resource-libs.md

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Using Resource Libraries	Using Resource Libraries	NativeScript Android Runtime Requirements	2

Overview

Often when you are developing an application you need to include a shared code or resources from a library. NativeScript for Android supports this scenario.

Reusing Shared Libraries

For the purpose of this article we assume that you alredy setup an Android project.

tns create <project_name>
tns platform add android <project_name>

You can add a reference to a shared library with the following command.

tns library add android <path_to_shared_library>

This command will read project.properties file from the specified shared library folder and will add a reference to it in your project. If in turn the shared library has references to other projects then these projects will be included recursively. As a result, this will create a new folder lib which is sibling to already existing app and platforms.

<project_name>
|--app/
|--platforms/

<project_name>
|--app/
|--lib/
   |--Android/
      |--<your_shared_lib>
      |--...
|--platforms/

The lib folder will contain a copy of your shared library and its references if any.

Generate Metadata

See Generate Metadata

Remarks

Currently, NativeScript for Android supports Eclipse project format only.