Error adding `androidResources` no compress option to Android Library Gradle

Question

I am trying to add the following option to my gradle.kts file for an Android Library

android{
        androidResources {
        noCompress += "tflite"
    }
}

But for some reason, whenever i try to Sync the project, I get this error

• What went wrong: class com.android.build.gradle.internal.dsl.AaptOptions$AgpDecorated_Decorated cannot be cast to class com.android.build.api.dsl.LibraryAndroidResources (com.android.build.gradle.internal.dsl.AaptOptions$AgpDecorated_Decorated and com.android.build.api.dsl.LibraryAndroidResources are in unnamed module of loader org.gradle.internal.classloader.VisitableURLClassLoader @481a697b)

Anyone have any ideea how can i fix this? Internet seems to be of no use here.

Using the deprecated, older, version like this does not produce any error

aaptOptions{
    noCompress += "tflite"
}

I am using Android Gradle Plugin 8.1.0-beta05, with gradle wrapper 8.0, but behaved the same with AGP 8.1.0-beta04

This is the gradle.kts file:

@Suppress("DSL_SCOPE_VIOLATION") // TODO: Remove once KTIJ-19369 is fixed
plugins {
    alias(libs.plugins.com.android.library)
    alias(libs.plugins.org.jetbrains.kotlin.android)
}

android {
    namespace = "com.example.mylibrary"
    compileSdk = 33

    defaultConfig {
        minSdk = 26

        testInstrumentationRunner = "androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
        consumerProguardFiles("consumer-rules.pro")
    }

    buildTypes {
        release {
            isMinifyEnabled = false
            proguardFiles(
                getDefaultProguardFile("proguard-android-optimize.txt"),
                "proguard-rules.pro"
            )
        }
    }
    compileOptions {
        sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_17
        targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_17
    }
    kotlinOptions {
        jvmTarget = "17"
        freeCompilerArgs = listOf("-Xcontext-receivers", "-Xexplicit-api=warning")
    }
    buildFeatures {
        compose = true
    }
    composeOptions {
        kotlinCompilerExtensionVersion = "1.4.3"
    }
    packaging {
        resources.excludes.add("META-INF/notice.txt")
    }
    androidResources {
        noCompress += "tflite"
    }
}

Answer 1

I had the same problem and reported it. It seems to be fixed in the new version. https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/294771624

Fix is merged for 8.1.2, 8.2.0-beta03 and 8.3.0-alpha02

Thank you for your patience while our engineering team worked to resolve this issue. A fix for this issue is now available in:
Android Studio Hedgehog | 2023.1.1 Beta 3.
Android Gradle Plugin 8.2.0-beta03