Android gradle build and the support library

Question

I have a project that uses a few other library projects (SlidingMenu, ActionbarSherlock) and both of these use the android support library, when building I am getting the fo

Answer 1

Based in the answer from Xav, if you have other modules that depends on android-support-v4.jar, create a library project which contains the android-support-v4.jar and reference this project instead the jar file.

E.g.:

Add a project with this structure:

- android-support
  - libs
    - android-support-v4.jar
  - AndroidManifest.xml
  - build.gradle

AndroidManifest.xml:

build.gradle:

buildscript {
    repositories {
        mavenCentral()
    }
    dependencies {
        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:0.4.2'
    }
}
apply plugin: 'android-library'

dependencies {
    compile files ("libs/android-support-v4.jar")

}

android {
    compileSdkVersion 17
    buildToolsVersion "17"

    defaultConfig {
        minSdkVersion 7
        targetSdkVersion 7
    }
    sourceSets {
        main {
            manifest.srcFile 'AndroidManifest.xml'
        }

    }
}

remember to include this project in your projects settings.gradle:

include  ':android-support'

now, for each project that requires the support library, instead of

compile files ("libs/android-support-v4.jar")

use the following line:

compile project (':android-support')