Duplicate files when consuming SDK from an Android project

[jamesonwilliams]

When I try to include the AWS Java SDK V2 in my boilerplate Android project, the build fails:

More than one file was found with OS independent path 'META-INF/INDEX.LIST'

There is a workaround available, using the Android packagingOptions. However, I would prefer not to apply them, if possible.

This issue is requesting the SDK to solve the conflict internally, to improve the Android developer experience.

All in all, I need to add these packagingOptions to my project:

android {
    packagingOptions {
        exclude 'META-INF/INDEX.LIST'
        exclude 'META-INF/io.netty.versions.properties'
        exclude 'META-INF/DEPENDENCIES'
        
        exclude 'codegen-resources/customization.config'
        exclude 'codegen-resources/examples-1.json'
        exclude 'codegen-resources/waiters-2.json'
        exclude 'codegen-resources/service-2.json'
        exclude 'codegen-resources/paginators-1.json'
    }
}

I am building with Android Studio 4.0.0. The JDK is:

openjdk version "1.8.0_242-release"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_242-release-1644-b3-6222593)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.242-b3-6222593, mixed mode)

The simple code that causes the issue is:

val iot = IotClient.builder()
    .region(Region.US_EAST_1)
    .httpClient(UrlConnectionHttpClient.create())
    .credentialsProvider(StaticCredentialsProvider.create(myCredentials))
    .build()

I tested with version 2.13.49 of the SDK.

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