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how to import your own github forked library into android studio

I found a nice open library on GitHub, I imported it into my Android Studio project using Gradle dependencies, but then I realized I need to make little modifications on it.

So I forked the library on my GitHub, done the modifications and asked for a pull request, but I can't wait until they approve and merge my modifications with the original code.

Is there a way to use dependencies to import my forked library (in my Github) into my Android Studio project, rather than the original library?

Solution

  • There is actually a really easy way to do this nowadays: jitpack.io

    All you need to do is.

    1. add in your root build.gradle at the end of allprojects repositories:

      allprojects { repositories { ... maven { url 'https://jitpack.io' } } }

    2. Add the dependency in your app build.gradle:

      dependencies { implementation 'com.github.User:Repo:Tag' }

    If you don't have any releases/tags, you can also just do com.github.User:Repo:branchname-SNAPSHOT to build from the latest commit on that branch.