How to manually include external aar package using new Gradle Android Build System

Question

I\'ve been experimenting with the new android build system and I\'ve run into a small issue. I\'ve compiled my own aar package of ActionBarSherlock which I\'ve called \'act

Answer 1

For me, this was an issue with how Android Studio environment was configured.

When I updated the File -> Project Structure -> JDK Location to a later Java version (jdk1.8.0_192.jdk - for me), everything started working.