When making a Laravel package, how do I register the service provider and alias of dependency packages?

Question

I'm creating a package for Laravel and I've defined the Notification package (https://github.com/edvinaskrucas/notification) as a dependency for my package.

In /workbench/vendor/package/src/composer.json I have:

"require": {
    "php": ">=5.3.0",
    "illuminate/support": "4.1.*",
    "edvinaskrucas/notification": "2.*"
}

I'm then registering the service provider in my package's service provider's register method (not even sure if this is the right way to do this), and the alias using App::alias.

So in /workbench/vendor/package/src/Vendor/Package/PackageServiceProvider.php I have:

public function register()
{
    App::register('Krucas\Notification\NotificationServiceProvider');
    App::alias('Notification','Krucas\Notification\Facades\Notification');
}

But I'm still getting "Class 'Notification' not found" exception when attempting to use Notification::info() in a controller or Notification::showAll() in a view.

How do I properly register service providers for my package's dependencies?

Answer 1

During package development you should add your package service provider in composer.json file as in the code below. For additional information please consult at Laravel's Package Discovery.

"extra": {
    "laravel": {
        "providers": [
            "Barryvdh\\Debugbar\\ServiceProvider"
        ],
        "aliases": {
            "Debugbar": "Barryvdh\\Debugbar\\Facade"
        }
    }
},