How to publish artifacts (Android Library in "aar" format) to Maven repo from Android Studio gradle

This post shows build.gradle configuration to be able to push artifacts to local Maven repo. I've taken Android library in its "aar" format as artifact for example.

First add "maven-publish" plugin to enable publishing artifacts from build.gradle:

apply plugin: 'maven-publish'

Don't forget to add local maven repo:

repositories {
    mavenLocal()
}

Add publishing block now:

publishing {
    publications {
        mavenJava(MavenPublication) {
            groupId <GROUP_ID>
            artifactId <ARTIFACT_ID>
            version <currentVersion>

            artifacts = ["${buildDir}/outputs/aar/<your_android_library>.aar"]
        }
    }
}