How to set name of AAR output from Gradle

Question

I have a project with several modules in it one of which is a Android Library named (poorly) as sdk. When I build the project it outputs an AAR named sdk.aar<

Answer 1

For the latest version of Gradle 5+, this is the best answer following @frouo answer:

defaultConfig {
    ...
    setProperty("archivesBaseName", "${archivesBaseName}-$versionName")
    ...
}

AAR extension will be added automatically.