Android Studio does not detect .aidl files

Question

I have found a sample from the Internet (https://github.com/manishkpr/Android-AIDL-Example) and ran on Android Studio and it worked fine.

But now when I am trying to recreate the project, the Android Studio fails to recognize the .aidl file no matter where I place it. Can anybody tell me what is the right location to place .aidl files in Android Studio?

p.s. I have added the below code to build.gradle and place the .aidl file in the java directory, but failed to get it work.

sourceSets {
main {
    aidl.srcDirs = ['src/main/java']
}

score 16 · Accepted Answer · edited Jul 14 '16 at 13:33

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The below link solved my issue.

https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=56160

edited Jul 14 '16 at 13:33

pRaNaY

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answered Sep 20 '13 at 11:46

Code_Yoga

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score 16 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 12 '14 at 09:24

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In my case Clean and Rebuild project solved my problem.
Hope this helpful.

answered Nov 12 '14 at 09:24

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score 6 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 16 '14 at 22:53

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The default Android project sourceSet has a definition that looks for .aidl files under "src/main/aidl". Moving my aidl files there solved the problem.

https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=56328

answered Jan 16 '14 at 22:53

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This link helped me because I was not seeing the gen folder showing aidl being generated by the build. The link (#2) mentions that it can also appear in build/generated/source/aidl (their path was writen different, but same result). – Eric Engel Apr 30 '15 at 16:27
It seems this isn't true for gradle 4.1 anymore. I never even had a sourceSets declaration in my build.gradle before 4.1. I also needed to give it the path to manifest, source and res as it didn't find NOTHING after the update. I am totally convinced they just hate app-devs. – FrankKrumnow Nov 04 '20 at 15:18

score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 27 '15 at 15:46

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AIDL files need to be generated, that's why sometimes when you need to declare a class that is located in an AIDL file, you first have to build these AIDL files before Android Studio can resolve their content.

answered Nov 27 '15 at 15:46

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered May 04 '21 at 18:41

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run

./gradlew assembleDebug

or

gradle assemble

You can also run the task (assemble) under gradle -> build -> assemble

answered May 04 '21 at 18:41

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Android Studio does not detect .aidl files

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