Questions tagged [aar]

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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Unity3D and AAR

Has anyone found a good way to utilize Android .aar libraries within Unity3D, other than unzipping them? Snippets from the Unity 4.2 Release Notes: Android: Added support for Android Library Projects (no compilation support, so the libraries have…
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Android AAR lib - resource linking failed

I'm trying to convert Android app to lib module, without copying source. I did it (modified build.gradle file), and it syncs and builds, but when I add dependency to resulting AAR file into another project (where I want to use this lib) build fails…
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Verify android library's (aar) signature on runtime

I am developing an Android library which I am going to distribute to my business partners. I have signed it with my key store and I want to verify the signature on runtime to see if my library is recompiled using a different signature. But the…
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How to Add and Use an AAR in AndroidStudio Project

I am trying to use a custom aar in my android project. I found dozens of examples in StackOverflow and the Web. Many failed at build, none worked. The clearest was…
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How to exclude files from aar with Gradle dynamically?

I'm having android library (aar) that contains (and builds while building module) native code: apply plugin: 'com.android.library' android { compileSdkVersion 16 buildToolsVersion "25.0.0" defaultConfig { minSdkVersion 11 …
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How to build react native project to aar library?

Is it possible to build a RN project to an AAR package that can be integrated by other Android apps? And is there any similar solution for iOS?
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play-services-base versus -basement dependencies (AAR) in Android

I found an xml file…
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how to create a jar file from android studio

I have a fairly latest version of android studio, I have created a module under a project which is basically supposed to be a library, when I build it, it creates an ".aar" file , what I want is .jar file as this library is supposed to be used with…
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Using .aar NoClassDefFoundError But Class Exists and is Dexed

I have several projects which I build to create an .aar. I then import this .aar into into Android Studio under /libs. The build.gradle file for this dependency looks as follows: repositories{ flatDir{ dirs 'libs' } } dependencies…
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Can't find resource identifiers from AAR in XML

I developed a custom Preference for an application. It has two custom attributes. I'm trying to move the Preference to a library project to reuse in other projects. I moved the Java file along with the corresponding layout and attr XML files. …
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How to publish aar file to Apache Archiva with Gradle

I´m trying to publish the generated aar file of my android library to my Apache Archiva Maven server, but I haven´t manage to get it working yet because either the examples are outdated or they are for java and not for android After noticing that…
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How to release an AAR with another android library project dependency?

Here is my development project structure: projectFolder | +--App | +--MyLib | +--Libraries | +--LibA MyLib depends on LibA, I have packaged MyLib as an AAR and release it to a Maven repo, But when I include MyLib in another…
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Android NDK build cmake include .so library included in .aar library

I have an android_library.aar file that containing library.so and some other resources and java files. I imported android_library.aar to my project. My project uses c++ code with NDK. My problem is I can not compile C++ code that dependent with…
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how to load class dynamically from aar file with DexClassLoader

I have succeeded in dynamically loading classes from a dex file in the following way enter code here File file = getDir("dex", 0); DexClassLoader dexClassLoader = new DexClassLoader("/data/data/com.example.callerapp/files/test.dex",…
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In Unity android app, how to receive content from a service of a referenced android library

I want to use an android library in Unity. The library contains a service which delivers some content to consume in your app. For native android apps (apps programmed using java), this content can be easily received by extending the library's…
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