Library project created in Android Studio doesn't seem to include dependencies when imported into 3rd party project

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My goal is to write a library using Android Studio that can be distributed to 3rd party developers as either a JAR or AAR.

My library will have dependencies on other libraries.

When a 3rd party developer creates an app with a dependency on my library will my library’s dependencies by included in the 3rd party developers project?

I am seeing that this is not the case.

Here is my libraries app/build.gradle file:

apply plugin: 'com.android.library'
  android {
    compileSdkVersion 21
    buildToolsVersion "21.1.1"
      def BOOLEAN = "boolean"
    def TRUE = "true"
    def FALSE = "false"
    def IS_OFFLINE_MODE = "isOfflineMode"
    def IS_ONLINE_PLUS_MODE = "isOnlinePlusMode"
      publishNonDefault true
      defaultConfig {
        applicationId "com.djh.kelvin_android_api"
        minSdkVersion 8
        targetSdkVersion 21
        versionCode 1
        versionName "1.0"
    }
    buildTypes {
        release {
            runProguard false
            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
        }
    }
    productFlavors{
        offline {
            applicationId "com.djh.testlibrary.offline"
            versionName "1.0-offline"
            buildConfigField BOOLEAN, IS_OFFLINE_MODE, TRUE
        }
        online {
            applicationId "com.djh.testlibrary.online"
            versionName "1.0-online"
            buildConfigField BOOLEAN, IS_OFFLINE_MODE, FALSE
            buildConfigField BOOLEAN, IS_ONLINE_PLUS_MODE, FALSE
        }
        onlinePlus{
            applicationId "com.djh.testlibrary.onlinePlus"
            versionName "1.0-onlinePlus"
            buildConfigField BOOLEAN, IS_OFFLINE_MODE, FALSE
            buildConfigField BOOLEAN, IS_ONLINE_PLUS_MODE, TRUE
        }
    }
    lintOptions {
        abortOnError false
    }
}
    dependencies {
    compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
    compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:21.0.+'
    compile 'com.readystatesoftware.sqliteasset:sqliteassethelper:2.0.1'
    compile 'org.apache.commons:commons-math3:3.3'
    compile 'com.google.code.gson:gson:2.3'
}

When I include this library project into another app, I create a dependency like this:

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
  android {
    compileSdkVersion 21
    buildToolsVersion "21.1.1"
      packagingOptions {
        exclude 'AndroidManifest.xml'
        exclude 'assets/databases/dillonDb.db'
        exclude 'res/drawable-hdpi-v4/ic_launcher.png'
        exclude 'res/drawable-mdpi-v4/ic_launcher.png'
        exclude 'res/drawable-xhdpi-v4/ic_launcher.png'
        exclude 'res/drawable-xxhdpi-v4/ic_launcher.png'
    }
      defaultConfig {
        applicationId "com.djh.offlineaartest"
        minSdkVersion 15
        targetSdkVersion 21
        versionCode 1
        versionName "1.0"
    }
    buildTypes {
        release {
            runProguard false
            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
        }
    }
      packagingOptions {
    }
    //NOTE THIS SECTION HAS TO BE THERE FOR GRADLE TO FIND THE AAR FOR SOME REASON
    repositories {
        flatDir {
            dirs 'libs'
        }
    }
}
  dependencies {
    compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.aar'])
    compile(name:'app-offline-debug', ext:'aar')
}

Is this the correct behavior? Is there a way to achieve what I am trying to accomplish?

Thanks