I am developing my first app in android and I need some custom controls. So I want to know if I can use any github project in my app directly? If so then do I have have add any copyright or license information in my app anywhere? Also I want to know how I can use this below project in my app?
https://github.com/hdodenhof/CircleImageView
https://github.com/mutualmobile/CardStackUI
Note: The app which i am developing will be released as a commercial app
Thanks in advance,
IamHuM
CircleImageView readme, and CardStackUI readme both mention the right Gradle dependencies:
dependencies {
compile 'de.hdodenhof:circleimageview:2.1.0'
compile 'com.mutualmobile.android:cardstack:0.5.2'
}
That fits the Android basic project setup:
The most simple Android project has the following build.gradle:
buildscript {
repositories {
jcenter()
}
dependencies {
classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:1.3.1'
}
}
apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
android {
compileSdkVersion 23
buildToolsVersion "23.1.0"
}
Add your own dependencies to your project.
If you looked at the README file carefully, you will find this:
dependencies {
...
compile 'de.hdodenhof:circleimageview:2.1.0'
}
That basically tells you how to install the library.
Go to your build.gradle file (Note that there are two of them, go to the one that says "Module: app"). Scroll to the very bottom and you'll see something like this:
dependencies {
compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
testCompile 'junit:junit:4.12'
compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:24.+'
}
Yours might be slightly different, but you get the idea :)
Now add the line you found in the README to here, so it becomes:
dependencies {
compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
testCompile 'junit:junit:4.12'
compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:24.+'
compile 'de.hdodenhof:circleimageview:2.1.0' // this line!
}
Now do a gradle sync by pressing on the top!
Just do the same thing with the other library!
You have the IDE answers above :) Regarding licences - any commercial app complies with licences, you must understand the licences of the projects you use, and give the appropriate credit accordingly, github projects are usually Apache 2, which in a nutshell means that you can use it freely, but must:
include a copy of the licence (Apache 2)
formally mention the usage of any third-party library you are using by name and by the licence it complies to.
Other licences have other meanings and some might even be unwanted - there are some licences that you would ABSOLUTELY NOT want to use on a client app, but can be used on server side mechanisms.
Read about BSD, GPL, LGPL, and when in doubt - seek legal help (make sure they specialize in exactly that - licencing).
The place to do it could be inside the setting.
(e.g. have a look at the facebook app, inside app settings->terms & policies->More Resources->Third Party Notices), or, depending on the nature of your app - even outside, if you need the user to agree to terms of service or anything else.
In a lot of apps this would usually mean a webview directing to a webpage with all the info, since it's a lot to put in your app and would bloat it.
Check under LICENCE.txt or in the README.txt that are published with the projects.
For more info, refer to The StackExchange OpenSource resources.
Remember - you are liable, and yes - that means someone can sue if you do not handle this properly.
"open source is free speech, not free beer" :)
good luck!
Related
I know that in order to get the latest version of Android/Google libraries, I can always go to the Android SDK Manager and update the Android Support Repository / Google Repository.
How about to update the other dependency libraries, such as the "commons-net:commons-net:20030805.205232" from Apache collection libraries? Since it is able to add these libraries from a Module's dependencies, I assume there should be a way to update it within the Android Studio IDE, but so far all the solutions I found is to download the specific .jar and put in the libs directory.
Just curious if anyone know there is a way to update these libraries from within the Android Studio IDE like the Android/Google dependencies.
Android Studio & IntelliJ have a dependency setting window themselves. Though, it does not have a "update" feature as the SDK Manager does. Reason being: Updating a library can cause bugs, errors, or complete crashes in your app.
so far all the solutions I found is to download the specific .jar and put in the libs directory
Not sure where you read that... Remote Gradle dependencies are preferred in most cases.
such as the "commons-net:commons-net:20030805.205232"
Go find what you want in Maven Central, find the most recent version, click the "Gradle" tab, the copy that into your build.gradle section.
There is no automated process for this, as far as I know, though you should be able to auto-complete version numbers via the IDE while you type it out.
When you create a project under Android Studio, it generates for your gradle files which let you use dependencies. Gradle is like maven, you can find lot of documents on google.
Under "Project" tab -> Gradle Scripts -> build.gradle (Module app), you'll find something like this :
dependencies {
compile fileTree(include: ['*.jar'], dir: 'libs')
testCompile 'junit:junit:4.12'
compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:23.4.0'
compile 'com.android.support:design:23.4.0'
compile 'com.journeyapps:zxing-android-embedded:3.0.2#aar'
compile 'com.android.support:support-v13:23.4.0'
compile 'com.google.zxing:core:3.2.0'
compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:23.4.0'}
So you just have to put your dependencies and gradle will download them for you.
More here.
We were using AdMob with out Firebase, we don't need Firebase integration and we are just trying to ad below in dependencies:
dependencies {
compile 'com.google.firebase:firebase-ads:9.4.0'
}
It's not resolving the AdMob variables, we are stuck here. We tried all clean, make project steps. Someone faced this issue?
...
dependencies {
compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:xx.x.x'
compile 'com.google.firebase:firebase-ads:9.6.0'
}
...
apply plugin: 'com.google.gms.google-services'
Have you tried apply plugin: 'com.google.gms.google-services'after dependencies.
If not., add and sync once. Hope this will help.
for more details. read this document.
https://firebase.google.com/docs/admob/android/quick-start
If you're not using Firebase, it's best to avoid using any of the Firebase gradle dependencies. Instead, use this one to import the Google Mobile Ads SDK by itself:
dependencies {
compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-ads:9.6.0'
}
You'll need to make sure the Google Repository has been downloaded by your SDK manager. If it's not, don't worry -- Android Studio will prompt you.
If you're interested, we wrote a blog post about the different ways of importing the SDK, and what your app will get with each one.
Hope that helps!
I have an android application that I have to run on my laptop (I didn't develop it). The thing is, first I had an error that said Plugin with id 'com.android.application' not found so I fixed adding this to the build.gradle file:
buildscript {
repositories {
jcenter()
}
dependencies {
classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:1.1.0'
}
}
that works, then I go to compile the project and I have an error like this:
Project with path ':AppData:Local:Android:sdk:extras:google:google_play_services:libproject:google-play-services_lib' could not be found in root project 'Aplicacion'.
in the file build.gradle I have this:
dependencies {
compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: '*.jar')
compile project(':AppData:Local:Android:sdk:extras:google:google_play_services:libproject:google-play-services_lib')
}
it seems like I have to add a library to the project path,but I don't know which one and neither where is it. So, what things should I see to fix it? thanks
It looks like you're attempting to add Google Play Services as a dependency to your Gradle-based Android app. I'd like to suggest to just follow the instructions provided by Google:
If you want to add the full Play Services library as dependency, then add:
compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:8.3.0'
Alternatively, you can also selectively add the submodules/APIs relevant to your app. I.e. if all you need is Google Maps, the that would be:
compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-maps:8.3.0'
A full list of all individual submodules/APIs can be found on that same instructions page.
To add Google Play services to an app see the following documentation here
I'm trying to add a Leader Board to a Chrome cast project and am getting errors. Android project in Android Studio. In my gradle build - Error: more than one library with package name 'com.google.android.gms'
I understand why you don't want to use two different libraries with the same name, but not sure how to use the same library throughout the project. Here are the two uses of gms:
1) Main activity has dependency on 'CastCompanionLibrary-android-master' which then uses google-play-services_lib. I'm not sure which version of gms this uses, but the version number is referenced in the manifest. Is this just grabbing the version # of play services that they have installed on their phone?
2) BaseGameUtils - has dependency on com.google.android.gms:play-services:+ (I think this is grabbing the most recent version of play-services, but doesn't match the other one.
MainActivity gradle file
dependencies {
compile project(':BaseGameUtils')
compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: '*.jar')
compile project(':CastCompanionLibrary-android-master')
}
CastCompanionLibrary-android-master dependencies {
compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: '*.jar')
compile project(':android-support-v7-appcompat')
compile project(':android-support-v7-mediarouter')
compile project(':google-play-services_lib')
}
BaseGameUtils dependencies {
compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:20.0.+'
compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:20.0.+'
compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:+'
}
So, the problem (I think) is these two versions of com.google.android.gms, but how do I rectify it so that they all use the same version. I've had almost 2 years of working with Android, but this is my first question on stack overflow. Help is appreciated - Is there a guru out there that has the answer to this?
Seems like you have modified the gradle file for CCL since what you have there does not match with what CCL has in GitHub. The best approach is to only use the piece of play services that you need; for example CCL only needs the play-services-cast (besides the base, which will be pulled in automatically) so if you follow that pattern, things would look smaller (less possibility of running into the 64K dex limit) and less collisions.CCL, in Github, lists its dependency as:
compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-cast:6.5+' so you might want to start using versions and also follow the recomendation I just made (same applies for any other code that you have and uses play services; just pull in what you really need)
I'm trying out Android Studio. I want to use Drive API in my project. In eclipse, there is a Google Plugin for Eclipse, but how about Android Studio? Does anyone tried it so far?
Bellow you can find last versions for Google Drive (2014.12.28):
//Google Drive API
compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:6.5.+'
compile 'com.google.api-client:google-api-client-xml:1.18.0-rc'
compile 'com.google.http-client:google-http-client-gson:1.18.0-rc'
compile 'com.google.api-client:google-api-client-android:1.18.0-rc'
compile 'com.google.apis:google-api-services-drive:v2-rev155-1.19.0'
To check last version try following links:
https://developer.android.com/google/play-services/setup.html
https://code.google.com/p/google-api-java-client
https://developers.google.com/api-client-library/java/apis/drive/v2
http://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.google.apis/google-api-services-drive
I was in the same situation and had to find here an there information on how Gradle works to find the right set of dependencies and exclude needed.
Here the lines needed in the dependencies of your build.gradle file
// Replace 'dependencies' in your build.gradle file with the following
// or add these to whatever other dependencies you have.
dependencies {
compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:19.0.0'
compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:4.0.30'
compile('com.google.api-client:google-api-client-xml:1.17.0-rc') {
exclude group: 'com.google.android.google-play-services'
}
compile 'com.google.http-client:google-http-client-gson:1.17.0-rc'
compile('com.google.api-client:google-api-client-android:1.17.0-rc') {
exclude group: 'com.google.android.google-play-services'
}
compile 'com.google.apis:google-api-services-drive:v2-rev105-1.17.0-rc'
}
As they keep changing in time, I've made a gist that I'll keep updated as things changes.
I've wrote an article to modify the Google Drive Quick Start to make it work with Android Studio; if interested you can find it here
EDIT: This Gradle Imports are to use the Google Drive API for Java, not the Developer Preview Google Drive API integrated with the Google Play Services.
The Java client library supports Android, as well. You can download it here: https://code.google.com/p/google-api-java-client/wiki/APIs#Drive_API
Then, unzip the Drive SDK download and move the folder into the libs section of your Project. For example:
/Users/-username-/AndroidStudioProjects/MyProject/MyProjectActivity/libs/
At this point, you can add the library to your project by clicking File -> Project Structure, and then clicking the Libraries tab, and the + sign to add the SDK into your project.
You can read the Android-specific development instructions for the Google API Client Library for Java here: https://code.google.com/p/google-api-java-client/wiki/Android
Did you try
Go to Project Structure > Global Libraries / Libraries > Link to the jar of the API you need in the SDK folder
Link the library with your module
I haven't tried google driver, but I tried google usb accessory api. In my case
Open MyProject/MyProject/build.gradle
add
compile files("libs/usb.jar")
to the dependencies block
Of course, copy the google driver libs from
android-studio\sdk\add-ons\addon-google_apis-google-10\libs\usb.jar
to MyProject/MyProject/libs
Good luck to you.
smokybob's answer worked but then I did some experiments and this also worked for me.
dependencies {
compile files ('libs/libGoogleAnalyticsServices.jar')
compile ('joda-time:joda-time:2.3')
compile ('com.google.code.gson:gson:2.2.4')
compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:4.1.+'
}
I am guessing the joda-time and Gson have nothing to do with the drive API.
Note when I do a
gradle dependancies
I get
+--- joda-time:joda-time:2.3
+--- com.google.code.gson:gson:2.2.4
\--- com.google.android.gms:play-services:4.1.+ -> 4.1.32
\--- com.android.support:support-v4:19.0.1
From the Extra's under the SDK manager, I downloaded Google Play Services, Google Repository and Android Support Library. Thereafter, I included dependency as below, sync'd with Gradle and was able to access the APIs.
dependencies {
compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
// Pls. install or update the Google Repository through the SDK manager to use this dependency.
compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:5.0.+'
}