How to create a release android library package (aar) in Android Studio (not debug)

Question

I have built my android library package (aar) and the result of build is created in \"..\\app\\build\\outputs\\aar\" folder. The file within this folder is called \"app-deb

Answer 1

Yet another 2 part question where nobody answers the second part...

For the future generations, here are simple answers:

Part 1 How to create release only *release.aar ?

Run in android studio terminal (or any terminal in your project folder).:

./gradlew assembleRelease

You don`t need signing config for such task.

Part 2 How to rename the output library to AnotherLibraryName-release.aar ?

Add to your module gradle.build :

android{
    project.archivesBaseName = "AnotherLibraryName"
}

Answer 2

1.add following script to your android{} tag in build.gradle to generate a release build:

signingConfigs {
    testConfig{
        storeFile file("X:/XXXX/yourkeystore")
        storePassword "yourKeyPassword"
        keyAlias "yourAlias"
        keyPassword "yourAliasPassword"
    }
}

buildTypes{
    release {
        signingConfig  signingConfigs.testConfig
        minifyEnabled true
        shrinkResources true
        proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
    }
}

2.run command "gradle clean build" in you command line.

Answer 3

This issue of can already be handled with the answers like execute

./gradlew assembleRelease

or choose assembleRelease from Android Studio's Gradle menu. However, for completeness, with Android Studio 1.5.1 (and probably also older versions) building release version of a .aar can be accomplished by selecting Build->"Build APK" in Android Studio. It seems to execute assembleRelease. If your project only contains the library project, it does not ask for any signing information.