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DontPanic
DontPanic

Reputation: 2406

How to create new Android AAR in Android Studio

I am trying to create an Andoid AAR library to contain commonly used utility functions. I followed the instructions in https://developer.android.com/studio/projects/android-library exactly. Namely:
1. File->New->New Module
2. Click "Android Library" then Next
3. Tried to use defaults: "My Library", "mylibrary" and SDK Version, but Finish button is grayed out and error message appeared: "The module location is inside Studio's install location." I see no place to enter a module's location. I've tried variations on Libray name and Module name with no joy.
Am I doing something wrong?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 6113

Answers (2)

yoAlex5
yoAlex5

Reputation: 34255

you are able to use command line tool to create .aar file

./gradlew <moduleName>:assemble

[Example here]

Upvotes: 0

DontPanic
DontPanic

Reputation: 2406

After days of unsuccessful head-banging with the IDE, I found an astoundingly simple solution in some Google results, namely:

  1. Manually edit project/app/build.gradle
  2. Change apply plugin: 'com.android.application' to apply plugin: 'com.android.library'
  3. Remove the line specifying applicationId.
  4. Build->Clean Project and Build->Rebuild Project.

Voila! New library app-debug.aar appears in project/app/build/outputs/aar/
I don't know where the name app-debug came from, but you can rename it afterwards if you like.

UPDATE 7/2/18

I omitted precursor steps to this procedure. They are
1. Create a base project however you normally do.
2. Delete classes and other stuff you don't need in the aar.
3. Follow the steps above.

Upvotes: 3

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