paour · October 5, 2016 12:04 · Feb 24, 2014 · Feb 24, 2014 · Feb 24, 2014
diff --git a/build_extras.gradle b/build_extras.gradle
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
 def overrideProviderAuthority(packageName, inFile, outFile) {
-
     def xml = new XmlParser().parse(inFile)
 
     xml.findAll{it.name() == 'string'}.each{item ->
         if (!item.value().isEmpty() && item.value()[0] instanceof String && item.value()[0].startsWith(".res-auto")) {
-            println "Overriding ${item}"
             item.value()[0] = item.value()[0].replace(".res-auto", packageName)
-            println "New value: ${item} ${item.value()[0].getClass()}"
         }
     }
 
@@ -27,15 +24,21 @@ android.applicationVariants.all { variant ->
     def packageName = variant.mergedFlavor.packageName + (variant.buildType.packageNameSuffix == null ? "" : variant.buildType.packageNameSuffix)
 
     def outFile = "${buildDir}/res-auto-values/${variant.dirName}/values/strings.xml"
+
+    // define the strings that need to be auto-replaced in this file, and do NOT define them elsewhere
+    // make sure your AndroidManifest.xml and searchable.xml reference these resources
+    // this file should contain string resources; their values will be updated to replace .res-auto with the package name
     def inFile = "variants/res-auto-values.xml"
 
     def taskName = "override${flavor.capitalize()}${buildType.capitalize()}Authority"
     task(taskName) << {
         overrideProviderAuthority(packageName, inFile, outFile)
     }
 
+    // instead of chnaging resource files from under Gradle, just add a source folder to the resource set
     android.sourceSets[variant.name].res.srcDir file(outFile).parentFile.parent
 
+    // add in and out files to allow for incremental builds (not hugely important)
     tasks[taskName].inputs.file file(inFile)
     tasks[taskName].outputs.file file(outFile)
 

diff --git a/build_extras → build_extras.gradle b/build_extras → build_extras.gradle
diff --git a/build_extras b/build_extras
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+def overrideProviderAuthority(packageName, inFile, outFile) {
+
+    def xml = new XmlParser().parse(inFile)
+
+    xml.findAll{it.name() == 'string'}.each{item ->
+        if (!item.value().isEmpty() && item.value()[0] instanceof String && item.value()[0].startsWith(".res-auto")) {
+            println "Overriding ${item}"
+            item.value()[0] = item.value()[0].replace(".res-auto", packageName)
+            println "New value: ${item} ${item.value()[0].getClass()}"
+        }
+    }
+
+    saveXML(outFile, xml)
+}
+
+def saveXML(pathToFile, xml) {
+    file(pathToFile).parentFile.mkdirs()
+    def writer = new FileWriter(pathToFile)
+    def printer = new XmlNodePrinter(new PrintWriter(writer))
+    printer.preserveWhitespace = true
+    printer.print(xml)
+}
+
+android.applicationVariants.all { variant ->
+    def flavor = variant.productFlavors.get(0).name
+    def buildType = variant.buildType.name
+    def packageName = variant.mergedFlavor.packageName + (variant.buildType.packageNameSuffix == null ? "" : variant.buildType.packageNameSuffix)
+
+    def outFile = "${buildDir}/res-auto-values/${variant.dirName}/values/strings.xml"
+    def inFile = "variants/res-auto-values.xml"
+
+    def taskName = "override${flavor.capitalize()}${buildType.capitalize()}Authority"
+    task(taskName) << {
+        overrideProviderAuthority(packageName, inFile, outFile)
+    }
+
+    android.sourceSets[variant.name].res.srcDir file(outFile).parentFile.parent
+
+    tasks[taskName].inputs.file file(inFile)
+    tasks[taskName].outputs.file file(outFile)
+
+    variant.mergeResources.dependsOn tasks[taskName]
+}