how to import your own github forked library into android studio

Question

I found a nice open library on GitHub, I imported it into my Android Studio project using Gradle dependencies, but then I realized I need to make little modifications on it.

So I forked the library on my GitHub, done the modifications and asked for a pull request, but I can't wait until they approve and merge my modifications with the original code.

Is there a way to use dependencies to import my forked library (in my Github) into my Android Studio project, rather than the original library?

Answer 1

I think the accepted answer is outdated. There is actually a really easy way to do this nowadays: jitpack.io

All you need to do is.

1. add in your root build.gradle at the end of allprojects repositories:

   allprojects { repositories { ... maven { url 'https://jitpack.io' } } }

2. Add the dependency in your app build.gradle:

   dependencies { implementation 'com.github.User:Repo:Tag' }

If you don't have any releases/tags, you can also just do com.github.User:Repo:branchname-SNAPSHOT to build from the latest commit on that branch.

Answer 2

I know that this is an old post, but for someone with similar problem, if you simply want a way to change a lib and use it in your project, you can download the lib code, change it and import into your project as a module:

1. Open your project in Android Studio
2. Download the library (using Git, or a zip archive to unzip)
3. Go to File > New > Import Module and import the library as a module
4. Right-click your app in project view and select "Open Module Settings"
5. Click the "Dependencies" tab and then the '+' button
6. Select "Module Dependency"
7. Select the imported module
8. Open your build.gradle file and check that the module is listed under dependencies.