Of course, you can do this by adding this line to your gradle.properties file:
gradle=build -x lint -x lintVitalRelease
Warning : the above line will prevent lint from starting for both debug and release builds!
If you want to know more about hacker games, quick builds, and performance improvements, these will be the best slides you'll see: Mastering Gradle 3.0
I prepared this from many different resources, including Android Developer & Gradle documentation, videos for Android developers, etc. - I hope this helps! It really matters a lot in build time (both growth and project load time)
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