importing an existing JAR or AAR as new project module

Question

how to import JAR or AAR package as new project module in A new Android Studio Arctic Fox | 2020.3.1 Canary 9 ?

please let me know.

Answer 1

This works on Android Studio Arctic Fox Beta 02

Step 1 : Navigate to, File -> Project Structure. You can also press Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S

You will see a window just like below.

Step 2 : Click On app module as shown in image

Step 3 : Click on + icon as marked in image

Step 4 : You will see option to select jar/aar dependency. Click on it

You will see another window just like above asking you to specify path. Specify the path in which you kept the aar/jar file and hit Ok.

That should work

Answer 2

Step 1: Put your aar file in the libs folder. And let’s take the file name is supernover.aar as an example.

Step 2: Put the following code in your Project level

build.gradle  file,
    allprojects {
   repositories {
      jcenter()
      flatDir {
        dirs 'libs'
      }
   }
}

and in the app level module write the below code,

dependencies {
    Implementation(name:'supernover', ext:'aar')
}

Step 3: Then Click sync project with Gradle files.

If everything is working fine, then you will see library entry is made in build ->intermediates -> exploded-aar.

Answer 3

For Android Studio Bumblebee, original answer given here

I have followed steps suggested by the Android developer site:

1. Copy .aar file into the libs folder of the app

2. File -> Project Structure... -> Dependencies

3. Click on "+" icon and select JR/AAR Dependency and select app module

4. Add .aar file path in step 1.

5. Check your app’s build.gradle file to confirm a declaration.

Answer 4

You can directly implement using JAR/ARR file path.

implementation files('/File Path/file.aar')