Add GitHub library as dependency to Android Studio project

Question

I am trying to implement ActionBar-PullToRefresh from https://github.com/chrisbanes/ActionBar-PullToRefresh/wiki/QuickStart-ABC. I just made the switch from Eclipse to Android Studio so I am totally new to AS and Gradle. chrisbanes writes on the site: The easiest way to add ActionBar-PullToRefresh to your project is via Gradle, you just need to add the following dependency to your build.gradle: ``` dependencies { mavenCentral() compile 'com.github.chrisbanes.actionbarpulltorefresh:extra-abc:+' } ``` Does this mean that I don't have to download the library and Gradle takes care of it so that I always have the latest version? I just don't know where to put the above line. I have two gradle.build files one in my root that looks like: ``` // Top-level build file where you can add configuration options common to all sub-projects/modules. buildscript { repositories { mavenCentral() } dependencies { classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:0.8.+' } } ``` and the one in my project which look…

Accepted Answer

It will work when you put this line in your project `build.gradle`, in the `dependencies` section:

```
compile 'com.github.chrisbanes.actionbarpulltorefresh:extra-abc:+'
```

Also, add:

```
repositories {
    mavenCentral()
}
```

So:

```
repositories {
    mavenCentral()
}

dependencies {
    compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: '*.jar')
    compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:18.0.+'
    compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:18.0.+'
    compile 'com.github.chrisbanes.actionbarpulltorefresh:extra-abc:+'
}
```

Gradle will download the needed resources automatically for you.

Add GitHub library as dependency to Android Studio project

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