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Android

Federico Somaschini
Federico Somaschini
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Posted by Federico Somaschini
Federico Somaschini
747 Points

Why this lines of code goes in Gradle?

Why are the Okhttp lines pasted on Gradle?

1 Answer

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

Gradle is what's called a build tool. It's responsible for taking your source code and turning it into a running app. In order to use the OkHttp library gradle needs to know about it so it can be added to your app. Needing OkHttp is said to be a "dependency", because your app depends on OkHttp to run. Gradle manages these dependencies, as well as compiles and assembles your app.