How to add local .jar file dependency to build.gradle file?

Question

So I have tried to add my local .jar file dependency to my build.gradle file:

apply plugin: \'java\'

sourceSets {
    main {
        java {
            srcD         


        

Answer 1

I couldn't get the suggestion above at https://stackoverflow.com/a/20956456/1019307 to work. This worked for me though. For a file secondstring-20030401.jar that I stored in a libs/ directory in the root of the project:

repositories {
    mavenCentral()
    // Not everything is available in a Maven/Gradle repository.  Use a local 'libs/' directory for these.
    flatDir {
       dirs 'libs'
   }
}

...

compile name: 'secondstring-20030401'