# adwiv/android-fat-aar

Gradle script that allows you to merge and embed dependencies in generted aar file

Repository: https://github.com/adwiv/android-fat-aar
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/android-fat-aar
License: Unlicense
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2017-08-24T07:32:52+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4086, "days_push": 3296, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1458, forks 425 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:47.173442+00:00)

## What it is
A Gradle script that merges embedded dependencies into a single generated AAR file for Android library projects. It lets library authors publish one fat AAR while keeping a modular project structure.

## Use cases
- publish a single Android library AAR with embedded sub-projects
- merge multiple library modules into one distributable aar file
- avoid transitive dependency resolution for embedded libraries
- proguard the combined library code instead of each subproject
- embed local and remote aar dependencies into a generated aar

## When to choose
- you need to ship a single AAR containing multiple modules on older Android Gradle Plugin versions
- you want to keep a modular codebase but publish one artifact
- you cannot use a maintained fat-aar Gradle plugin and your AGP version is compatible

## When to avoid
- you use recent Android Gradle Plugin versions, as this script is unmaintained since 2017
- you rely on manifest placeholders, AIDL files, or multiple build types
- you want active maintenance and bug fixes
- you can use a maintained alternative like fat-aar-plugin

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: build-tool, developer-tools
- domain: mobile-development, developer-tools, android-tools
- platform: jvm, cli
- tags: gradle, aar, fat-aar, android-library, packaging, android

## Member repositories
- adwiv/android-fat-aar (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:47.173442+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:35:29.258654+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/adwiv/android-fat-aar (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:47.173442+00:00, sha 8061e663fc4e)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.