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How can I add an APK as dependency in my project in Android Studio?

Phantômaxx
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  • convert your project into library and use it as dependency – Manohar Jun 08 '18 at 10:40
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    why would you need it? how are you going to use that APK? – Vladyslav Matviienko Jun 08 '18 at 10:48
  • I need to use some methods from this apk project (I do not have source code), so I need to add it as dependency. –  Jun 08 '18 at 12:35
  • Possible duplicate of [How to use my custom library apk file in other applications](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1389435/how-to-use-my-custom-library-apk-file-in-other-applications) – rmalviya Jun 08 '18 at 13:50

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You can't do that. Acceptable types are .jar and .aar and internal library project module.

Best you can do is to change the app-module to library module and then include it as depenancy.

You can achieve it as follows:

  1. Open the module-level build.gradle file.
  2. Delete the line for the applicationId. Only an Android app module can define this.

  3. At the top of the file, you should see the following:

    apply plugin: 'com.android.application'

    Change it to the following:

    apply plugin: 'com.android.library'

  4. Save the file and click File > Sync Project with Gradle Files.

Sagar
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  • Thanks for your reply. I do not have source code for this apk in order to build it in a different way. Is there a way to get the source code? –  Jun 08 '18 at 12:36
  • @cthem Unfortunately you can't do that. If its internal you can request for source code from the team. But since its external, you can't – Sagar Jun 27 '18 at 07:45