Step to add external library in Android Studio
- If you are in Android View in project explorer, change it to Project view as below
- Right click the desired module where you would like to add the external library, then selectNew > Directroy and name it as 'libs'
- Now copy the blah_blah.jar into the 'libs' folder
- Right click the blah_blah.jar, Then select 'Add as Library..'. This will automatically add and entry in build.gradle as compile files('libs/blah_blah.jar') and sync the gradle. And you are done
Please Note : If you are using 3rd party libraries then it is better to use transitive dependencies where Gradle script automatically downloads the JAR and the dependency JAR when gradle script run.
Ex : compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-ads:9.4.0'
Read more about Gradle Dependency Mangement
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