Android Studio offers an in-built Gradle-build system, which makes things a lot easier. Say for example, you’re trying to use Picasso as a third-party library in your Android app. You could go about this in two ways:
- Download the jar file and place it in the
build/libs/folder, or - Add it as a dependency, by placing
compile 'com.squareup.picasso:picasso:2.5.2'in yourbuild.gradlefile
In case you come across a third party library that is neither hosted online, nor has a readily available jar file, the only option you’ve got is to build the jar file yourself. This post is meant to be an under-a-minute tutorial to help you building the JAR file yourself.
Building a JAR file using Android Studio
Consider the Spotify Web API Wrapper,
- Clone the repo locally. Try,
git clone https://github.com/kaaes/spotify-web-api-android.git - Import the project in Android Studio
- Build - Make Project
- In the Terminal,
gradlew jar
You’re done! The jar file is now found in build/libs.