How to use Android Java Libraries (.JAR or .AAR) in Xamarin Forms

In this blog learn how to use Android Java Libraries in Xamarin Forms. This "conversion" process is known as Java Binding Library. Essentially, we will convert a .JAR or .AAR to .DLL.
Android platform has a large number of libraries which can be used for Android based applications, which is generally in the file format (extension) .JAR or .AAR. The good news is that these libraries can be used for Xamarin forms (which uses C# in Microsoft Visual Studio platform).
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[@RickardApps]

is it EmbeddedJar build action with .aar aswell?

[@RabiGurungXybernetics]

It should be. Most programming would include them for program execution autonomy.

[@SimspaceDev]

Super helpful. Simple and to the point, just what I needed. Nice job!

[@RabiGurungXybernetics]

Thanks for leaving a comment.

[@RickardApps]

Awesome, can't wait to try it

[@RabiGurungXybernetics]

Hope you enjoy

[@Rassamdul]

Absolutely perfect tutorial.

[@RabiGurungXybernetics]

Thanks for leaving a comment.

[@mageshgopalYTC]

.aar file also same procedure ?

[@НесторГрин]

awesome

[@arvindchourasiya4738]

Can't we do it Xamarin forms level ? Do we need to do it project level only and write code in each project using Dependancy service ?

[@RabiGurungXybernetics]

I am demonstrating how to use a JAR file to create dll. I hope that answers your question.

[@jasonluis2791]

i got a error message which is no package elements found,so sad!

[@somureddy9579]

Can we do it reverse like from dll to jar file

[@igorsane01]

Great video.. but the title is: "How to use Android Java Libraries (.JAR or .AAR) in Xamarin Forms" and where are the Xamarin Forms part??? need to change the title to "How to use Android Java Libraries (.JAR or .AAR) in Xamarin Android"...

[@RabiGurungXybernetics]

Thank you for watching the video and sharing your feedback! We appreciate your input. We understand your concern about the title, and we apologize for any confusion it may have caused. Your suggestion for a more accurate title is noted, and we'll make sure to consider it for future content.

[@SanongPenmongkol]

Hi... will API level of main_app must match that of the library api level ?

[@RabiGurungXybernetics]

Version compatibility is mandatory.

[@RafaelSaccomani]

i am getting the error: couldn't find "libpda.so", what can do?

[@RabiGurungXybernetics]

That sounds like your program is missing the symbol object. Make sure you are creating the symbolic link to your JAR if you are using that library. General syntax of creating symbolic link is as follows. ln -s source_file symbolic_link I hope that helps! If not drop me a line again.

[@sharvaridesai4580]

Can we do the same steps for .aar as well?

[@RabiGurungXybernetics]

Yes you can.

[@davidmatano390]

@@RabiGurungXybernetics EmbeddedJar build action works with .aar?

[@manool12345]

Severity Code Description Project File Line Suppression State Error CS0534 'PosAsynncTask' does not implement inherited abstract member 'AsyncTask.DoInBackground(params Object[]?)' xprinterBindings repos\xprinterBindings\xprinterBindings\obj\Debug\generated\src\Net.Posprinter.AsynncTask.PosAsynncTask.cs 10 N/A I m getting this error can you please help me out

[@RabiGurungXybernetics]

Without looking at the full code, my first impression is that to check your inheritance class and make sure the argument is correctly defined. And the members are correctly defined. I had the same error a while back and it was due to fat fingering the member variables. If you need more help , please post the whole class... or what is applicable. I hope that helps.