Add plain Android library to a Flutter plugin

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This might be a duplicate of this question. But it has no answer and I will give some details here.

I have created a module with File->New Module->Android Library inside my Flutter plugin's android project. And now I have a structure like below:

|-my_plugin
  |-android
    |-settings.gradle
    |-build.gradle
    |-mylibrary
      |-build.gradle

/android/settings.gradle:

rootProject.name = 'my_plugin'
include ':mylibrary'

/android/build.gradle:

...
dependencies {
  implementation project(':mylibrary')
}

When I build example plugin project (which is automatically created by Flutter CLI) with flutter build apk or flutter run, I get this error:

Project with path ':mylibrary' could not be found in project ':my_plugin'.

Any suggestions?

uuhg, the flutter website is also wrong stating we have to import the project. the flutter plugin development on android studio is broken for sure — j3g
– j3g, Commented May 13, 2019 at 2:21
@negative_zero, are you able to use library module in flutter plugin? any update? — Satya Attili
– Satya Attili, Commented Oct 11, 2019 at 22:39
@SatyaAttili No, at least I couldn't back then and couldn't find anything useful. I had to copy all the files from the library. I will check it later and update the question if it's fixed or there is something useful. — Sait Banazili
– Sait Banazili, Commented Oct 11, 2019 at 23:38

Panda World · Accepted Answer · 2020-01-09 01:59:39Z

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For those who are still looking for a solution. You can try this.

Instead of putting the below code in the plugin setting.gradle, place it in example/android/settings.gradle

include ':mylibrary'

answered Jan 9, 2020 at 1:59

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