How to exclude file from resources using Gradle and Android Studio?

Question

I have a generated string resource xml file in my project which is generated from a file with a .template extension. I'm trying to exclude this template from the build since it gives me duplicate resource error. The following does not work for me and I'm stuck:

  sourceSets {
       main {
           manifest.srcFile 'AndroidManifest.xml'
           java.srcDirs = ['src']
           resources.srcDirs = ['res']
           resources.exclude '**/build_id.template'
           res.srcDirs = ['res']
           res.exclude '**/build_id.template'
           assets.srcDirs = ['assets']
       }
   }

The error:

Error:Error: Duplicate resources: <project-dir>/res/values/build_id.template:string/build_id, <project-dir>/res/values/build_id.xml:string/build_id

How can I exclude a particular resource file properly?

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 13 '14 at 20:40

For the sanity of other folks working on your project, I strongly discourage putting templates (input) and auto-generated files (output) in the same directory. You could create your own, independent 'templates' directory to keep it from being included in your build.

How to exclude file from resources using Gradle and Android Studio?

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