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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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Activity Class cannot be found in AAR file java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError

I have created an android library, it contains an Activity Class that uses to open camera intent, the library works perfect excepts for the part that invokes the Activity to appear over the screen and the app crashes throwing following…
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AAR in Eclipse ANT project

is there any way to use .aar library (with resources) in eclipse ant project? I know that there is no simply way to use .aar format like in gradle, but maybe there is some workaround to unzip it and import it manually?
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Android / Execution failed for task checkDebugAarMetadata / A failure occurred while executing CheckAarMetadataWorkAction

TL'DR: In this Android Kotlin library I updated from Gradle 5.6.4 to 6.6.1 (commit d5d8d2). Now I cannot build a project depending on the aar anymore. Test setup I build and deploy the aar to mavenLocal ... $ ./gradlew clean :roadsigns:assemble $…
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How to sign AAR Artifacts in Android?

I'm currently developing a .AAR android library and I would like to sign the released artifacts with my own key, so that I can determine if a fake aar with the same name and functionality has been released by mine or not. Notice 1 : I want to be…
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Android Studio Library project error

I have imported a module into my project. When i rebuilt the project , AS gave me an error saying Warning:Dependency Lib:unspecified on project app resolves to an APK archive which is not supported as a compilation dependency. I searched and changed…
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Android Studio cannot resolve symbols from imported AAR module

All of the answers in similar questions talk about manunally editting gradle files. But I've used Android Studio to import the AAR file and checked the build.gradle files and they all seem correct. My problem is this: I've imported ShowCaseView…
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Update module created from local aar

Here is my setup : I have an android library that creates an aar when exported and I have an android app that uses the library as a module (it's the only way to import a local aar file). To import the aar file as a module in my android app, I click…
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How do I ship an Android Library (aar) with remote dependencies (gradle)?

I am trying to build an aar file with gradle that has remote dependencies. An example build script is below. As you can see I have two dependencies. The problem I'm having is when I do a release, the aar file does not contain the remote…
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In Android Studio, is there a way to search a word within jar, aar, and maven imported libraries?

Sometimes within the library I need to search a method name or a method that deals with what I am looking for. In Android Studio, is there a way to search a word within jar, aar, and maven imported libraries? It doesn't have to be using Android…
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Maven refuse to download aar packaged dependency from remote repository

I want to use this android dependency in my java program: http://jcenter.bintray.com/com/o3dr/android/dronekit-android/2.9.0/ so I added all the plugins & repositories into my maven pom file: …
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How to fix this error Task 'assembleAarRelease' not found in root project 'flutter_plugin_android_lifecycle'.?

When i tried to run the app I'm getting this error Task 'assembleAarRelease' not found in root project 'flutter_plugin_android_lifecycle'. how to rectify this?
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Using Kotlin in Android library distributed as AAR

Is it even possible to use Kotlin to write a library? The problem I see is that it will depend on specyfic versions of kotlin-stdlib and kotlin-runtime and force user of the library to use the same version. I'm considering using jarjar to…
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How to exclude a file from an .AAR Android library archive with gradle

I am trying to create an AAR file for a library Android project using Android Studio and gradle. I want to exclude from this archive specific folders and files but I cannot find a working solution. The project has 2…
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is it possible to use method channel to communicate between an android app and flutter module that is built and included as "aar"?

This guide talks about the method channels to talk between flutter and native android. https://flutter.dev/docs/development/platform-integration/platform-channels I have generated 'aar' file for my flutter module and included the aar file in my…
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Using a kotlin library in java code

I have a kotlin library FlowLayout lib as aar, and want to use it in my java code (android) but can not to resolve kotlin.Pair. FlowLayoutManager layoutManager=new FlowLayoutManager(3, RecyclerView.HORIZONTAL, new FlowLayoutManager.Interface() { …
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