title: Can't import external project as module in Android Studio 3
body: <p>I have an app already published on the store, after upgrading to Android Studio 3 (now 3.1) and the forced update of gradle I am unable to import my external projects as modules.</p>
  
  <p>I have tried removing all my modules and adding them one by one, deleting the cache, changing gradle version, and compileSdkVersion but it doesn't work.</p>
  
  <p>When I try to sync gradle I receive some messages like this:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Unable to resolve dependency for ':app@produzioneDebug/compileClasspath': Failed to transform file 'ShareLib-release.aar' to match attributes {artifactType=android-exploded-aar} using transform ExtractAarTransform</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>This is in my settings.gradle to make external project available:</p>
  
  <pre><code>include ':app'
  
  include ':ShareLib'
  project(':ShareLib').projectDir = new File('..//ShareLib//')
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>This is my build.gradle</p>
  
  <pre><code>buildscript {
      repositories {
          jcenter()
          mavenCentral()
          maven { url 'https://maven.fabric.io/public' }
          google()
      }
      dependencies {
          classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.1.2'
          classpath 'io.fabric.tools:gradle:1.+'
      }
  }
  
  repositories {
      jcenter()
      mavenCentral()
      mavenLocal()
      maven {
          url 'https://repo.spring.io/libs-milestone'
      }
      maven { url 'https://maven.fabric.io/public' }
  }
  
  apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
  apply plugin: 'io.fabric'
  def AAVersion = '4.4.0'
  
  android {
      compileSdkVersion 26
      buildToolsVersion "27.0.3"
  
      defaultConfig {
          minSdkVersion 15
          targetSdkVersion 26
          versionCode 3
          versionName "1.0.0.0"
  
          applicationId "com.xxx.app"
  
          // Enabling multidex support.
          multiDexEnabled true
  
          javaCompileOptions {
              annotationProcessorOptions {
                  arguments = ["resourcePackageName": android.defaultConfig.applicationId]
              }
          }
  
      }
  
      signingConfigs {
          releaseSigning {
          ///
          }
      }
  
      buildTypes {
  
          debug {
              minifyEnabled false
              shrinkResources false
              proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android-optimize.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
              zipAlignEnabled true
          }
  
          release {
              // proguard
              minifyEnabled false
              proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
  
              shrinkResources false
  
              zipAlignEnabled true
  
              signingConfig signingConfigs.releaseSigning
          }
      }
  
      flavorDimensions "tier"
  
      productFlavors {
  
          dev {
              buildConfigField "String", "SERVICE_URL_BASE", "\"dev.xxx.com/xxx-rest\""
              applicationId "development.xxx.app"
          }
  
          coll {
              buildConfigField "String", "SERVICE_URL_BASE", "\"dev.xxx.com/xxx-rest\""
              applicationId "test.xxx.app"
          }
  
          prod {
              buildConfigField "String", "SERVICE_URL_BASE", "\"www.xxx.com/xxx-rest\""
              applicationId "com.xxx.app"
          }
  
      }
  
  
      packagingOptions {
          exclude 'META-INF/DEPENDENCIES.txt'
          exclude 'META-INF/LICENSE.txt'
          exclude 'META-INF/NOTICE.txt'
          exclude 'META-INF/NOTICE'
          exclude 'META-INF/LICENSE'
          exclude 'META-INF/DEPENDENCIES'
          exclude 'META-INF/notice.txt'
          exclude 'META-INF/license.txt'
          exclude 'META-INF/dependencies.txt'
          exclude 'META-INF/LGPL2.1'
      }
  
      dexOptions {
          javaMaxHeapSize "4g"
      }
  
      lintOptions {
          checkReleaseBuilds false
          abortOnError false
      }
  
      compileOptions {
          sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
          targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
      }
  }
  
  dependencies {
      implementation project(path: ':shareLib', configuration: 'default')
  //    implementation project(path: ':shareLib', configuration: 'default') {
  //        exclude module: 'jsr305'
  //    }
      //    compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
  
      testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.12'
      implementation 'com.squareup:otto:1.3.8'
      implementation 'org.springframework.android:spring-android-rest-template:2.0.0.M3'
      annotationProcessor "org.androidannotations:androidannotations:$AAVersion"
      implementation "org.androidannotations:androidannotations-api:$AAVersion"
      annotationProcessor "org.androidannotations:rest-spring:$AAVersion"
      implementation "org.androidannotations:rest-spring-api:$AAVersion"
      annotationProcessor "org.androidannotations:otto:$AAVersion"
      implementation "org.androidannotations:otto:$AAVersion"
  
      implementation 'com.github.bumptech.glide:glide:3.7.0'
  
      implementation 'com.android.support:support-v4:26.1.0'
      implementation 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:26.1.0'
      implementation 'com.android.support:recyclerview-v7:26.1.0'
  
      // support AA on Android &lt; 5
  //    compile 'com.android.support:multidex:1.0.1'
  
      implementation 'com.github.markomilos:paginate:0.5.1'
  
      // mpandroid
      implementation 'com.github.PhilJay:MPAndroidChart:v3.0.0-beta1'
  
      // crashlytics fabric
      implementation('com.crashlytics.sdk.android:crashlytics:2.6.1@aar') {
          transitive = true
      }
  
      // recaptcha
      implementation ('android.lib.recaptcha:reCAPTCHA:2.0.0') {
          exclude group: 'com.android.support'
  
      }
  
      implementation 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-annotations:2.9.0'
  
  }
  </code></pre>