APK doesn't include *.version files in metadata

[pswaminathan]

Android Studio's Layout Inspector has specific support for Jetpack Compose components, including recompositions. However, this requires certain files to be present in the final APK:

Note: If you're not seeing Compose components in layout inspector, make sure you are not removing META-INF/androidx.compose.*.version files from the APK. These are required for layout inspector to work.

These show up in the deploy jar, but get filtered out of the APK. When building rules_kotlin's Compose example:

$ zipinfo bazel-bin/app/compose_example_app.apk | grep META-INF
-rw----     2.0 fat       52 b- stor 10-Jan-01 00:00 META-INF/services/kotlinx.coroutines.internal.MainDispatcherFactory
-rw----     2.0 fat       54 b- stor 10-Jan-01 00:00 META-INF/services/kotlinx.coroutines.CoroutineExceptionHandler
-rw----     2.0 fat   116511 b- defN 10-Jan-01 00:00 META-INF/CERT.SF
-rw----     2.0 fat     1211 b- defN 10-Jan-01 00:00 META-INF/CERT.RSA
-rw----     2.0 fat   116403 b- defN 10-Jan-01 00:00 META-INF/MANIFEST.MF

$ zipinfo bazel-bin/app/compose_example_app_deploy.jar | egrep 'META-INF/.*\.version'
-rw----     1.0 fat        6 b- stor 10-Jan-01 00:00 META-INF/androidx.activity_activity-compose.version
-rw----     1.0 fat        6 b- stor 10-Jan-01 00:00 META-INF/androidx.activity_activity-ktx.version
-rw----     1.0 fat        6 b- stor 10-Jan-01 00:00 META-INF/androidx.activity_activity.version
-rw----     1.0 fat        6 b- stor 10-Jan-01 00:00 META-INF/androidx.core_core.version
-rw----     1.0 fat        6 b- stor 10-Jan-01 00:00 META-INF/androidx.annotation_annotation-experimental.version
-rw----     1.0 fat        6 b- stor 10-Jan-01 00:00 META-INF/androidx.lifecycle_lifecycle-runtime.version
-rw----     1.0 fat        6 b- stor 10-Jan-01 00:00 META-INF/androidx.arch.core_core-runtime.version
-rw----     1.0 fat        6 b- stor 10-Jan-01 00:00 META-INF/androidx.versionedparcelable_versionedparcelable.version
-rw----     1.0 fat        6 b- stor 10-Jan-01 00:00 META-INF/androidx.lifecycle_lifecycle-viewmodel-savedstate.version
-rw----     1.0 fat        6 b- stor 10-Jan-01 00:00 META-INF/androidx.lifecycle_lifecycle-livedata-core.version
-rw----     1.0 fat        6 b- stor 10-Jan-01 00:00 META-INF/androidx.lifecycle_lifecycle-viewmodel.version
-rw----     1.0 fat        6 b- stor 10-Jan-01 00:00 META-INF/androidx.savedstate_savedstate.version
-rw----     1.0 fat        6 b- stor 10-Jan-01 00:00 META-INF/androidx.tracing_tracing.version
-rw----     1.0 fat        6 b- stor 10-Jan-01 00:00 META-INF/androidx.core_core-ktx.version
-rw----     1.0 fat        6 b- stor 10-Jan-01 00:00 META-INF/androidx.lifecycle_lifecycle-runtime-ktx.version
-rw----     2.0 fat        5 b- stor 10-Jan-01 00:00 META-INF/kotlinx_coroutines_android.version
-rw----     2.0 fat        5 b- stor 10-Jan-01 00:00 META-INF/kotlinx_coroutines_core.version
-rw----     1.0 fat        6 b- stor 10-Jan-01 00:00 META-INF/androidx.lifecycle_lifecycle-viewmodel-ktx.version
-rw----     1.0 fat        6 b- stor 10-Jan-01 00:00 META-INF/androidx.savedstate_savedstate-ktx.version
-rw----     1.0 fat        6 b- stor 10-Jan-01 00:00 META-INF/androidx.compose.runtime_runtime-saveable.version
-rw----     1.0 fat        6 b- stor 10-Jan-01 00:00 META-INF/androidx.compose.runtime_runtime.version
-rw----     1.0 fat        6 b- stor 10-Jan-01 00:00 META-INF/androidx.compose.ui_ui.version
-rw----     1.0 fat        6 b- stor 10-Jan-01 00:00 META-INF/androidx.autofill_autofill.version
-rw----     1.0 fat        6 b- stor 10-Jan-01 00:00 META-INF/androidx.compose.ui_ui-geometry.version
-rw----     1.0 fat        6 b- stor 10-Jan-01 00:00 META-INF/androidx.compose.ui_ui-util.version
-rw----     1.0 fat        6 b- stor 10-Jan-01 00:00 META-INF/androidx.compose.ui_ui-graphics.version
-rw----     1.0 fat        6 b- stor 10-Jan-01 00:00 META-INF/androidx.compose.ui_ui-unit.version
-rw----     1.0 fat        6 b- stor 10-Jan-01 00:00 META-INF/androidx.compose.ui_ui-text.version
-rw----     1.0 fat        6 b- stor 10-Jan-01 00:00 META-INF/androidx.customview_customview-poolingcontainer.version
-rw----     1.0 fat        6 b- stor 10-Jan-01 00:00 META-INF/androidx.profileinstaller_profileinstaller.version
-rw----     1.0 fat        6 b- stor 10-Jan-01 00:00 META-INF/androidx.startup_startup-runtime.version
-rw----     1.0 fat        6 b- stor 10-Jan-01 00:00 META-INF/androidx.appcompat_appcompat.version
-rw----     1.0 fat        6 b- stor 10-Jan-01 00:00 META-INF/androidx.appcompat_appcompat-resources.version
-rw----     1.0 fat        6 b- stor 10-Jan-01 00:00 META-INF/androidx.vectordrawable_vectordrawable-animated.version
-rw----     1.0 fat        6 b- stor 10-Jan-01 00:00 META-INF/androidx.interpolator_interpolator.version
-rw----     1.0 fat        6 b- stor 10-Jan-01 00:00 META-INF/androidx.vectordrawable_vectordrawable.version
-rw----     1.0 fat        6 b- stor 10-Jan-01 00:00 META-INF/androidx.cursoradapter_cursoradapter.version
-rw----     1.0 fat        6 b- stor 10-Jan-01 00:00 META-INF/androidx.drawerlayout_drawerlayout.version
-rw----     1.0 fat        6 b- stor 10-Jan-01 00:00 META-INF/androidx.customview_customview.version
-rw----     1.0 fat        6 b- stor 10-Jan-01 00:00 META-INF/androidx.emoji2_emoji2-views-helper.version
-rw----     1.0 fat        6 b- stor 10-Jan-01 00:00 META-INF/androidx.emoji2_emoji2.version
-rw----     1.0 fat        6 b- stor 10-Jan-01 00:00 META-INF/androidx.lifecycle_lifecycle-process.version
-rw----     1.0 fat        6 b- stor 10-Jan-01 00:00 META-INF/androidx.fragment_fragment.version
-rw----     1.0 fat        6 b- stor 10-Jan-01 00:00 META-INF/androidx.loader_loader.version
-rw----     1.0 fat        6 b- stor 10-Jan-01 00:00 META-INF/androidx.lifecycle_lifecycle-livedata.version
-rw----     1.0 fat        6 b- stor 10-Jan-01 00:00 META-INF/androidx.viewpager_viewpager.version
-rw----     1.0 fat        6 b- stor 10-Jan-01 00:00 META-INF/androidx.compose.material_material.version
-rw----     1.0 fat        6 b- stor 10-Jan-01 00:00 META-INF/androidx.compose.animation_animation-core.version
-rw----     1.0 fat        6 b- stor 10-Jan-01 00:00 META-INF/androidx.compose.animation_animation.version
-rw----     1.0 fat        6 b- stor 10-Jan-01 00:00 META-INF/androidx.compose.foundation_foundation-layout.version
-rw----     1.0 fat        6 b- stor 10-Jan-01 00:00 META-INF/androidx.compose.foundation_foundation.version
-rw----     1.0 fat        6 b- stor 10-Jan-01 00:00 META-INF/androidx.compose.material_material-icons-core.version
-rw----     1.0 fat        6 b- stor 10-Jan-01 00:00 META-INF/androidx.compose.material_material-ripple.version
-rw----     1.0 fat        6 b- stor 10-Jan-01 00:00 META-INF/androidx.compose.ui_ui-tooling.version
-rw----     1.0 fat        6 b- stor 10-Jan-01 00:00 META-INF/androidx.compose.ui_ui-tooling-data.version
-rw----     1.0 fat        6 b- stor 10-Jan-01 00:00 META-INF/androidx.compose.ui_ui-tooling-preview.version