Create Android library AAR including javadoc and sources

Question

My team is developing an Android library, to be used in some example applications, also developed by us. The library is created as an AAR file. Here is its build.gradle

apply plugin: 'com.android.library'
apply from: 'deploy.gradle'

android {
    compileSdkVersion 20
    buildToolsVersion '20.0.0'
    packagingOptions {
        exclude 'LICENSE.txt'
        exclude 'LICENSE'
        exclude 'NOTICE'
    }
    defaultConfig {
        // Excluded for brevity
    }
    buildTypes {
        release {
            runProguard false
            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
        }
    }
    lintOptions {
        abortOnError false
        // if true, check all issues, including those that are off by default
        checkAllWarnings true
    }
}

dependencies {
    compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
    compile 'com.android.support:support-v13:20.0.+'
    compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:5.+'
    compile 'com.squareup.retrofit:retrofit:1.6.1'
}

Here is the dependencies part of the app's build.gradle

dependencies {
    compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
    compile ('com.mycompany.myapp:0.6.5-SNAPSHOT@aar') {
        transitive = true
        downloadJavadoc = true
        downloadSources = true
    }
}

I can use all the lib classes, but I can't see the Javadocs nor the sources. How can I package my AAR so it includes the sources and Javadocs?

Answer 1

Seems like it can't be done for now. However, adding these gradle tasks in the deploy.gradle, the -javadoc.jar and -sources.jar are created.

task androidJavadocs(type: Javadoc) {
    source = android.sourceSets.main.java.srcDirs
}

task androidJavadocsJar(type: Jar) {
    classifier = 'javadoc'
    baseName = artifact_id
    from androidJavadocs.destinationDir
}

task androidSourcesJar(type: Jar) {
    classifier = 'sources'
    baseName = artifact_id
    from android.sourceSets.main.java.srcDirs
}

artifacts {
//    archives packageReleaseJar
    archives androidSourcesJar
    archives androidJavadocsJar
}

After that, the sources and javadoc need to be manually imported. According to this thread and this open issue they can't be automatically imported.