add plugin to gradle buildscript from a local jar

Question

I\'d like to apply the google-services Gradle plugin to a Java project from a local jar, such that my build does not need to connect to jcenter to download the

Answer 1

You should create a directory with your *.jar libs and add flatDir {} in repositories {} block to initialize the directory that keeps jar-libs as a repository:

buildscript {
    repositories {
        jcenter()
        flatDir { dirs 'jarlibs' } // *.jar libs are keep in 'app/jarlibs' dir
    }
    dependencies {
        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.1.2'
        classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:3.0.0' // now it works
    }
}