Add support library to Android Studio project

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I just installed the new Android Studio and I m looking for a way to import the support library for Android   Where is the option for that  In Eclipse that are just two clicks  I googled for it but found nothing  Surely it is too new

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In Android Studio 1 0  this worked for me  -  Open the build gradle  Module   app  file and paste this  at the end   -  dependencies       compile  com android support appcompat-v7 21 0        Note that this dependencies is different from the dependencies inside buildscript in build gradle  Project   When you edit the gradle file  a message shows that you must sync the file  Press  Sync now   Source   https   developer android com tools support-library setup html add-library

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UPDATE               Since Android Studio introduce a new build system  Gradle  Android developers can now use a simple  declarative DSL to have access to a single  authoritative build that powers both the Android Studio IDE and builds from the command-line   Edit your build gradle like this   apply plugin   android       android           compileSdkVersion 19         buildToolsVersion  19 0 3       defaultConfig           minSdkVersion 18         targetSdkVersion 19         versionCode 1         versionName  1 0             buildTypes           release               runProguard false             proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile  proguard-android txt     proguard-rules txt                       dependencies           compile fileTree dir   libs   include      jar            compile  com android support support-v4 21            NOTES  Use   in compile  com android support support-v4 21    so that gradle can always use the newest version             DEPRECATED            Because Android Studio is based on IntelliJ IDEA  so the procedure is just same like on IntelliJ IDEA 12 CE  1 Open Project Structure  Press F4 on PC and Command   on MAC  on your project    2 Select Modules on the left pane   3 Choose your project and you will see Dependencies TAB above the third Column   4 Click on the plus sign in the bottom  Then a tree-based directory chooser dialog will pop up  navigate to your folder containing android-support-v4 jar  press OK   5 Press OK

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You can simply download the library which you want to include and copy it to libs folder of your project  Then select that file  in my case it was android-support-v4 library  right click on it and select  Add as Library

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Android no longer downloading the libraries from the SDK manager  it has to be accessed through Google s Maven repository    You will have to do something similar to this in your build gradle file   allprojects       repositories           jcenter           maven               url  https   maven google com                       dependencies               compile  com android support support-core-utils 27 0 2      Find more details about the setting up process here and about the different support library revisions here

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I no longer work on Android project for a while   Although the below provides some clue to how an android studio project can be configured  but I can t guarantee it works flawlessly   In principle  IntelliJ respects the build file and will try to use it to configure the IDE project  It s not true in the other way round  IDE changes normally will not affect the build file    Since most Android projects are built by Gradle  it s always a good idea to understand this tool   I d suggest referring to  skyfishjy s answer  as it seems to be more updated than this one     The below is not updated  Although android studio is based on IntelliJ IDEA  at the same time it relies on gradle to build your apk  As of 0 2 3  these two doesn t play nicely in term of configuring from GUI  As a result  in addition to use the GUI to setup dependencies  it will also require you to edit the build gradle file manually   Assuming you have a Test Project   Test structure  The build gradle file you re looking for is located at TestProject Test build gradle  Look for the dependencies section  and make sure you have      compile  com android support support-v4 13 0      Below is an example   buildscript       repositories           mavenCentral             dependencies           classpath  com android tools build gradle 0 5            apply plugin   android   repositories       mavenCentral      dependencies       compile  com android support support-v4 13 0       android       compileSdkVersion 18     buildToolsVersion  18 0 1       defaultConfig           minSdkVersion 7         targetSdkVersion 16           You can also add 3rd party libraries from the maven repository     compile group   com google code gson   name   gson   version   2 2 4    The above snippet will add gson 2 2 4 for you   In my experiment  it seems that adding the gradle will also setup correct IntelliJ dependencies for you

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This is way more simpler with Maven dependency feature    Open File -  Project Structure    menu  Select Modules in the left pane  choose your project s main module in the middle pane and open Dependencies tab in the right pane  Click the plus sign in the right panel and select  Maven dependency  from the list  A Maven dependency dialog will pop up  Enter  support-v4  into the search field and click the icon with magnifying glass  Select  com google android support-v4 r7 jar  from the drop-down list  Click  OK   Clean and rebuild your project    Hope this will help

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