Exclude assets for release build type

Question

I\'m importing an android library in an application built with gradle, like that:

dependencies {
    compile \'com.e         


        

Answer 1

I had success with this approach (updated 2019-5-13 for TaskProvider support; see edit history for older versions):

android {
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    applicationVariants.all { variant ->
        if (variant.buildType.name == 'release') {
            variant.mergeAssetsProvider.configure {
                doLast {
                    delete(fileTree(dir: outputDir, includes: ['**/js', '**/*.js.map']))
                }
            }
        }
    }
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}

This should address the issues with @Xavier's answer:

• The deletion is done as part of the variant's mergeAssets task so the deletion is reflected in the task's output and up-to-date checking should be unaffected.
• The paths are calculated without magic strings. You may need to adjust the include patterns in case my example is too permissive.
• The variant is being selected by the buildType name, which is less problematic than matching the entire variant name (though it is still stringly typed).

Note that this approach also works for res files rather than assets: just replace mergeAssets with mergeResources.

Other answers mentioning packagingOptions and aaptOptions are barking up the wrong tree, as these are scoped to all variants (they are defined in the android scope, not buildType or productFlavor).