Android Studio – Importing external Library/Jar

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Steps to follow in order to import a JAR sucesfully to your project using Android Studio 0.1.1:

  • Download the library.jar file and copy it to your /libs/ folder inside your application project.
  • Open the build.gradle file and edit your dependencies to include the new .jar file:

compile files('libs/android-support-v4.jar', 'libs/GoogleAdMobAdsSdk-6.4.1.jar')

  • File -> Close Project
  • Open a command prompt on your project’s root location, i.e 'C:\Users\Username\AndroidStudioProjects\MyApplicationProject\'
  • On the command prompt, type gradlew clean, wait till it’s done.
  • Reopen your application project in Android Studio.
  • Test run your application and it should work succesfully.

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