Android library project debugging quickly

Question

I am developing a library project. Right now my debugging process is something like this :

As you can see it's a long process and takes a lot of time to debug library. What is the proper way for library development using android studio?

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 30 '17 at 12:02

2

You can do this way:

Add library module in same project directory like app folder : File-> new-> new module -> Android Library.
Add your library module name in setting.gradle (eg. include ':app',':xyz') : should be added automatically
Right click on your main app folder-> open module settings -> add your library as dependency to "app" (it's under module dependency).
Go to build.gradle file of your main project, add module like compile project (':xyz')

No need to create aar , just make changes in lib module and Run your main project and debug it .

Hope this will help you !

edited Mar 30 '17 at 12:02

nayakasu

answered Mar 30 '17 at 08:49

Vikas Tiwari

This is good idea. Saved a lot of time. I have edited answer to make it clearer. – nayakasu Mar 30 '17 at 11:01
This defeats the purpose of sharing code. What if you have a second project which needs to use the same library? Are you going to duplicate your library code in each? – zyamys May 02 '17 at 00:10

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 30 '17 at 08:52

0

I would include a demo-app project in parallel to library project:

//  /settings.gradle
include ':app', ':lib'

//  /app/build.gradle
depencency {
    compile project(':lib')
}

answered Mar 30 '17 at 08:52

Jokester

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