In this tutorial, we are going to create an Android Library<\/strong>, and we also see how we can distribute it to JitPack<\/a> so we can use it as a dependency Gradle in other Android projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So let\u2019s start<\/p>\n\n\n\n We are creating a simple toast<\/strong> library<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Step 1: Create a new Android app that showcases the library<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Open Android Studio and create a new project and name it as ToasterExample<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Click on Finish and your project will be ready.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Step 2: Create a new library module within the Android app<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Select Android Library from the options and click on Next and Finish it<\/p>\n\n\n\n Step 3: Write the code for your custom library<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Modify ToasterMessage.kt <\/strong>as follows<\/p>\n\n\n\n Step 4: Add the library as a dependency to the project<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Open your app\u2019s build.gradle file and add the following inside Now sync up your project Gradle files. That is it. You have just added the toasterlibrary<\/strong> Android library module to your app.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is one of the ways of adding an Android library to an app project. There are more ways which will be discussed later on in the tutorial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Now that you have the toasterlibrary <\/strong>library added as a dependency, you can reference the library code in your app.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Note:<\/em><\/strong> you will be referencing the Java-based Android library inside the Kotlin <\/em>MainActivity<\/em><\/strong> class. There is no difference in usage except for following the Kotlin syntax<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n So our Library is completed and now its time to publish the library. To publish the library all you need is a GitHub repository.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Step 5: Publish your library to <\/strong>Github<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n There are several ways available to publish a project to Github Now in GitHub repo click on\u00a0Release\u00a0<\/strong>and create a\u00a0New Release<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Publish the release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You have 3 options here<\/p>\n\n\n\n For this tutorial, we are going to use Jitpack<\/strong> to publish our Android Library.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Insert your repository address and click on Lookup. Your releases will be listed. Now click on Get it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Kudos, your Android Library is published and it is ready to use<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Note: Above example is for the public repo, if you have private rapo than visit this link https:\/\/jitpack.io\/private#auth<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Now you can use this android library in any of your projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In your project\u2019s build.gradle add the following line and in your app\u2019s build.gradle add the dependency Thanks for reading this article<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Hopefully, after finishing this tutorial you have a solid understanding of building and publishing better Android libraries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you want to learn more about Android library development, check out Google\u2019s official documentation<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you have any questions or comments, please join the forum discussion below!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Source Code is available on GitHub at: Stay connected on\u00a0LinkedIn<\/a>\u00a0Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0StackOverFlow<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Be sure to clap\/recommend as much as you can and also share it with your friends.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Read this tutorial to get a solid understanding building and publishing better Android libraries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":15283,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[149],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-engineering-product"],"yoast_head":"\nSteps which we are following<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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companion object {
fun toastMessage(context: Context, message: String) {
Toast.makeText(context, message, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT<\/em>).show()
}
}
}<\/pre>\n\n\n\ndependencies<\/code> after \/\/ Testing<\/code> dependencies<\/p>\n\n\n\n\/\/ added validatetor Android library module as a dependency
implementation project(':toasterlibrary')<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
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Step 5: Publishing your Android library<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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maven { url \u2018https:\/\/jitpack.io\u2019 }<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
compile \u2018com.github.aj019:Toaster-Library:0.1.0\u2019<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"\/](\"https:\/\/miro.medium.com\/max\/7168\/1*RdFgpRi87KcuthAosjpWyQ.png\")
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https:\/\/github.com\/drjansari1992\/ToasterExample<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n