I know this must be a pretty basic question, but I'm new to Android Studio and gradle, and I can't find any up-to-date info on this.
I'm trying to add this library to my project: android-segmented-control.
It doesn't look like I can add it to my build.gradle file (correct?). I'd like to do it that way, of course, and not download the project if possible.
If I do need to download the project, how do I link it up with my existing project? Again, I haven't been able to find anything that is current that describes this process for Android Studio 0.5.3
The library you mentioned does not seems to be pushed on maven central or any other maven repository. As this library contains resources files, you cannot add it as a jar.
The only way to use it is clone the git repository and add it as a module to your android app project.
Meanwhile, you can ask the author to make it available on a Maven repository like OSS sonatype
Thanks #Thomas Bouron for the hint !
I have pushed my library to maven center, so you just need to add the following dependency to your build.gradle.
dependencies {
compile 'info.hoang8f:android-segmented:1.0.0'
}
(A little late for #workInAFishBowl but it may be helpful for others.).
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I have an Android application using an Android library. The library is a pretty big open-source project on GitHub, and its authors publish the artifacts to Bintray. I can specify the dependency with the usual syntax dependencies { implementation 'group:artifact:version' } in the app's build.gradle.
Now I want to change some code in the library. I git clone it on my machine, I make my changes, then I build the library. But how can I tell my app to use the library I built locally, instead of the one in Bintray?
I don't want to follow the approach in Gradle Local Project Dependency, because that means that the library code is now part of the application project, but I really want to keep things separated.
I think the solution involves publishing to a local Maven repository. I followed the guide at https://proandroiddev.com/tip-work-with-third-party-projects-locally-with-gradle-961d6c9efb02 but the app's Gradle is still picking the original library from Bintray.
Bintray-based projects have the install task. That's the one to be used instead of publishToMavenLocal.
When using install, the artifact version is automatically set to X.X.X before publishing to the local repository. Therefore, in order for the app to pick up the local library, you have to edit the implementation row to group:artifact:X.X.X.
As the guide https://proandroiddev.com/tip-work-with-third-party-projects-locally-with-gradle-961d6c9efb02 suggests, you also need to add mavenLocal() as the first entry in the repositories section in the top-level build.gradle of the application.
I have a project hosted on GitHub at https://github.com/BoardiesITSolutions/NavigationDrawerManager.
I've seen some projects on GitHub state adding it to their gradle file in Android Studio to the dependencies section but this doesn't seem to be working for me.
I have tried compile: 'com.github.boardiesitsolutions.NavigationDrawerManager:+' but it keeps saying it can't find it, I've also tried replacing the + with the version number but no luck, Android Studio keeps saying it can't find it. I've added the repository MavenCentral as well.
Is there something I need to do from GitHub to make it accessible for Gradle?
I don't see it on maven.
You can use this website to use non-mavenized libraries with Gradle.
Just add maven { url "https://jitpack.io" } to repositories section of build.gradle and use compile 'com.github.BoardiesITSolutions:NavigationDrawerManager:0b14c84445' in dependencies.
In android studio how do you git clone a project from github into the same project?
If I got your question correctly, you want to check out some library and add it as a dependency to your (gradle based?) project.
The prefered way would be to checkout it separately and built it as a library project. And if you have maven you can then install it to your local repository.
The other way (and probably what are you trying to achieve) is to add it as a submodule of your local repository.
git submodule add git://repourl.git yourSubmoduleFolder
Then you can add this library as a module dependency to your application module. (You don't have to use git submodules, you can always just get the repo as a zip and extract it into your project)
If you put your library under libraries folder in your project then you can do it like this.
Add this to your settings.gradle
include ':libraries:yourLibraryModuleName'
Add this to your build.gradle
dependencies {
compile project(':libraries:yourLibraryModuleName')
}
You should now be able to build your application with the submodule
Please note that this was just a quick answer, you can find more info on both gradle submodules and gradle module dependencies here on StackOverflow. I guess this should be enough to point you in a right direction.
It does not. However it's a good practice to put it in libraries or libs,...folder
I made a android library in github that i want to add to Gradle,
that other people can add
compile "my project ..."
to there android build.
how can i upload it to Gradle?
(I didn't find an answer for this anywhere)
EDIT:
To clear my question, I want to release a library for developers.
Thanks
You don't "upload a library to gradle" ;-), you make it accessibla via gradle, so you first have to compile your library and publish the generated artefacts (aar or jar files) to a central repository, like Maven Central.
There are two common Maven repositories at time of this writing:
Maven Central http://search.maven.org/
JCenter https://bintray.com/bintray/jcenter
See this guide as a direction for mavenCentral:
http://www.vandalsoftware.com/post/52468430435/publishing-an-android-library-aar-to-a-maven
Since recent Android Studio versions, JCenter is the preferred default repository, so you may register there and upload your archives to it, like explained here:
https://www.virag.si/2015/01/publishing-gradle-android-library-to-jcenter/
Hope that helps.
The easiest way to expose your library to other developers is by using the JitPack service.
The requirement is that you create a GitHub release and that you have a build file in your repository. It doesn't require that you upload your library.
I'm working on an Android app using Android Studio. So far I've been using mavenCentral to depend on all required libraries but now I'd like to add bitcoinj-0.13-SNAPSHOT dependency which is not yet present on mavenCentral.
Is it possible to somehow instruct gradle to get it directly from GitHub repo which is located here: https://github.com/bitcoinj/bitcoinj/tree/master?
For projects that are not yet in mavenCentral you can use JitPack
It will build the github repo for you and provide you with a dependency.