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

Using Gradle 6+ and AGP 4+, an alternative answer that allows full control of the name is:

afterEvaluate {
    android.libraryVariants.all { variant ->
        variant.variantData.outputFactory.apkDataList.each { apkData ->
            if (apkData.outputFileName.endsWith('.aar')) {
                apkData.outputFileName = "${project.name}-${buildType.name}-anything-you-want.aar"
            }
        }
    }
}