Make channel available in Java via ChromeVersionConstants.java.

chrome/chrome_android.gypi

 # Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
 # Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 # found in the LICENSE file.
 {
   'variables': {
     'chromium_code': 1,
     'conditions': [
       ['component != "shared_library" and target_arch != "arm64" and target_arch != "x64" and profiling_full_stack_frames != 1', {
         # Only enable the chromium linker on regular builds, since the
         # component build crashes on Android 4.4. See b/11379966
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             '<(version_py_path)',
           ],
           'outputs': [
             '<(output_path)',
           ],
           'action': [
             'python',
             '<(version_py_path)',
             '-f', '<(version_path)',
             '-f', '<(branding_path)',
+            '-e', 'CHANNEL=str.upper("<(android_channel)")',

[cjhopman, 2014/10/23 18:46:41]

The str.upper is processed by jinja? That's great.

[cjhopman, 2014/10/23 20:46:36]

Right.

             '<(template_input_path)',
             '<(output_path)',
           ],
         },
       ],
     },
   ],
 }