The new kid around the block is Android Studio. Its the new official IDE for Android development. Its a IntelliJ IDEA based IDE. Its a very flexible sort of an IDE, like most of the other java IDE’s. But since its a new development environment most of us don’t know how to do the most basic things in Android Studio. For example how to add a library in your project. As till now we have been working on Eclipse IDE.

How to import a library project in Android Studio?

In this short tutorial I would show you how to import a library project in Android Studio v1.2.1.1. The steps to do so are:

1. Goto File -> New -> Import Module.

   

2. Source Directory -> Browse the project path.
3. Specify the Module Name – it is used for internal project reference.

   

4. Let Android Studio build the project.
5. Open build.gradle (Module:app) file.
6. Add the following line with your module name in place of “Volley” in the dependencies block:

   compile project(':Volley')

7. It should look something like this:

   

8. After this Android Studio would start saying “gradle files have changed since last project sync”, press the “sync now” link to start a sync.
9. That’s all you need to do.

This is how you add a library project to an Android app project in Android Studio. Now that you have learned how to add a library to your android app, Happy Coding. Don’t forget to like our Facebook and Google+ page for more updates like these.

Mohit Gupt

Born in New Delhi, India. A software engineer by profession, an android enthusiast and mobile development evangelist. My motive here is to create a group of skilled engineers, who can build better software. Reason being programming is my passion, and also it feels good to make a device do something you want. Professionally I have worked with many software engineering and product development firms. As of now too, I am employed as a senior engineer in a leading tech company. In total I may have worked on more than 20 projects professionally, but whenever I get spare time I share my thoughts here at Truiton.

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