Gradle: Exclude file from Android assets folder

Question

Please, do you know a way how to exclude some file from Android project assets folder before multiple assets folders are merged or during the merge?

For example:

android {
  sourceSets {
    main {
      assets.srcDirs = [fileTree(dir: 'assets1', exclude: 'myfile.txt'), 'assets2'] // does not work
      assets.exclude 'assets1/myfile.txt' // does not work
      assets.exclude '**/*.txt' // does not work
      assets.exclude '*.txt' // does not work
    }
  }

  packagingOptions {
    exclude 'assets1/myfile.txt' // does not work
    exclude '**/*.txt' // does not work
    exclude '*.txt' // does not work either
  }


  aaptOptions {
    ignoreAssetsPattern "myfile.txt" // does not work
  }
}

Answer 1

It's not possible at the moment.

The packagingOptions feature does not apply to Android resources or assets.