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Ranjith KP
Ranjith KP

Reputation: 810

Adding and using aar file with resources in AOSP build

I need to build an application with android.mk in aosp build tree. I have a custom .arr lib with some resources like drawables,strings..etc, Which resides in the following folder apps/libs/mylib.aar

Anyone can tell me how to include the aar in the android aosp build and use that aar resources in another applications. I already tried the following method described here in Stackoverflow.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/31205856/aar-support-in-android-mk

Android.mk of my application is looked like

LOCAL_PATH:= $(call my-dir)
include $(CLEAR_VARS)
LOCAL_SRC_FILES := $(call all-java-files-under, src)
LOCAL_RESOURCE_DIR := $(LOCAL_PATH)/res 
LOCAL_PACKAGE_NAME := TestSampleAarLib
LOCAL_STATIC_JAVA_AAR_LIBRARIES:= sampleaarlib
LOCAL_STATIC_ANDROID_LIBRARIES  += android-support-v7-appcompat
LOCAL_STATIC_ANDROID_LIBRARIES  += android-support-v7-gridlayout
LOCAL_STATIC_ANDROID_LIBRARIES  += android-support-v13

LOCAL_USE_AAPT2 := true
LOCAL_AAPT_FLAGS := \
    --auto-add-overlay \
    --extra-packages com.myaar.sample.lib
LOCAL_PRIVATE_PLATFORM_APIS := true
LOCAL_CERTIFICATE := platform
LOCAL_MODULE_TAGS := optional
LOCAL_PRIVILEGED_MODULE := true

LOCAL_MANIFEST_FILE := AndroidManifest.xml
include $(BUILD_PACKAGE)

include $(CLEAR_VARS)
LOCAL_PREBUILT_STATIC_JAVA_LIBRARIES := sampleaarlib:libs/sampleaarlib.aar
include $(BUILD_MULTI_PREBUILT)

If anyone have idea about using resources from aar in AOSP Please share.

Thanks in advance.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 1813

Answers (1)

Midhun PM
Midhun PM

Reputation: 522

To add resources from the aar file, please add the following in your android.mk file.

LOCAL_RESOURCE_DIR +=$(call intermediates-dir-for,JAVA_LIBRARIES,<aar_file_name>,,common)/aar/res

Tested and verified in the Android 8.1 version.

NB: In the latest android versions like 9+ resources automatically merged to the project.

Upvotes: 2

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