How to use local aar dependency?

I was getting the same errors.

This was the only thing that helped me:

dependencies {   compile(name:'nameOfYourAARFileWithoutExtension', ext:'aar') }repositories{      flatDir{              dirs 'libs'       } }

Reference: Adding local .aar files to Gradle build using "flatDirs" is not working

In my case a have to distribute an aar. When i import the aar in another project this error appears.I solve this problem distributing the aar with a maven dependency structure (pom, md5, etc...)

publishing {  publications {    maven(MavenPublication) {      groupId "<GROUP_ID>"      artifactId "<ARTIFACT_ID>"      version <VERSION>      artifact "$buildDir/outputs/aar/<AAR_FILE>"      pom.withXml {        def dependenciesNode = asNode().appendNode("dependencies")        configurations.compile.allDependencies.each { dependency ->          def dependencyNode = dependenciesNode.appendNode("dependency")          dependencyNode.appendNode("groupId", dependency.group)          dependencyNode.appendNode("artifactId", dependency.name)          dependencyNode.appendNode("version", dependency.version)        }      }    }  }  repositories {    maven {      url "$buildDir/repo"    }  }}

On the android application i need to add the local maven repository:

allprojects {  repositories {    jcenter()    maven {      url "<LOCAL_REPO>"    }  }}

And add the dependency:

compile("<GROUP_ID>:<ARTIFACT_ID>:<VERSION>@aar") {  transitive = true}