How to create new Android AAR in Android Studio
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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?
"to generate an aar you should look something else"? Hardly a useful suggestion. If you have a concrete positive suggestion, I would love to hear it.
– DontPanic
Jun 30 at 14:49
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After days of unsuccessful head-banging with the IDE, I found an astoundingly simple solution in some Google results, namely:
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.
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The link you provided is about creating projects as libraries modules for your main app, to generate an aar you should look something else
– Marcos Vasconcelos
Jun 29 at 18:03