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I found a nice open library on GitHub, I imported it into my Android Studio project using Gradle dependencies, but then I realized I need to make little modifications on it.

So I forked the library on my GitHub, done the modifications and asked for a pull request, but I can't wait until they approve and merge my modifications with the original code.

Is there a way to use dependencies to import my forked library (in my Github) into my Android Studio project, rather than the original library?

I know that this is an old post, but for someone with similar problem, if you simply want a way to change a lib and use it in your project, you can download the lib code, change it and import into your project as a module:

1. Open your project in Android Studio


2. Download the library (using Git, or a zip archive to unzip)


3. Go to File > New > Import Module and import the library as a module


4. Right-click your app in project view and select "Open Module Settings"


5. Click the "Dependencies" tab and then the '+' button


6. Select "Module Dependency"


7. Select the imported module


8. Open your build.gradle file and check that the module is listed under dependencies.

I think the previous answers are both outdated. There is actually a really easy way to do this nowadays: jitpack.io

All you need to do is.

1) add in your root build.gradle at the end of allprojects repositories:

allprojects {

        repositories {

            ...

            maven { url 'https://jitpack.io' }

        }

    }

2) Add the dependency in your app build.gradle:

dependencies {

    implementation 'com.github.User:Repo:Tag'

}

If you don't have any releases/tags, you can also just do com.github.User:Repo:branchname-SNAPSHOT to build from the latest commit on that branch.

You need to add your own git respository as remote. You can't however do this within Android Studio, according to this thread. Use the command line instead:

git remote add remoteName remoteUrl

git fetch remoteName

Then you can go to Android Studio, VCS > Git > Pull and select your added remote repository.

This is how you should do it:

• Fork the repo.


• make changes and commit them


• edit the push urls to your github forked repository.


• make a release/tag


• head over to jitpack.io


• generate a url to add to your gradle file