Add project as library in Android Studio

Question

I want to use this library in my project. I download the code and place it on my libs folder. Then I set on app.gradle:

dependencies {
    compile project('libs/android-support-v4-preferencefragment')
}

as I read in a previous question here but it's not working, android studio tells me it cant find the project

Answer 1

The support-v4-preferencefragment project support local maven repository in this commit. So, you can deploy it into local maven repository and then reference it in your android studio application project.

1. Clone the library project
$ git clone https://github.com/kolavar/android-support-v4-preferencefragment.git
2. Deploy aar library into local maven
$ cd android-support-v4-preferencefragment
$ ./gradlew uploadArchives
Now, aar should be within your local maven repository. eg: ~/.m2/repository/com/android/support/support-v4-preferencefragment/1.0.0
3. Reference it in the application project
Add compile 'com.android.support:support-v4-preferencefragment:1.0.0' within the dependencies block of your app's build.grade.
If there is no mavenLocal() within your repositories block, add it too.