Android studio, gradle never uses my local maven repo

Question

How can I get gradle 1.10 to use my local maven repository? When I run my gradle script it always looks for the artifact in /Applications/Android Studio.app/sdk/extras/android/m2repository/ instead of ${HOME}/.m2/repository/

In the build.gradle I have tried:

repositories {
    mavenCentral()
    mavenLocal()
 }

and tried this:

repositories {
    mavenCentral()
    maven {
        url '${HOME}/.m2/repository/'
    }
 }

I then have a dependency that is located in my local .m2 repository:

dependencies {
    compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:20.0.+'
    compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:20.0.+'
    compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:4.0.30'
    compile 'com.profferapp:proffer_dto_customer_android:1.0'
    compile 'com.test:artifact:1.0' // this is in my .m2 repository
}

None of these configurations point to my local maven repository.

could you refer please https://stackoverflow.com/q/69821518/1665247 ? — dvrm, Nov 03 '21 at 09:47

score 16 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:26

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If you want to do ${...} variable substitution, you need to use double quotes (") instead of single quotes ('). Double quotes denote GStrings, which can do that, but strings with single quotes are always interpreted literally.

So:

repositories {
    mavenCentral()
    maven {
        url "${HOME}/.m2/repository/"
    }
 }

Make sure you put this block in your module's build file, not the buildscript block of the top-level build file; the latter only determines where to find the Android plugin, not your module-specific dependencies

Because of the misquoted string, it's probably not seeing your local repository. Also, the other question about the plugin implicitly adding the Maven repo in your SDK is also correct. This will pick up Android support dependencies.

Gradle Single vs Double Quotes has a little more information and a link you can follow.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:26

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answered Jul 29 '14 at 15:29

Scott Barta

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Could you also state how/where to define the "HOME" variable? Thanks – sonofrage Mar 24 '15 at 21:01
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Or you can use: repositories { mavenLocal() jcenter() } – lujop Feb 25 '16 at 21:03
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I'm curious to know what GStrings are :/ – TheRealChx101 Mar 20 '19 at 21:45

score 10 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:17

I want to comment Scott Barta's answer but I have not enough reputation.

$HOME does not works for me (in CLI, not Android Studio), System.getenv('HOME') does
it's not necessary to put the repositories block into EVERY modules' build.gradle file, just put the block inside a "allprojects" block in the top-level build.gradle (I learned it here)

So, the final solution I use is:

// in the top-level build.gradle:
buildscript {
    ...
}

allprojects {
    repositories {
        mavenCentral()
        maven { url System.getenv('HOME') + "/.m2/repository/" }
    }
}

score 4 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 29 '14 at 14:37

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When you do apply plugin: 'android'

the android plugin adds another repository - the one under your SDK. It contains those support and extension libraries. com.test:artifact:1.0 is likely taken form you local Maven repository.

answered Jul 29 '14 at 14:37

Radim

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The artefact is not taken from my local Maven repository, I have checked the logs. – S-K' Jul 29 '14 at 15:32
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BTW: you can make it simpler and just use `mavenLocal()` (cf. http://www.gradle.org/docs/current/userguide/dependency_management.html#sec:repositories) – Radim Jul 29 '14 at 18:14

Android studio, gradle never uses my local maven repo

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