I have this structure for my android project:
ProjectDir  
settings.gradle  
MyApp(depends on LibraryA and LibraryB)  
-->build.gradle  
-->All the other android code  
LibraryA  (depends on LibraryB)  
-->build.gradle  
-->All the other android code  
LibraryB (Has lots of resources that are used in LibraryA and MyApp)  
-->build.gradle  
-->All the other android code  
I can compile the android app just fine using both eclipse and Android Studio.  LibraryA imports the R file of LibraryB by doing "    import com.LibraryB.R;" I also make use of com.LibraryB.R.layout.... type references in code and as long as I'm in the IDE things are fine.
I am trying to get things to build from the command line for our CI server and I have tried both ant and gradle and I end up getting the same build error in each.
LibraryA/example.java:10:error:cannot find symbol import com.LibraryB.R
I have even gone to the extent of publishing LibraryB as a local aar file and using it to build LibraryA
LibraryB build.gradle
buildscript {
    repositories {
        mavenLocal()
        mavenCentral()
    }
    dependencies {
        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:0.5.+'
    }
}
group = 'com.libraryb'
version = '1.0'
apply plugin: 'android-library'
apply plugin: 'maven'
uploadArchives {
        repositories {
                mavenDeployer {
                        repository url: 'file://' + new File(System.getProperty('user.home'), '.m2/repository').absolutePath
                }
        }
}
task install(dependsOn: uploadArchives)
repositories {
    mavenLocal()
    mavenCentral()
}
dependencies {
    compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: '*.jar')
}
android {
    compileSdkVersion 18
    buildToolsVersion "18.0.1"
    sourceSets {
        main {
            manifest.srcFile 'AndroidManifest.xml'
            java.srcDirs = ['src']
            resources.srcDirs = ['src']
            aidl.srcDirs = ['src']
            renderscript.srcDirs = ['src']
            res.srcDirs = ['res']
            assets.srcDirs = ['assets']
        }
    }
}
LibraryA build.gradle
buildscript {
    repositories {
        mavenLocal()
        mavenCentral()
    }
    dependencies {
        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:0.5.+'
    }
}
apply plugin: 'android-library'
repositories {
    mavenLocal()
    mavenCentral()
}
dependencies {
    compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: '*.jar')
    compile 'com.libraryb:LibraryB:1.0'
}
android {
    compileSdkVersion 17
    buildToolsVersion "18.0.1"
    sourceSets {
        main {
            manifest.srcFile 'AndroidManifest.xml'
            java.srcDirs = ['src']
            resources.srcDirs = ['src']
            aidl.srcDirs = ['src']
            renderscript.srcDirs = ['src']
            res.srcDirs = ['res']
            assets.srcDirs = ['assets']
        }
        instrumentTest.setRoot('tests')
    }
}
MyApp build.gradle
buildscript {
    repositories {
        mavenLocal()
        mavenCentral()
    }
    dependencies {
        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:0.5.+'
    }
}
group = 'com.myapp'
version = '1.0'
apply plugin: 'android-library'
apply plugin: 'maven'
uploadArchives {
        repositories {
                mavenDeployer {
                        repository url: 'file://' + new File(System.getProperty('user.home'), '.m2/repository').absolutePath
                }
        }
}
task install(dependsOn: uploadArchives)
repositories {
mavenLocal()
mavenCentral()
}
dependencies {
    compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: '*.jar')
    compile project(':LibraryA')
}
android {
    compileSdkVersion 18
    buildToolsVersion "18.0.1"
    sourceSets {
        main {
            manifest.srcFile 'AndroidManifest.xml'
            java.srcDirs = ['src']
            resources.srcDirs = ['src']
            aidl.srcDirs = ['src']
            renderscript.srcDirs = ['src']
            res.srcDirs = ['res']
            assets.srcDirs = ['assets']
        }
        instrumentTest.setRoot('tests')
    }
}
settings.gradle
include ':MyApp'
include ':LibraryA'  
I need to be able to access the resources of LibraryB from other library projects and the main app. I can't seem to figure out what I'm doing wrong. Any help would be great. Fyi, using the generated gradle scripts from eclipse give the same issue.