Maven Dependencies with Android Studio / Gradle

Question

I am using the Gradle build system bundled with Android Studio. So far, I am able to build multi-project setups using dependencies that are stored in my project structure. I

Answer 1

maven Maven continues using XML as the format to write build specification. However, structure is diametrically different. Maven has its own problems. Dependencies management does not handle well conflicts between different versions of the same library (something Ivy is much better at). XML as the build configuration format is strictly structured and highly standardized. Customization of targets (goals) is hard. Since Maven is focused mostly on dependency management, complex, customized build scripts are actually harder to write in Maven than in gradel.