Package android library with others librairies inside

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I’d like to build my android library in aar to local maven repo with an other transitive dependency.

I have a project like this :

/libA /myLib

I’d like to build myLib with libA sources packaged in myLib.aar.

the build.gradle under myLib dir :

apply plugin: 'android-library'
apply plugin: 'android-maven'
  configurations {
    archives {
        extendsFrom configurations.default
    }
}
  android {
    buildTypes {
        release {
            runProguard false
            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.txt'
        }
    }
}
  dependencies {
    ...
    compile project(':libA') {
        export = true
    }
}

How can I do that ?

Thanks

2

It looks to me that you’re going in a right direction. Perhaps you want to take a look at various samples created by Android team that can be downloaded from http://tools.android.com/tech-docs/new-build-system (at the very bottom). mavenLocal can be of your interest. There is also documentation at http://tools.android.com/tech-docs/new-build-system/user-guide#TOC-Dependencies-Android-Libraries-and-Multi-project-setup

3

The samples do not show how to achieve what’s being asked in the OP.

4

Today, I’m running the same issue. I want to release a library (aar) with some other libraries dependencies in it so that our developer doesnt have to include them

5

I have the same needs. What I’m doing right now is manually adding compiled classes to libs before packageLibrary task. Discussion is here https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email%2F#!topic/adt-dev/Zh_2NOUQevo

android.libraryVariants.all { variant ->

Action copyClassesAction = new Action() {

@Override

void execute(Object o) {

String variantLibsDir = getBuildDir().absolutePath + “/intermediates/bundles/” + variant.name + “/libs”

String explodedDir = getBuildDir().absolutePath + “/intermediates/exploded-aar/library-project/”

String[] dirs = new File(explodedDir).list()

for (int i = 0; i < dirs.length; i++) {

File source = new File(explodedDir + dirs[i] + “/unspecified/classes.jar”)

File destination = new File(variantLibsDir + “/” + dirs[i] + “.jar”)

destination.bytes = source.bytes

}

}

}

variant.packageLibrary.doFirst(copyClassesAction)

}