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To make our library functional, we need to create a release on Github.

Make sure the project is public and note that the name that you’ll pass while sharing the project will be used in the library dependency link. In this step, commit your work using git, then Share the Project to Github. In our case, inside the newly created module, we’ll create a class that contains some functions to list Kenyan counties. In other cases, your library may be adding more features to the default Android classes, creating a custom view or adding functions with useful code that you want to share. In this step, create a class or a file that contains the code that you want to share as a library. Step 3 - Create a Class or file containing your Library logic In other cases, your library may depend on some libraries, so you need to include them in the module’s gradle file.

In that gradle file, we can remove the auto added dependencies because we don’t need them for now.

Java or Kotlin Library - A library that only needs Kotlin or Java code, it does not need any dependency.Īfter creating our module, a gradle file for our module is created.

Android Library - can contain Android dependencies.

When creating a library, you can either choose Android Library or Java or Kotlin Library Switch to project and right-click on your project name to create a new module:Ī module creates independence, whereby we can specify our dependencies for our library and any other resources which are all independent of the app module. Step 1 - Creating a projectĬreate an empty Android Studio project as illustrated below: Instead of an APK that runs on a device, it compiles into an Android Archive (AAR) file that can be used as a dependency for an Android app module. Among other things, the library can include source code, resource files, and an Android manifest. The structure of an Android library is the same as that of an Android app module. Libraries are often used to provide common functionalities that can be reused by other applications.

A basic understanding of the Kotlin programming language.Ī library is a collection of classes that can be used by Android applications as dependencies.

Solid understanding of how to create and run Android apps.

To follow along make sure you have the following:

They allow you to speed up your development by leveraging a pre-built solution rather than creating all of the code yourself. No developer can work without libraries because they are such important components of the development process.

By developing a library, developers also contribute to the open-source ecosystem by having their code used by other developers. Every Android developer considers how they can reuse their code rather than rewriting it from scratch.