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

Question

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

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

Answer 1

There is now a new feature in gradle that lets you add source dependencies from git.

You first need to define the repo in the settings.gradle file and map it to a module identifier:

sourceControl {
    gitRepository("https://github.com/gradle/native-samples-cpp-library.git") {
        producesModule("org.gradle.cpp-samples:utilities")
    }
}

And now in your build.gradle you can point to a specific tag (e.g.: 'v1.0'):

dependencies {
    ...

    implementation 'org.gradle.cpp-samples:utilities:v1.0'
}

Or to a specific branch:

dependencies {
    ...

    implementation('org.gradle.cpp-samples:utilities') {
        version {
            branch = 'release'
        }
    }
}

Caveats:

• Gradle 4.10 or higher required
• Does not support authentication yet

References:

• SourceControl docs
• Gradle Blog - Introducing source dependencies
• Gradle Forum - Limitations of Gradle source dependencies