Xamarin Android Binding ReferenceJar equivalent in aar?

Question

I trying to bind an .aar library that depends on other .aar library. In the ".jar" world, I would set the library I want to create the binding as "InputJar" and the dependencies as "ReferenceJar".

In ".aar", the equivalent for "InputJar" is "LibraryProjectZip", but... what would be the equivalent for "ReferenceJar"? EmbeddedNativeLibrary? Or "LibraryProjectProperties"?

Thanks!

Answer 1

The answer seems to be explain Here, the settings describe inside works for me.

the .aar file require a build action set to LibraryProjectZip

Answer 2

You have to create two binding projects, one for your .aar library (Library1) and another one for your .aar dependency (Library2). Please note that both .aar binding projects require buildAction set to LibraryProjectZip. Afterwards just add Library2 as a dependency as Library1. In the Xamarin world that means add the binding project of Library2 as a reference to the Library1 binding project.

Jar dependencies can be added directly thru BuildAction = ReferenceJar.

Other common dependencies can be added via the nuget package manager.