How do I add .jar files on Android Studio

Question

I have moved from Eclipse to Android Studio for android programming. I am having trouble importing my .jar files in Android Studio. I cannot seem to import any files from my jsoup package.

Error:(6, 17) error: package org.jsoup does not exist
Error:(7, 23) error: package org.jsoup.nodes does not exist

possible duplicate of [Android Studio: Add jar as library?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16608135/android-studio-add-jar-as-library) — Jared Burrows, Jul 23 '15 at 19:20

donfuxx · Accepted Answer · 2015-07-23T19:27:50.920

Add the following in the build gradle file in the dependencies part:

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

the above assumes that the library is inside the libs folder of your project.

Alternatively you could also add the dependency like this by telling gradle a single jar file:

compile files('libs/yourlibrary.jar')

After having added this lines you should sync your project again and android studio should allow you now to import those classes from your library.

Update: Actually the jsoup library is available in the mavenCentral repository. So a nice way to include this dependency is:

 compile 'org.jsoup:jsoup:1.8.2'

or just do this to always take the latest version:

 compile 'org.jsoup:jsoup:+'

Note: you need to have mavenCentral repository added in the build grade if you do it like this:

 repositories {
     mavenCentral()
 }

Thanks.. pasted the jar file in lib in my app and then add it on the graddle built — Suman Palikhe, Jul 23 '15 at 19:45

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 02 '16 at 10:43

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compile 'org.jsoup:jsoup:+'

// worked for me.

answered Dec 02 '16 at 10:43

arshad shaikh

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