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Android Build a Weather App (2015) Networking Adding a Third-Party Dependency

Ramesh Ram
Ramesh Ram
3,340 Points
Posted by Ramesh Ram
Ramesh Ram
3,340 Points

We want to add a third-party library from Treehouse to this app called TreeHttp. Add the following line to appropriate p

not getting

build.gradle 
apply plugin: 'com.android.application'

android {
    compileSdkVersion 21
    buildToolsVersion "21.1.2"

    defaultConfig {
        applicationId "teamtreehouse.com.stormy"
        minSdkVersion 14
        targetSdkVersion 21
        versionCode 1
        versionName "1.0"
    }

    buildTypes {
        release {
            minifyEnabled false
            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
        }
    }
}

dependencies {
    compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
    compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:21.0.2'
}
CodeChallenge.java 
TreeHttpClient client = new TreeHttpClient();

3 Answers

Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,413 Points
Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,413 Points

You're given the line compile 'com.teamtreehouse.treehttp:treehttp:1.0.0' to put in the build.gradle file to add the library to your app. It should go inside the dependencies block with the other two compile statements.

Tinotenda Mudzinganyama
Tinotenda Mudzinganyama
2,886 Points
Tinotenda Mudzinganyama
Tinotenda Mudzinganyama
2,886 Points

still not getting it

Vimbai Mushore
Vimbai Mushore
4,823 Points
Vimbai Mushore
Vimbai Mushore
4,823 Points

dependencies { compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar']) compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:21.0.2' compile 'com.teamtreehouse.treehttp:treehttp:1.0.0' }