buildGradleFileText)
+    matcherVersionCode.find()
+    def mVersionCode = Integer.parseInt(matcherVersionCode.group(1))
+    def mNextVersionCode = mVersionCode + 1
+    def manifestContent = matcherVersionCode.replaceAll("versionCode " + mNextVersionCode)
+    println(":incrementVersionCode - current versionCode=" + mVersionCode);
+    println(":incrementVersionCode - next versionCode=" + mNextVersionCode);
+    buildGradleFile.write(manifestContent)
+}