How to exclude the base.apk from Android Auto Backup?

Question

I'd like to configure the Android Auto Backup feature to exclude the base.apk file. I already tried to explicitly call the apk file on my custom backup file. Like this:

android:fullBackupContent="@xml/custom_backup_rules"

custom_backup_rules.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<full-backup-content>
    <exclude domain="file" path="base.apk"/>
</full-backup-content>

But I did not have any success. Does someone know if it is possible to do such a thing?

Thanks in advance,

Answer 1

Do you want to back up and exclude the apk?

There is open source code which might help you.

https://github.com/zjkhiyori/ApkExtractorMD

It could exclude the apk file of app directly. Remember to get the storage permission if you test this.