CODEWITHSUNDEEP
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Reputation: 3

add libraries external in Android Studio

I have a question,

¿ What's the difference between compile project(':library/materialtabs') and compile 'it.neokree:MaterialTabs:0.11' ?.

Because with the first option I have the following issue:

<it.neokree.materialtabs.MaterialTabHost
    android:id="@+id/tabHost_main"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="45dp"
    app:primaryColor="@color/white"
    app:accentColor="#333333"
    app:hasIcons="true"
    app:iconColor="#ffffff" />

The following classes could not be instantiated: it.neokree.materialtabs.MaterialTabHost , but I use the other option the issue is solved.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 241

Answers (1)

madlymad
madlymad

Reputation: 6540

compile project(':library/materialtabs')

Code is part of your project.

Means that you have an other "module" in your project. Which I think is also not spelled correctly as you can't have the "/" in the module-name.

In case the module is inside a folder can be referenced as ':library:materialtabs' according to this structure explanation. 

compile 'it.neokree:MaterialTabs:0.11'

Code is not part of your project, is just referenced from a remote resource.

Means that you are going to download (this is done by gradle internally) the specific library from android jcentral or mavenCentral repository servers.

Upvotes: 2

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