At the Google I/O 2019 we had two great talks related with Gradle in Android projects: "What's new in Android Studio Build System" and "Build Bigger, ...
https://medium.com/google-developer-experts/19-tips-for-gradle-in-android-projects-2019-edition-11af704eb06e
* Anton Malinskiy * Lazy configuration * Official documentation * Build-Scans * Gradle Profiler * great webcast