Is it possible to declare git repository as dependency in android gradle?

I want to use master version of my lib from mavencentral.

Is it possible to declare git repository as dependency in android gradle?

Solution 1:

For me the best way is:

https://jitpack.io

Step 1. Add the JitPack repository to build.gradle at the end of repositories:

repositories {
    // ...
    maven { url "https://jitpack.io" }
}

Step 2. Add the dependency in the form

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

It is possible to build the latest commit on the master branch, for example :

dependencies {
    implementation 'com.github.jitpack:gradle-simple:master-SNAPSHOT'
}

Solution 2:

Or you can register a repository as a submodule like this

$ git submodule add my_sub_project_git_url my-sub-project

Then include the project in your settings.gradle file which should look like this

include ':my-app', ':my-sub-project'

Finally, compile the project as a dependency in your application build.gradle file like this

dependencies {
  compile project(':my-sub-project')
}

Then, when cloning your project, you will only have to add the option --recursive to make git automatically clone the root repository, and all its submodules.

git clone --recursive my_sub_project_git_url

I hope it helps.