2 files found with path 'android-logger.properties' from inputs

[justinpapezsonos]

Issue

Task :app:mergeDebugJavaResource fails when trying to compile a multi-module Android application.

Error

> Task :app:mergeDebugJavaResource FAILED

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ':app:mergeDebugJavaResource'.
> A failure occurred while executing com.android.build.gradle.internal.tasks.MergeJavaResWorkAction
   > 2 files found with path 'android-logger.properties' from inputs:
      - /Users/justinpapez/Downloads/OptimizelyCustomLogger/feature-management/build/intermediates/library_java_res/debug/res.jar
      - /Users/justinpapez/.gradle/caches/transforms-3/1f7e4dfbf22809ee6d48c3a5c69a9d14/transformed/android-sdk-3.13.2/jars/classes.jar
     Adding a packagingOptions block may help, please refer to
     https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/7.3/com/android/build/api/dsl/ResourcesPackagingOptions
     for more information

Application Structure

.
├── app
│   ├── build.gradle
│   ├── ...
│   └── src
│       └── ...
├── ...
├── build.gradle
├── feature-management
│   ├── build.gradle
│   ├── ...
│   └── src
│       ├── ...
│       ├── main
│       │   ├── ...
│       │   └── resources
│       │       └── android-logger.properties
├── ...
└── settings.gradle

Implementation Details

• feature-management module includes the Optimizely Android SDK dependency
• feature-management module includes the android-logger.properties file at src/main/resources per Optimizely's documentation: https://docs.developers.optimizely.com/full-stack/docs/customize-logger-android
• app module is dependent on feature-management module

Environment Details

• macOS Monterey
• Apple M1 Pro
• Android Studio Dolphin | 2021.3.1 Patch 1
• openjdk 11.0.17 2022-10-18 LTS

Miscellaneous

Invoke the build Gradle task alongside of this bare bones multi-module Android sample app to reproduce the behavior outlined in this GitHub Issue.

[jaeopt]

@justinpapezsonos Thanks for sharing. We'll take a look.

[justinpapezsonos]

Happy New Year, any updates that can be shared?

[jaeopt]

@justinpapezsonos I see this issue when you have a logger property file in your own module. You can try to add this to your app build.gradle:

    packagingOptions {
        pickFirst '**/android-logger.properties'
    }

Let us know if it fixes your issue.

[justinpapezsonos]

Does pickFirst have deterministic behavior? As in, does pickFirst guarantee that the android-logger.properties file in my Android project will always be chosen before the android-logger.properties file in my Gradle cache? I've not been able to find documentation that states that pickFirst is deterministic.

[jaeopt]

@justinpapezsonos I also see lack of clear ordering definition, but it's expected be determined by the dependency order, and we observe deterministic in similar scenarios. If it's an option for you, you can also consider moving the logger property file to the main app, which will override the same-named resources from libs without error.

[justinpapezsonos]

Great, thanks!