From my understanding, apklib
contains code + resource shared with Maven
.
aar
files are distributed by Gradle
.
The aar
differ from apklib in one major way : classes are compiled and included in a classes.jar in the root of the aar. Whereas apklib
cannot contain compiled class files or jars.
1 Can somebody explain the main differences between apklib
vs aar
files ?
2 Can Maven
use aar
? Can Gradle
use apklib
?
3 Which format is "better" ?
1 Can somebody explain the main differences between apklib vs aar files ?
Couple differences that come to my mind, in addition to the ones you mentioned
aar
doesn't contain source codeaar
can contain custom proguard file and custom lint rules2 Can Maven use aar ? Can Gradle use apklib ?
The Android Maven Plugin supports aar
since version 3.7.0.
Gradle doesn't support using apklib
dependencies but you could export your android-library
as apklib
(see this post).
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