Phonegap: possible to exclude certain files/folders from the apk?

Question

I'm using Phonegap in Eclipse (with the ADT plugin).

I have a big framework that I use for my normal HTML projects. This framework is full of js, css and graphics files.

For convenience I included the whole framework inside my Phonegap project, since I might need something from the framework later.

But when I build the apk, all files from the framework are included in the apk, which makes it bigger than 10MB. Most of the files are never used in the project, so I need to find a simple way to exclude those files/folders from the build.

Any suggestions?

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 14 '13 at 19:53

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I've documented how to do this using build.xml on Coderwall:

https://coderwall.com/p/ogxpdg

I hope this helps somebody out!

Gav

answered Jan 14 '13 at 19:53

gavD_UK

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are you sure? Works fine for me... Here's a gist of its contents. Is your service provider perhaps blocking coderwall? – gavD_UK Jan 07 '15 at 17:51
It is okay now, maybe it was a glitch in my network, sorry for the false flag. – Miao ZhiCheng May 03 '15 at 14:51

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 09 '14 at 20:57

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This excludes the whole ./www/app directory from the .apk build:

<property name="aapt.ignore.assets" value="<dir>app:" />

answered Apr 09 '14 at 20:57

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 01 '12 at 09:34

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use the ant build process, remove the files before apk is made in the pre-compile method of the ant build process.

answered Apr 01 '12 at 09:34

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Thanks, already read about Ant, but I was hoping there was a more easy way, since I have no idea how to setup Ant yet. – Dylan Apr 01 '12 at 10:28
search for it. check this out http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4793220/repackage-apk-file-to-contain-custom-assets-what-build-tool-to-use – ghostCoder Apr 01 '12 at 11:24

Phonegap: possible to exclude certain files/folders from the apk?

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