如何为Android发送库

Question

I want to develop a library for Android. In what form can I ship it? jar, apk or something else? How should I do it so that other developers can use my library in their application?

Answer 1

If your library is pure Java code, a JAR is fine, perhaps ZIPped with documentation, etc.

If you need resources or other Android-specific non-Java stuff, you should look at using an Android library project . That is best shipped as source code, though there are tricks for packaging it up in (mostly) binary form. And the new Gradle-based build system under development should make it easier to create library projects that ship in binary (non-source) form.

Answer 2

As a regular jar. Your library classes will be converted to the Dalvik VM bytecode along with a concrete application.

Answer 3

I would just toss your code up on link text and allow users to download the code or fork it from there. I've seen quite a few Android libraries on GitHub.