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Mohamed AbdelraZek
Mohamed AbdelraZek

Reputation: 2809

How to add custom dependencies automatically in android for any new project?

If I use these libraries usually, I want a way to include them in any project I create.

 implementation 'com.android.support:recyclerview-v7:25.1.1'
 implementation 'com.squareup.picasso:picasso:2.5.2'
 implementation 'com.jakewharton:butterknife:8.5.1'
 implementation 'com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:3.6.0'
 implementation 'com.facebook.stetho:stetho-okhttp3:1.4.2'

What should I do?

Upvotes: 6

Views: 2310

Answers (1)

Kiran Benny Joseph
Kiran Benny Joseph

Reputation: 6813

You can find your App level (In which you can add your dependencies as shown below) Gradle template

Go to

android-studio-path\plugins\android\lib\templates\eclipse\projects\NewAndroidApplication\root\build.gradle.ftl

And edit build.gradle.ftl like this

buildscript {
    repositories {
<#if mavenUrl == "mavenCentral">
        mavenCentral()
<#else>
        maven { url '${mavenUrl}' }
</#if>
    }
    dependencies {
        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:${gradlePluginVersion}'
    }
}
apply plugin: 'android'

repositories {
<#if mavenUrl == "mavenCentral">
    mavenCentral()
<#else>
    maven { url '${mavenUrl}' }
</#if>
}

android {
    compileSdkVersion ${buildApi}
    buildToolsVersion "${buildToolsVersion}"

    defaultConfig {
        minSdkVersion ${minApi}
        targetSdkVersion ${targetApi}
    }
}

dependencies {   /// ADD YOUR DEPENDENDENCIES HERE
    compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:${v4SupportLibraryVersion}'
    compile 'com.android.support:recyclerview-v7:25.1.1' //add your dependancies here
    compile 'com.squareup.picasso:picasso:2.5.2' 
    compile 'com.jakewharton:butterknife:8.5.1'
    apt 'com.jakewharton:butterknife-compiler:8.5.0'
    compile 'com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:3.6.0'
    compile 'com.facebook.stetho:stetho-okhttp3:1.4.2'
}

allprojects {
    repositories {
        jcenter()
<#if mavenUrl != "mavenCentral">
        maven {
            url '${mavenUrl}'
        }
</#if>
    }
}

task clean(type: Delete) {
    delete rootProject.buildDir
}

For your Project level Gradle template go to

android-studio-path\plugins\android\lib\templates\gradle-projects\NewAndroidProject\root\build.gradle.ftl

Note:

  1. My android-studio-path is C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio. Replace with your own
  2. Before doing this make a backup of build.gradle.ftl file.

Edit

If you are facing access denied problem then grant your editor administrative privileges. In windows type your editor (eg. Notepad) name in the search box and right click and select run as Administrator. And then

File=>open=>above file

If you're facing again you must close android studio and try again. It should work.

See Gradle documentation of dependency management

And you can customise much more in template folder.

Upvotes: 4

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