How to use a library project in android studio

Question

I have been trying to add this library project to my existing project in Android Studio. It's the first time I am going to use a library project and I am having tough time. I have looked around for many ways to do this from tutorials and posts around but couldn't get it done.

Answer 1

I'm not sure if it's already possible to add a library project via the IDE (-> without any problems). I do this by configuring the gradle files of my project like this:

• create a folder in your root project directory named libs
• copy the folder datetimepicker-library to libs

• add this library in your settings.gradle with the following command:

  include ':libs:datetimepicker-library'
  

• go to your build.gradle file of your AppProject and add the following line to your dependencies:

  implementation project(':libs:datetimepicker-library')
  

• at least you have to sync your gradle files: Tools -> Android -> Sync Project with Gradle Files

Please try this. If you get errors please post the log file.

Answer 2

I did it this way ,

1. go to project Structure from File menu
2. Select modules from the left pane
3. press on `+'
4. complete the new module wizard steps Make sure to make the module package name same as the module you want to add
5. again open Project structure as in step 1
6. select your project from the module list and on the right select dependencies
7. Click on the + icon from right
8. select module dependency and then select the newly added module.
9. copy files of the library project to the new directory created as module
10. Done

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Answer 3

The other answers make it seem more difficult than it usually is. Just add a single compile line to your dependencies section of the app's build.gradle file.

In this case it is

dependencies {
    // ...
    compile 'com.github.flavienlaurent.datetimepicker:library:0.0.2'
}

Gradle prompted me to sync and after I did so the library was automatically downloaded into my project.

Answer 4

The problem with solutions listed above is that you will end up with a clone of the library project in the app using the library. This complicates making updates to the library because you need to remove and re-import the module when you make changes.

The solution I found can use the library project directly from outside folder and it does not clone the original library files.

The solution is easy...

In settings.gradle add the following lines:

include ':commonwidgets'
project (':commonwidgets').projectDir = new File(settingsDir, '../SharedWidgets/commonwidgets')

and in the build.gradle dependency section add:

implementation project(path: ':commonwidgets')

Note: commonwidgets is the name of my library, you should replace the name and path according to your library name and path.

I hope this helps someone...

I really would have liked to have the library import from GitHub bit I refuse to pay $9/month for jetpack for private libraries.