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Sources
@Incubating interface Sources
Provides access to all source directories for a Variant.
since 7.2
Summary
Public functions
getByName
fun getByName(name: String?): SourceDirectories
Access (and potentially creates) a new SourceDirectories for a custom source type that can be referenced by its name.
The first caller will create the new instance, other callers with the same name will get the same instance returned. Any callers can obtain the final list of the folders registered under this custom source type by calling SourceDirectories.all.
These sources directories are attached to the variant and will be visible to Android Studio.
Public properties
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Last updated 2025-02-10 UTC.
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