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jaumard
jaumard

Reputation: 8292

Android flavors, Gradle sourceSets merging

I try to make an application for multiple partners and for each partner a test and prod version. For each flavors I create a specific folder with res/values in it like the documentation said.

My gradle file look like this : 

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'

android {
    packagingOptions {
        exclude 'META-INF/LICENSE'
        exclude 'META-INF/NOTICE'
    }
    compileSdkVersion 14
    buildToolsVersion "21.1.2"

    defaultConfig {
            versionCode 1
            versionName 1
            minSdkVersion 14
            targetSdkVersion 19
        }

    productFlavors {
        prodPARTNER1 {
            applicationId "com.PARTNER1"
        }

        testPARTNER1 {
            applicationId "com.PARTNER1.test"
        }
        prodPARTNER2{
            applicationId "com.PARTNER2"
        }

        testPARTNER2{
            applicationId "com.PARTNER2.test"
        }
    }
    sourceSets {
        testPARTNER2 {
            res.srcDirs = ["testPARTNER2/res", "prodPARTNER2/res"]
        }
    }

}

dependencies {
    compile project(':ViewPagerIndicatorLibrary')
    compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:19.0.0'
    compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:+'
    compile files('libs/achartengine-1.1.0.jar')
    compile files('libs/android-async-http-1.4.4.jar')
    compile files('libs/jackson-annotations-2.2.3.jar')
    compile files('libs/jackson-core-2.2.3.jar')
    compile files('libs/jackson-databind-2.2.3.jar')
    compile files('libs/urlimageviewhelper-1.0.4.jar')
}

I want for a test version to take res folder of the prod version (like this I not duplicate resources for both version) and merge it with the test version. The problem is :

Error:Error: Duplicate resources: C:\...prodPARTNER2\res\values\strings.xml:string/app_name, C:\...testPARTNER2\res\values\strings.xml:string/app_name

Any idea ? It's not possible to merge too res folder for the same flavors ?

EDIT : I use gradle v 1.1.0 and android studio v 1.1.0 too

Upvotes: 2

Views: 4075

Answers (1)

Filipe Borges
Filipe Borges

Reputation: 2793

Warning: this approach has changed a little bit on Android Plugin for Gradle 3.0.0

Use productFlavors for each partner app and define a build type test for test builds.

productFlavors {
    partner1 {
        applicationId "com.partner1"
    }

    partnerN {
        applicationId "com.partnerN"
    }
}

buildTypes {
    debug {
      // use defaults
    }
    release {
      // the 'prod' version, use defaults
    }
    test {
      // config as you want!
        applicationIdSuffix ".test"
        versionNameSuffix " Test"
        debuggable true
        minifyEnabled false
        signingConfig signingConfigs.debug
    }
}

You can use mix and match source folders as the Android Plug-in for Gradle shows:

To build each version of your app, the build system combines source code and resources from:

  • src/main/ - the main source directory (the default configuration common to all variants)
  • src/<buildType>/ - the source directory
  • src/<productFlavor>/ - the source directory

Edit: This user guide is another source of help: http://tools.android.com/tech-docs/new-build-system/user-guide

Edit 2: according to the link above:

Additional sourcesets are also created for each variants:

  • android.sourceSets.flavor1Debug Location src/flavor1Debug/
  • android.sourceSets.flavor1Release Location src/flavor1Release/
  • android.sourceSets.flavor2Debug Location src/flavor2Debug/
  • android.sourceSets.flavor2Release Location src/flavor2Release/

Then, you can use /src/partner1Test/ to define resources specifics to partner1 flavor AND Test build, that is a partner1Test build variant.

Upvotes: 2

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