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Gradle Copy Task is always Up To Date

My gradle task looks like this 

task xml_file_to_vs_build(type: Copy) {
   outputs.upToDateWhen { false }
   doLast {
      outputs.upToDateWhen { false }
      println("copying strings.xml");
      from 'src/main/res/values'
      into '../vso_build'
      include 'strings.xml'
   }
}

The task is always up to date . If I put the block in the configuration phase i.e. out of doLast, everything works fine. But then the code executed even if I execute gradlew Tasks which I do not want. What am I doing wrong ?

Solution

  • You should define the task in the following way:

    task xml_file_to_vs_build(type: Copy) {
   println("copying strings.xml")
   from 'src/main/res/values'
   into '../vso_build'
   include 'strings.xml'
}