Android Studio: Add jar as library?

Question

I\'m trying to use the new Android Studio but I can\'t seem to get it working correctly.

I\'m using the Gson library to serialize/deserialize JSON-o

Answer 1

I found Dependency Manager of Android Studio quite handy and powerful for managing 3rd party dependencies (like gson mentioned here). Providing step by step guide which worked for me (NOTE: These steps are tested for Android Studio 1.6 and onward versions on Windows platform).

Step-1: Goto "Build > Edit Libraries and Dependencies..." it would open up the dialog "Project Structure"

Step-2: Select "app" and then select "Dependencies" tab. Then select "Add > 1 Library dependency"

Step-3: "Choose Library Dependency" dialog would be shown, specify "gson" in search and press the "search button"

Step-4: The desired dependency would be shown in search list, select com.google.code.gson:gson:2.7 (this is the latest version at the time when I wrote the answer), press OK

Press OK on "Project Structure" dialog. Gradle would update your build scripts accordingly.

Hope this would help :)