Automated copying of files for build as gradle task

.github/workflows/gradle.yml

@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-# This workflow uses actions that are not certified by GitHub.
-# They are provided by a third-party and are governed by
-# separate terms of service, privacy policy, and support
-# documentation.
-# This workflow will build a Java project with Gradle and cache/restore any dependencies to improve the workflow execution time
-# For more information see: https://help.github.com/actions/language-and-framework-guides/building-and-testing-java-with-gradle
-
-name: Build Gradle
-
-on: workflow_dispatch
-# on: [pull_request]
-#   push:
-#     branches: ["gradle_auto_copy" ]
-   # pull_request:
-   #  branches: ["master"  ]
-
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-
-
-
-jobs:
-  build:
-    
-
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-    - name: Set up JDK 11
-      uses: actions/setup-java@v3
-      with:
-        java-version: '11'
-        distribution: 'temurin'
-    - name: Validate Gradle wrapper
-      uses: gradle/wrapper-validation-action@v1.0.4
-    - name: Make gradle wrapper executable
-      run: chmod +x ./AndorsTrail/gradlew
-    - name: Build with Gradle
-      uses: gradle/gradle-build-action@v2.3.2
-      with:
-        arguments: build
-        build-root-directory: ./AndorsTrail

AndorsTrail/app/build.gradle

@@ -21,3 +21,27 @@ android {
 dependencies {
     implementation 'com.android.support:support-v4:28.0.0'
 }
+
+task copyRes(type: Copy) {
+    description "Copies the res folder to the modules res folder (& renames .tmx to .xml)"
+    from "${rootDir}/res"
+    into "${projectDir}/src/main/res"
+    rename "(.*)\\.tmx", "\$1.xml"
+}
+
+task copyTranslation(type: Copy) {
+    description("Copies the translation files to the modules translations folder")
+    from "${rootDir}/assets/translation"
+    into "${projectDir}/src/main/assets/translation"
+}
+
+task cleanup(type: Delete) {
+    description("Deletes the assets/translation and the res folder from the modules folder")
+    delete "${projectDir}/src/main/res", "${projectDir}/src/main/assets/translation"
+}
+
+afterEvaluate {
+    preBuild.dependsOn project.tasks.copyRes
+    preBuild.dependsOn project.tasks.copyTranslation
+    clean.dependsOn project.tasks.cleanup
+}