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I have created a library module in my project. Now, I want to share/publish this library with others. Sharing a .aar file would be fine for now.

I went through the article - https://developer.android.com/studio/projects/android-library and found the following options.

  1. When you want to build the AAR file, select the library module in the Project window and then click Build > Build APK.
  2. However, if you want to share your AAR file separately, you can find it in project-name/module-name/build/outputs/aar/ and you can regenerate it by clicking Build > Make Project.

I have tried these two options, but couldn't find /aar folder in the path project-name/module-name/build/outputs/

This is the first time I am building a library that needs to be shared with others.

Is there something else I need to do? Please share your thoughts.

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  • You can run assembleRelease task under your library name in gradle task pane. Commented May 10, 2018 at 7:04
  • are you checking .aar in apps directory or your library module's directory? Commented May 10, 2018 at 7:12

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You should do it using gradle. Just follow these steps and you will get .aar file:

1) At right side of your android studio there is a pane name Gradle. Open it and then do open library portion and run assemble. Like in the picture below.

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2) When it is successfully ran just go to your library folder and you will find your .aar files there.

C:\projectPath\libraryPath\build\outputs\aar
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thanks. I have already found out it myself. Anyway, I am marking this answer as correct. :)
That worked! can you please help me m facing problem while adding aar file into library module. M able to create aar file but app crash when calling aar file from project.
@Android what error does it throws and do you want to change the aar file too ?
@Umair M able to call the method of library module but while calling the method of aar file that is in lib folder of library module then app crashed. Error occcured java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Failed resolution
@Umair if m using direct library module instead of aar then it worked, but due to my requirement i need to use aar. It worked because i have defined dirs project(':openkeysdk-release').file('libs') into project level, but when i used aar then this code we need to removed. It complied successfully but run time error occured. is there any way to define dirs of lib folder of library module ?
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Android create .aar from command line

You can try manually create .aar from command line

./gradlew <moduleName>:assemble

output is located

<project_path>/build/outputs/aar/<module_name>-<build_variant>.aar

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