Set doNotStrip packagingOptions to a specific buildType

Question

My project has 3 different buildTypes and I need only one of them to keep the debug info of its native libraries. I\'m using com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.1.4

Answer 1

Here is a workaround for you:

Feeding a command line option "doNotStrip"

1. Add below to your app/build.gradle

   android {
       ...
       if (project.hasProperty("doNotStrip")) {
           packagingOptions {
               doNotStrip '**/*.so'
           }
       }
       ...
   }
   

2. Use below command to generate the unstripped apk by feeding option doNotStrip to the command.

   ./gradlew assembleUnstripped -PdoNotStrip
   

3. For other build types, you can still use the normal build commands. e.g.

   ./gradlew assembleDebug
   

   or

   ./gradlew assembleRelease
   

   but don't feed option doNotStrip to the command.