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

Unfortunately none of the solutions here worked for me (I get unresolved dependencies). What finally worked and is the easiest way IMHO is: Highlight the project name from Android Studio then File -> New Module -> Import JAR or AAR Package. Credit goes to the solution in this post

Answer 2

you can do something like this:

1. Put your local libraries (with extension: .jar, .aar, ...) into 'libs' Folder (or another if you want).

2. In build.gradle (app level), add this line into dependences

   implementation fileTree(include: ['*.jar', '*.aar'], dir: 'libs')

Answer 3

Just to simplify the answer

If .aar file is locally present then include
compile project(':project_directory') in dependencies of build.gradle of your project.

If .aar file present at remote then include compile 'com.*********.sdk:project_directory:0.0.1@aar' in dependencies of build.gradle of your project.

Answer 4

With Android Studio 3.4 and Gradle 5 you can simply do it like this

dependencies {
    implementation files('libs/actionbarsherlock.aar')
}

Answer 5

The standard way to import AAR file in an application is given in https://developer.android.com/studio/projects/android-library.html#AddDependency

Click File > New > New Module. Click Import .JAR/.AAR Package then click Next. Enter the location of the compiled AAR or JAR file then click Finish.

Please refer the link above for next steps.