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Eduardo
Eduardo

Reputation: 73

Share dependency libraries between modules

I have a project layout as follows:

+-- app
|   +-- builds
|   +-- libs
|   +-- src

+-- my-lib
|   +-- builds
|   +-- libs
|   |   +-- lib1.jar

I have already added my-lib as implementation project (':my-lib') in app module, how do I use lib1 classes inside app module?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 71

Answers (1)

Mahendran Sakkarai
Mahendran Sakkarai

Reputation: 8549

In my-lib1 library dependency section use api instead of implementation to include the lib1 library like below.

dependecies {
     api files('libs/lib1.jar')

     ... some other libraries ...
}

tl;dr

Difference between api and implementation is explained like below in gradle docs website.

The api configuration should be used to declare dependencies which are exported by the library API, whereas the implementation configuration should be used to declare dependencies which are internal to the component.

Impacts on using api
It'll increase the build time if you are doing any changes in lib1. Because it need to rebuild your my-lib and app. In your case it won't happen. Check this reference article for more info.

Upvotes: 1

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