How do I build these libraries from GitHub

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I'm having a lot of trouble figuring out how to build a jar of the Showcase View library so that I can import it into my application.

I've searched all around but can't find a process for it. I tried importing into Eclipse but I can't get it in there since it isn't a project and I'm not sure what type of project to create from source with.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Take a look at Library Projects http://developer.android.com/tools/projects/index.html#LibraryProjects — Marcelo, Aug 27 '13 at 19:44

score 9 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 27 '13 at 19:47

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Easiest way is:

Create an empty Android Application project in your Eclipse workspace.
Copy files in ShowcaseView/library/ folder of github to your new project base folder.
Refresh project in Eclipse.
Goto project properties - Android and select "Is Library"
Clean unnecessary stuff and build.

It should be ready to add as dependency of your app.

Alternatively you can pick another library project .project file and copy it inside this library folder, edit it to match your new project name, etc... And then import in Eclipse. But this is more hardcore if you don't know what you're doing.

answered Aug 27 '13 at 19:47

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That was perfect and way easier than I thought it would be. Thanks. – FuegoFingers Aug 27 '13 at 20:10
I'm still not getting the functions used in the library, It has been imported without any problem. But I can't use those functions. – Harshit Gupta Jul 01 '14 at 09:39
harshit: It seems to me that you didn't add the dependency of the library on your main project, am I right? – prc Jul 12 '14 at 07:28

How do I build these libraries from GitHub

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