Dependencies
Explore the ecosystem of Android dependencies and libraries to improve app functionality and compatibility. Understand how to declare libraries in Gradle and get familiar with core libraries like appcompat, constraintlayout, and material design components, setting a foundation for building robust Android applications.
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The Android library ecosystem is huge, and most projects use dozens of libraries. Unlike Android SDK, libraries can be independently updated. That’s why even Google released around 30 libraries which are part of Android Jetpack family.
Most of the Android libraries are available through maven. To add the library, declare the group id, artifact id, and version in the app/build.gradle file in the dependencies section. ...