# ApplicationAndroidResources

# ApplicationAndroidResources

[View Source](https://cs.android.com/search?q=file:com/android/build/api/variant/ApplicationAndroidResources.kt+class:com.android.build.api.variant.ApplicationAndroidResources)  
Added in 8.4.2  

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```
@Incubating
interface ApplicationAndroidResources : AndroidResources
```

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Build-time properties for Android Resources inside a[Component](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/8.4/com/android/build/api/variant/Component). Specialization of[AndroidResources](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/8.4/com/android/build/api/variant/AndroidResources)for modules that applied the`com.android.application`plugin.

This is accessed via[GeneratesApk.androidResources](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/8.4/com/android/build/api/variant/GeneratesApk#androidResources())

## Summary

|                               ### Public properties                                |
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| [Boolean](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-boolean/index.html) | [generateLocaleConfig](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/8.4/com/android/build/api/variant/ApplicationAndroidResources#generateLocaleConfig()) Read-only property that automatically generates locale config when enabled. |

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| From[com.android.build.api.variant.AndroidResources](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/8.4/com/android/build/api/variant/AndroidResources) |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | [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)`>` | [aaptAdditionalParameters](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/8.4/com/android/build/api/variant/AndroidResources#aaptAdditionalParameters()) The list of additional parameters to pass to aapt.                         | | [Boolean](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-boolean/index.html)                                                                                                      | [dataBinding](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/8.4/com/android/build/api/variant/AndroidResources#dataBinding()) Flag indicating whether databinding feature is on                                                    | | [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/8.4/com/android/build/api/variant/AndroidResources#ignoreAssetsPatterns()) The list of patterns describing assets to be ignored.                              | | [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)`>` | [noCompress](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/8.4/com/android/build/api/variant/AndroidResources#noCompress()) File extensions of Android resources, assets, and Java resources to be stored uncompressed in the APK. | | [Boolean](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-boolean/index.html)                                                                                                      | [viewBinding](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/8.4/com/android/build/api/variant/AndroidResources#viewBinding()) Flag indicating whether viewbinding feature is on                                                    | |

## Public properties

### generateLocaleConfig

Added in 8.4.2  

```
val generateLocaleConfig: Boolean
```

Read-only property that automatically generates locale config when enabled.

To set it, use[ApplicationAndroidResourcesBuilder.generateLocaleConfig](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/8.4/com/android/build/api/variant/ApplicationAndroidResourcesBuilder#generateLocaleConfig())in a[AndroidComponentsExtension.beforeVariants](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/8.4/com/android/build/api/variant/AndroidComponentsExtension#beforeVariants(com.android.build.api.variant.VariantSelector,kotlin.Function1))callback.