Gradle resValue causes duplicate string resources

Question

My Android manifest file defines the app name as follows:

android:label=\"@string/app_name\"

A corresponding entry for app_name exists in r

Answer 1

I came across the same issue too. My solution is to use Manifest-placeholder.

In your defaultConfig closure, set the value

defaultConfig {
    addManifestPlaceholders([APP_NAME: "@string/app_name"])
}

And Change that value in your flavors.

buildTypes {
    beta {
        applicationIdSuffix ".beta"
        debuggable true
        addManifestPlaceholders([APP_NAME: "MyTest Beta"])
    }
}

Drawback:

• HardCode appName in flavor. (which may or may not be a deal)

To fix that drawback, you can combine Manifest-placeholder and resValue, which is to create a resource use resValue and to change android:label to your resource.