Libraries, Gradle and Android Studio

Question

I have been using Android Studio for a while now and I've decided to switch to Gradle. That caused a whole lot of issues. I managed to get the project to import after some fiddling with the build.gradle file. I am also using 2 libraries for my project(redlaser and ksoap2), that have been messed up. And I'm also trying to add New Relic to my project.

Here is my build file :

buildscript {
repositories {
    mavenCentral()
}
dependencies {
    classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:0.6.+'
  }
  }
    apply plugin: 'android'

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

android {
compileSdkVersion 19
buildToolsVersion "18.0.1"

sourceSets {
    main {
        manifest.srcFile 'AndroidManifest.xml'
        java.srcDirs = ['src']
        resources.srcDirs = ['src']
        aidl.srcDirs = ['src']
        renderscript.srcDirs = ['src']
        res.srcDirs = ['res']
        assets.srcDirs = ['assets']
    }

    instrumentTest.setRoot('tests')

    debug.setRoot('build-types/debug')
    release.setRoot('build-types/release')
  }
 }

This works but ofc redlaser won't work with it.

I have searched and searched and I cannot find any good tutorials that walk me through creating a propper build file. Also, merging this https://rpm.newrelic.com/accounts/447602/mobile/2760487/deploy caused issues and won't work.

The redlaser library is redlasersdk.jar/com.ebay.redlasersdk/ (they are already added as libraries, by right-click and add as library) I do NOT have a settings.gradle file. AND if i look at my project's structure in the right panel there is no libraries tab. (but I did manage to access it by clicking on an icon of an error notice on the bottom of the Project Structure tab)

Any help would be appreciated.

Migrating to using gradles is horrible. I ended up going back to the using eclipse with the adt bundle. I feel that there's just too much that needs to be fixed in android studio. — BBB, Nov 28 '13 at 10:47
What do you mean by "2 libraries [..] that have been messed up"? Try to build with gradle commandline and post a error message/log. We migrated to gradle and it works like a charm. It's not too hard to do it. — thaussma, Nov 28 '13 at 10:50
Do you have quite identical folders **debug** and **release**? and Do they contain **lib** folder both? — Eugen Martynov, Nov 28 '13 at 10:55
Added **compile files('./libs/redlasersdk.jar/com.ebay.redlasersdk')** to dependencies and got **java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: Couldn't load redlaser from loader dalvik.system.PathClassLoader[dexPath=/data/app/xx.mobile.xx.app-1.apk,libraryPath=/data/app-lib/xx.mobile.xx.app-1]: findLibrary returned null** — Sebek, Nov 28 '13 at 12:47

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:19

I guess this Including local jar file in project at build time using gradle - issue is your appraoch to go. It provides a way to include jars in your gradle dependencies, but I haven't tested it yet because I am not using Android Studio due to some crash's I had when evaluating it. The Intelij - IDE is pretty perferct but licenced under commercial terms. The direct download from google of the adt - bundle was crashing, too, so I switched to the old school styled Eclipse ADT - approach. Besides: I have made very good experiences with the Zebra Crossing Framework in terms of Barcode - Scanning, which is Open Source.

Libraries, Gradle and Android Studio

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