How to run copy task with android studio into assets folder

Question

So far I have added the following to the end of my "build.gradle"

task copyFiles(type: Copy)  copyFiles {     description = 'Copies html5 files from the common library...'     from '../../www'     into 'assets/www'     include('**/*') } 

Now I just need some help on how o make this task get executed everytime (before) compiling the android source. I can run the copy task manually from command line, but Id like to have it run when I click "run" in android studio.

With the help of suggestion below, I have added

clean.dependsOn copyFiles clean.mustRunAfter copyFiles 

And with this addition I can get my copy task to run by doing rebuild -> run. It's better than nothing but it would be nice to skip the rebuild step.

Here is the whole build.gradle that im using with android studio.

buildscript {     repositories {         mavenCentral()     }     dependencies {         classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:0.5.+'     } }   apply plugin: 'android'  dependencies {     compile files('/libs/acra-4.3.0.jar') }  android {     compileSdkVersion 17     buildToolsVersion "17"      defaultConfig {         minSdkVersion 8         targetSdkVersion 17     }     sourceSets {         main {             manifest.srcFile 'AndroidManifest.xml'             java.srcDirs = ['src','libs']             resources.srcDirs = ['src']             aidl.srcDirs = ['src']             renderscript.srcDirs = ['src']             res.srcDirs = ['res']             assets.srcDirs = ['assets']         }          instrumentTest.setRoot('tests')     } }   task copyFiles(type: Copy)  copyFiles {     description = 'Copies html5 files from the common library...'     from '../../www'     into 'assets/www'     include('**/*') }  clean.dependsOn copyFiles clean.mustRunAfter copyFiles 

Answer 1

This way I do custom copying of file assets in my android-gradle build system

preBuild.dependsOn copyFiles