Add Maven repository to build.gradle

Question

I added a custom maven repository to build.gradle in Android Studio but the dependency is not being found

Maven repository and dependency

<repository>
    <id>achartengine</id>
    <name>Public AChartEngine repository</name>
    <url>https://repository-achartengine.forge.cloudbees.com/snapshot/</url>
</repository>

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.achartengine</groupId>
    <artifactId>achartengine</artifactId>
    <version>1.2.0</version>
</dependency>

build.gradle

buildscript {
    repositories {
        mavenCentral()
        maven {
            url "https://repository-achartengine.forge.cloudbees.com/snapshot/"
        }
    }
    dependencies {
        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:0.6.+'
    }
}
apply plugin: 'android'

dependencies {
    compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: '*.jar')
    compile group: 'org.achartengine', name: 'achartengine', version: '1.2.0'
}

android {
    compileSdkVersion 19
    buildToolsVersion "19"

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

        // Move the tests to tests/java, tests/res, etc...
        instrumentTest.setRoot('tests')

        // Move the build types to build-types/<type>
        // For instance, build-types/debug/java, build-types/debug/AndroidManifest.xml, ...
        // This moves them out of them default location under src/<type>/... which would
        // conflict with src/ being used by the main source set.
        // Adding new build types or product flavors should be accompanied
        // by a similar customization.
        debug.setRoot('build-types/debug')
        release.setRoot('build-types/release')
    }
}

Error message in Android Studio:

A problem occurred configuring root project 'My-MobileAndroid'.
> Failed to notify project evaluation listener.
> Could not resolve all dependencies for configuration ':_DebugCompile'.
  > Could not find org.achartengine:achartengine:1.2.0.
    Required by:
        :My-MobileAndroid:unspecified

What am I missing in build.gradle?

Gabriele Mariotti · Answer 1 · 2016-02-22T07:41:12.870

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After

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'

You should add this:

  repositories {
        mavenCentral()
        maven {
            url "https://repository-achartengine.forge.cloudbees.com/snapshot/"
        }
    }

@Benjamin explained the reason.

If you have a maven with authentication you can use:

repositories {
            mavenCentral()
            maven {
               credentials {
                   username xxx
                   password xxx
               }
               url    'http://mymaven/xxxx/repositories/releases/'
            }
}

It is important the order.

edited Feb 22 '16 at 07:41

answered Dec 13 '13 at 19:56

Gabriele Mariotti

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How do we add cloudbees authentication in the gradle file? – inder Dec 31 '14 at 00:06
How can I modify Android Studio so that the maven repository is added to build.gradle by default. I keep forgetting about this and have to rediscover why libraries are not loading. – Mike Sep 12 '17 at 01:38

score 93 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 13 '13 at 19:10

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You will need to define the repository outside of buildscript. The buildscript configuration block only sets up the repositories and dependencies for the classpath of your build script but not your application.

answered Dec 13 '13 at 19:10

Benjamin Muschko

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this sorted the dependency, but Android Studio did not reload the repositories so "import org.achartengine.chart.*;" failed, do you know how to "refresh" the repositories? – André Ricardo Dec 19 '13 at 10:28
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Veryyyy important to follow. Wasted 15 minutes on this one – Nitin Bansal Aug 19 '15 at 10:47
should both inside and outside of `buildscript` `repositories` have the same remote repositories? – Reza Abedi Oct 23 '19 at 12:39

score 40 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 08 '16 at 17:01

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Android Studio Users:

If you want to use grade, go to http://search.maven.org/ and search for your maven repo. Then, click on the "latest version" and in the details page on the bottom left you will see "Gradle" where you can then copy/paste that link into your app's build.gradle.

answered Sep 08 '16 at 17:01

Micro

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You made my day, thank you very much. Also, why this isn't in the official ZXing gh page? It shouldn't be so hard to find... – Nadia Castelli Apr 15 '17 at 17:05

score 9 · Answer 4 · answered Jul 24 '17 at 18:59

You have to add repositories to your build file. For maven repositories you have to prefix repository name with maven{}

repositories {
  maven { url "http://maven.springframework.org/release" }
  maven { url "http://maven.restlet.org" }
  mavenCentral()
}

score 8 · Answer 5 · answered Oct 30 '17 at 08:02

Add the maven repository outside the buildscript configuration block of your main build.gradle file as follows:

repositories {
        maven {
            url "https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-maven-repository/raw/master/releases"
        }
    }

Make sure that you add them after the following:

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'

Mahozad · Answer 6 · 2023-03-01T19:46:28.917

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This is for Kotlin DSL (build.gradle.kts):

repositories {
    mavenCentral()
    maven("https://jitpack.io")
    // OR another notation:
    // maven {
    //     url = uri("https://jitpack.io")
    // }
}

You can also centralize your repository declaration for all your subprojects in settings.gradle[.kts] file in newer versions of Gradle (Gradle 7.4):

dependencyResolutionManagement {
    repositories {
        mavenCentral()
        maven("https://jitpack.io")
    }
}

See the full guide here in Gradle documentation website.

edited Mar 01 '23 at 19:46

answered Feb 12 '22 at 14:32

Mahozad

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I didn't know the settings.gradle location. Thanks for that. – Rahul Bali May 14 '22 at 10:37

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