Gradle: add dependency to github project to dev branch instead of master

Question

I am trying to get "dev" branch instead of "master" branch from PhotoView project in Github: https://github.com/chrisbanes/PhotoView/tree/dev

But by default the dependencies get "master" branch.

dependencies {
    compile 'com.github.chrisbanes.photoview:library:1.2.3'
}

How should I change this dependency to get "dev" branch instead of "master"?

Answer 1

Use this :

compile 'com.github.chrisbanes.photoview:library:dev-SNAPSHOT'

source https://github.com/jitpack/jitpack.io

Answer 2

It can be a general consideration.

compile 'com.github.chrisbanes.photoview:library:1.2.3'

It downloads the aar from Central Maven, not from github.

If you would like to work with the dev branch and gradle, you should ask the author for a snapshot release, or you have to build it locally.

BTW, about this lib, the version 1.2.3 is very recent. Why do you want to work with the dev branch?