How does one add an external library jar to 'External Libraries' section of an Android Studio 1.3 project?

Question

Trying to migrate to Android Studio 1.3 from good ol' Eclipse but it's frustrating.

How does one add an external library jar to 'External Libraries' section of the project?

Reading SO posts including here , I went to File|Project Structure|Modules selected app and Dependencies tab. Clicked '+'

It brings up the Select Path below How do I add a jar file from D:\\mylibs when the Home icon is disabled in the screenshot below?

I tried to copy the jars, and then right-click 'External Libraries' and Paste but it did not work.

Answer 1

There is something wrong with the AS 1.3 dialogue where you add the .jar file. There are no buttons to navigate up the directory tree or change drives. Instead, to add the library, select the .jar file in Explorer (Windows), right click on it, select Copy, go to Android Studio, select Project->[NameOfYourApp]->app->libs and right click on libs and Paste file into it, click Ok on the confirmation box. Then, right click on the .jar file, go toward the bottom of the menu and select Add As Library. Then in the Create Library box confirm that it is adding to app and click Ok. Gradle will then automatically add it to the build dependencies. You can then check the build.gradle file to make sure you see this line: compile files('libs/[filename].jar') under the dependencies section.

Answer 2

Click on your project name on the project explorer, press "F4" or right-click on the name and select "Open Module Settings". Then click on "Dependencies" tab, and click the green "+" button on the right side, then select "File Dependency", this will bring up a Browse Window, use it to open the ".jar" or the ".aar" file.

Answer 3

Follow the next process and you should get it: