Android studio @aar import creating incorrect exploded-aar directory

Question

So, here's the thing, I have a .aar file, and when i add it as a dependency as follows:

compile('com.foo:bar:1.0.0@aar')

It generates the following file:

build > intermediates > exploded-aar > com.foo > bar > bar-1.0.0

which contains the classes.jar, sources, etc.

However, it SHOULD be doing the following:

build > intermediates > exploded-aar > com.foo > bar > 1.0.0

Does anyone have any clue as to why my aar isn't being imported correctly?

This is a problem, as the following error occurs when building the gradle:

com.android.manifmerger.ManifestMerger2$MergeFailureException: java.io.FileNotFoundException: /build/intermediates/exploded-aar/com.foo/bar/1.0.0/AndroidManifest.xml (No such file or directory)

However, it is clearly visible in the bar-1.0.0 directory.

Edit: more info

• Tested on 5 machines. All running AS 0.8.9, fresh install, fresh clone.
• Jdk 1.6 and 1.7 tested
• --refresh-dependencies called to make sure any changes have been collected

Nothing works.

Answer 1

I wasn't going to answer my own question but I will now that I've received a few votes.

It turns out, the minSDK that was defined in my build.gradle wasn't installed.

Once I installed the proper SDKs, everything worked fine.