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AAR (Android Library Archive) is a package file format, similar to APK (Android package) file format, that you can use as a dependency for an Android app module

AAR (Android Library Archive) is the binary distribution of an Android library project. AAR file is variant of file similar to . AAR files can contain Android resources and a manifest file, which allows you to bundle in shared resources like layouts and drawables in addition to Java classes and methods.

AAR file is used to share resources between multiple Android applications or between multiple versions (for example free and paid) of same Android application.

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Cordova plugin development - adding aar

I am new to the cordova plugin development stuff. I want to write a plugin which is able to open a new android activty and showing some advertisement. So I followed a simple tutorial here. That works very well and as expected. Next step is to…
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Manually adding aar with dependency pom/iml file

Since I cannot use a private maven in order to share my library, I was thinking in sharing the aar and importing into another project. The problem comes when the aar and jar files does not contain any dependency. So once I manually import the aar…
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How to include JAR dependency into an AAR library

Summary: I have an AAR file that depends on a JAR file, when I build the AAR project, it doesn't contain the JAR code. Details: I have a Java SDK library project that contains code that we use for Java web projects and such, this library is created…
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Difference between AAR, JAR, DEX, APK in Android

In Android systems or development enviroments, what are the differences between AAR, JAR, DEX, and APK files? What is the purpose of each one? AFAIK, JAR are just like a collection of .class files (like in Java). AAR are JAR files + resources. But…
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How to import .AAR module on Android Studio 4.2

Previously I used File > New > New Module > Import .JAR/.AAR Package but the option to Import .JAR/.AAR Package from the New Module wizard has been removed on Android Studio 4.2 and following the document which suggests using the Project Structure…
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Android Studio release build does not output aar

I have create a very simple 'Android Library' module with only one class which builds fine in debug releasing build/output/library-debug.aar But, when I switch to release, even though it says build successful, the aar is not there. The Android…
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How to include a proguard configuration in my Android library (AAR)

Android libraries, per the AAR file spec, includes a 'proguard.txt' file. My understanding is that this file declares how the library correctly can be obfuscated and minified. In my case I need to preserve some API-classes. How can I declare the…
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Add local javadoc to local aar in Android-Studio

Is there a way to attach javadocs, provided in a jar, to a aar library? There is no source code available and both files exist locally (not in a repository). The aar is added through: repositories { flatDir { dirs 'libs' …
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Android AAR package for native library

I'm looking for a way to package a native library into an AAR package, so it would be possible to use it via dependencies declaration in gradle script. By native library I mean set of .cpp files or compiled static library and a set of header files.…
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Exclude assets for release build type

I'm importing an android library in an application built with gradle, like that: dependencies { compile 'com.example:great-lib:0.1-SNAPSHOT' } This library contains only assets, js, css and images to be used in a webview, with a layout like…
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How to export AAR library with its documentation?

I'm wondering why my library always lost its documentation once it was built to AAR format. Also, Android Studio shrinks the code, i.e. the code before built always different with the code after built into AAR format, none originals. I want my…
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Android dependencies : apklib vs aar files

From my understanding, apklib contains code + resource shared with Maven . aar files are distributed by Gradle. The aar differ from apklib in one major way : classes are compiled and included in a classes.jar in the root of the aar. Whereas apklib…
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How to specify dependencies in aar library?

I created an Android library (called MyLib) which depends on other library available on maven repo (like gson, retrofit, etc.). MyLib | |-- Retrofit |-- Gson |-- ... MyLib is packaged to an aar file. The goal is to publish an aar library which…
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Putting permissions to manifest of Android .aar library project

I am developing an Android project which includes two modules where one is a library module for producing .aar files and another is a sample app utilising the produced .aar file. Thus, there are two AndroidManifest.xml files in this project. Say I…
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Adding AAR in IntelliJ IDEA without gradle

How can I add aar-module into the project in IDEA (without gradle, using ant)?
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