Yes, for Android, the time to run all the external...

# android

[cedric]

Yes, for Android, the time to run all the external tools dwarfs everything. Except maybe when you start having a sizeable Kotlin source code base, which is when incremental compilation can help (but R.java is still a liability, along with other practices that neutralize incremental compilation, like BuildConfig.java or other sources that get regenerated each build)