# AaptOptions

# AaptOptions

```
@Incubating interface AaptOptions
```

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| [com.android.build.api.variant.AaptOptions](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/4.1/com/android/build/api/variant/AaptOptions#) |

Defines a variant's aapt options.

## Summary

|                                                                                                                                                                                                                ### Properties                                                                                                                                                                                                                 ||
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| abstract[ListProperty](https://docs.gradle.org/current/javadoc/org/gradle/api/provider/ListProperty.html)\<[String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)\> | [additionalParameters](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/4.1/com/android/build/api/variant/AaptOptions#additionalParameters:org.gradle.api.provider.ListProperty) The list of additional parameters to pass to aapt.    |
| abstract[ListProperty](https://docs.gradle.org/current/javadoc/org/gradle/api/provider/ListProperty.html)\<[String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)\> | [ignoreAssetsPatterns](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/4.1/com/android/build/api/variant/AaptOptions#ignoreAssetsPatterns:org.gradle.api.provider.ListProperty) The list of patterns describing assets to be ignored. |

## Properties

### additionalParameters

```
abstract val additionalParameters: ListProperty<String>
```

The list of additional parameters to pass to aapt.

This property will be initialized using the corresponding DSL value.  

### ignoreAssetsPatterns

```
abstract val ignoreAssetsPatterns: ListProperty<String>
```

The list of patterns describing assets to be ignored.

See aapt's --ignore-assets flag via`aapt --help`. Note: the --ignore-assets flag accepts a single string of colon-delimited patterns, whereas this property is a list of patterns.

This property will be initialized using the corresponding DSL value.