Overriding resources with resValue in build.gradle leads to Error: Duplicate resources [37005589]

Fixed

Feature Request

[AOSP] Version-Studio-2.1

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Description

ie...@gmail.com

created issue #1

Sep 26, 2014 03:27PM

Gradle version: 2.1
Android gradle plugin version: 0.13.1
OS: MacOS

STEPS TO REPRODUCE:
1. Add a string to res/values/strings.xml
e.g. <string name="app_name">SimpleTest</string>

2. Add a product flavor which overrides this string:
productFlavors {
INT {
resValue "string", "app_name", "SimpleTest INT"
}
}

3. Execute:
gradle assembleINTDebug

EXPECTED RESULTS:

Build succeeds and the app is named "SimpleTest INT"

OBSERVED RESULTS:

Build fails with error:

:SimpleTest:mergeINTDebugResources FAILED

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ':SimpleTest:mergeINTDebugResources'.
> /Users/xyz/AndroidStudioProjects/SimpleTest/SimpleTest/build/generated/res/generated/INT/debug/values/generated.xml: Error: Duplicate resources: /Users/xyz/AndroidStudioProjects/SimpleTest/SimpleTest/build/generated/res/generated/INT/debug/values/generated.xml:string/app_name, /Users/xyz/AndroidStudioProjects/SimpleTest/SimpleTest/src/main/res/values/strings.xml:string/app_name

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
When I add a resource file via a sourceSet for this build flavor instead of using resValue, I can successfully override the app_name.
I think setting a resource with resValue should behave the same as when using a sourceSet.

Comments

xa...@android.com <xa...@android.com> #2Sep 26, 2014 05:41PM

Will be this fix also part of 4.2 please?

[Deleted User] <[Deleted User]> #3Jan 19, 2015 02:22PM

for the "out" bundle issue, this seems indeed an issue. for the second one reported adding "debugUpdateAPKArtifact" to the path, this WAI as there can more more than one transformer and we need to automatically separate them so they do not use the same output folder. for #3, I will look at it but it might be difficult to change it at this time.

je...@google.com <je...@google.com> Mar 27, 2015 05:10AM

Assigned to ch...@google.com.

hu...@gmail.com <hu...@gmail.com> #4Jan 10, 2017 07:11AM

I understand that if there is more transformer is necessary to make every folder different, but there is the main problem, that the final one (last transform) is inside of the intermediate folder. The last transformation should end in the standard location, right? Maybe also with the default name not?

cu...@gmail.com <cu...@gmail.com> #5Apr 15, 2017 10:08AM

Hello, this is a P1 S1 issue for a while now, and it's blocking us from upgrading to AGP 4.2 and further. What's the current status? And do you have plans to backport it to 4.2.x?

ch...@google.com <ch...@google.com> Feb 9, 2018 02:05AM

Reassigned to je...@google.com.

jo...@google.com <jo...@google.com> Sep 26, 2019 10:52PM

Reassigned to xa...@google.com.

xa...@google.com <xa...@google.com> Sep 30, 2021 11:24PM

Status: New

hu...@google.com <hu...@google.com> #6Sep 28, 2022 11:46AM

Assigned to an...@google.com.

no we don't have a plan to backport this. why is this blocking you from upgrading ?

je...@google.com <je...@google.com> Oct 3, 2022 11:10PM

Reassigned to hm...@google.com.

hm...@google.com <hm...@google.com> #7Oct 10, 2022 09:32AM

Marked as fixed.

We sign apk's and bundles via internal service, and i don't know another way to interact with artifacts; Yesterday i ended up with some ugly workaround: https://github.com/avito-tech/avito-android/pull/1085/files#diff-b898cc20fedebe394439bb37ffb91d3366a1f9a6d359dbdebca79af8a079f911 I'd be glad if you'll point me out how can it be done better.