Anyone has good way to exclude api key from repo?

[soemarko]

At least for Android (I'm using Apple map on iOS). I think it's unreasonable to add AndroidManifest.xml into gitignore. What are my options here?

Ideas for iOS side could be added here too, to help others that come here in the future.

[jan-kozinski]

You can use android/local.properties or ios/Config.xcconfig files to store your API keys

[dev-externlabs]

How would you access them in AndroidManifest.xml?

[jan-kozinski]

Hi, sorry for not responding for a while. You can access them by adding

<meta-data
          android:name="com.google.android.geo.API_KEY"
          android:value="${MAPS_API_KEY}"/>

to the contents of application tag. See https://github.com/react-native-maps/react-native-maps/blob/master/example/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml for reference

[dev-externlabs]

thisi is in my local.properties

## This file must *NOT* be checked into Version Control Systems,
# as it contains information specific to your local configuration.
#
# Location of the SDK. This is only used by Gradle.
# For customization when using a Version Control System, please read the
# header note.
#Mon Oct 30 11:04:36 IST 2023
sdk.dir=/Users/devendragaud/Library/Android/sdk
MAPS_API_KEY=SomESEcretValue

and this is in my manifest.xml

 <meta-data
            android:name="com.google.android.geo.API_KEY"
            android:value="${MAPS_API_KEY}"/>

and it give error

/Users/devendragaud/projects/Leaks/leaks_mobile/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml:28:13-44 Error: Attribute meta-data#com.google.android.geo.API_KEY@value at AndroidManifest.xml:28:13-44 requires a placeholder substitution but no value for <MAPS_API_KEY> is provided.

[dev-externlabs]

I also had to add this

Properties properties = new Properties()
properties.load(project.rootProject.file('local.properties').newDataInputStream())
manifestPlaceholders = [MAPS_API_KEY: "${properties.getProperty('MAPS_API_KEY')}"]

in my build.gradle(android\app's default.config