diff --git a/tools/droiddoc/templates-sdk/jd_lists_unified.cs b/tools/droiddoc/templates-sdk/jd_lists_unified.cs
index 4a6f4f7571..9bdcb77521 100644
--- a/tools/droiddoc/templates-sdk/jd_lists_unified.cs
+++ b/tools/droiddoc/templates-sdk/jd_lists_unified.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
-window.METADATA = window.METADATA || {};
+<?cs # generate metadata file for samples only ?><?cs
+if:samples_only ?>METADATA['<?cs var:metadata.lang ?>'].develop = METADATA['<?cs var:metadata.lang ?>'].develop.concat([
+<?cs var:reference_tree ?>
+];
+<?cs # generate standard unified metadata file ?><?cs
+else ?>window.METADATA = window.METADATA || {};
 METADATA['<?cs var:metadata.lang ?>'] = {};
 
 METADATA['<?cs var:metadata.lang ?>'].about = [];
@@ -8,3 +13,4 @@ METADATA['<?cs var:metadata.lang ?>'].distribute = [];
 METADATA['<?cs var:metadata.lang ?>'].extras = [];
 
 <?cs var:reference_tree ?>
+<?cs /if ?>
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