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Reputation: 2651

On Android support lib dependencies

It just occured to me why we add android support lib dependencies as remote dependencies to the compilation path in gradle scripts ? I mean we already have them installed on our local. So wouldn't it be more meaningful to declare them as local dependencies (ie: compile fileTree ... ). Or am I missing some important stuff ?

Thanks

Upvotes: 1

Views: 58

Answers (1)

Bartek Lipinski
Bartek Lipinski

Reputation: 31438

Adding compile "com.example.library:something:1.2.5" to your gradle dependencies does not necessarily have to mean that this library needs to be taken from a remote source. It just means that your project relies on (depends on) this library.

During gradle sync, different sources (including local ones, caches, remote repositories, etc.) are searched to find the desired dependency.

Upvotes: 2

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