For what purpose is packagingOptions used?

Question

Something I noticed in build.gradle when I use android studio canary.

What exactly is its intended use?

packagingOptions {
        resources {
            excludes += '/META-INF/{AL2.0,LGPL2.1}' // ??? 
        }
    }

so basically its for times when we use multiple libraries then in those libraries there ight be some things that are used multiple time in project — Akash Pal, Aug 02 '21 at 12:14
This answer helped me: https://stackoverflow.com/a/27989570/1631197 — codingjeremy, Oct 14 '21 at 22:08

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 14 '21 at 22:13

I'm not sure how to link comments, but this is what commonsware on this question:

"If 2+ libraries contain those files, you'll get a build conflict. Since you don't need those files in your APK, the typical solution is to exclude them."

For a more detailed answer, I found this question/answer very good.

P.S. - I tried marking this as duplicate but I don't think I did it right. ^_^;;

For what purpose is packagingOptions used?

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