How to add local .jar file dependency to build.gradle file?

java gradle dependency-management build.gradle gradle-eclipse

According to the documentation, use a relative path for a local jar dependency as follows.

Groovy syntax:

dependencies {    implementation files('libs/something_local.jar')}

Kotlin syntax:

dependencies {    implementation(files("libs/something_local.jar"))}

java gradle dependency-management build.gradle gradle-eclipse

If you really need to take that .jar from a local directory,

Add next to your module gradle (Not the app gradle file):

repositories {   flatDir {       dirs 'libs'   }}dependencies {   implementation name: 'gson-2.2.4'}

However, being a standard .jar in an actual maven repository, why don't you try this?

repositories {   mavenCentral()}dependencies {   implementation 'com.google.code.gson:gson:2.2.4'}

java gradle dependency-management build.gradle gradle-eclipse

You could also do this which would include all JARs in the local repository. This way you wouldn't have to specify it every time.

dependencies {    compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])}

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