Add An “exclude Module” Rule To An Entry In Plugin.xml For Cordova

I'm stucking with this error trying to build my phonegap project As far I know this error because there is a library is set twice in the project. I check all my libraries and I fo

Solution 1:

Finally I resolved it, I had to create a build-extras.gradle file in my plugin containing the following lines:

configurations {
  all*.exclude group: 'com.android.support', module: 'support-v4'
  all*.exclude group: 'com.android.support', module: 'support-annotations'}

Then this gradle file need to imported in plugin.xml file using:

<framework src="build-extras.gradle" custom="true"type="gradleReference" />

Solution 2:

I would highly recommend https://github.com/dpa99c/cordova-android-support-gradle-release which is a "plugin to align various versions of the Android Support libraries specified by other plugins".

They use a clever gradle dependency resolution to solve the problem:

configurations.all {
    resolutionStrategy.eachDependency { DependencyResolveDetails details ->
        if (details.requested.group in ['com.android.support'] && !(details.requested.name in ['multidex', 'multidex-instrumentation'])) { details.useVersion "26.1.0"}
    }
}

This avoids the problem of removing all Android support libs, which can lead plugins having missing dependencies/failing gradle syncs.