Cannot add Gradle dependencies to my Codename One Project

Question

I'm building a simple online app with Netbeans using Codename One, and I wanted to use Ably for internet communication, but I'm having trouble importing the Ably API.

Ably's site tells me that I need to add the line compile 'io.ably:ably-java:1.0.0' to the build.gradle dependencies section, but there is no build.gradle in my project. After seeing this question, I added a new build hint with gradleDependencies as the key and compile 'io.ably:ably-java:1.0.0' as the value.

When I try to run the project, though, it still fails and tells me error: package io.ably.lib.types does not exist import io.ably.lib.types.*;.

I did some more research, but everything seems to say that I did the right thing, like this and this. I also tried changing the build hint key to android.gradleDep, but nothing changed.

Here's what it looks like on Netbeans:

Here's the build hints window:

If you need any more info, please let me know. Thanks!

Answer 1

The build hint should be android.gradleDep not gradleDep as it's an Android specific flag.

I would recommend adding a semicolon at the end of the dependency too e.g.: compile 'io.ably:ably-java:1.0.0';