How To Exclude Specific Resources from an AAR Depedency?

Question

Is there a reasonably simple way for a module\'s build.gradle file to indicate that certain files from a dependency should be excluded? I am specifically intere

Answer 1

I believe you can solve this problem more elegantly using the PackagingOptions facility of the Android Gradle Plugin DSL.

I was able to use this myself to exclude some native libraries I didn't need introduced by an AAR in my project.

android {
    ...
    packagingOptions {
        exclude '/lib/armeabi-v7a/'
    }
}

For the case outlined in the question, I believe this would work:

android {
    ...
    packagingOptions {
        exclude '/res/values-v21/'
    }
}