How to use the Renderscript Support Library with Gradle

Question

Is it possible to use the Support Renderscript Library with Gradle? If so, how do you include it in your project?

Answer 1

Using Android Studio:

Add the following values to build.gradle for android gradle plugin v0.14+

android {
    ...
    defaultConfig {
        ...
        renderscriptTargetApi 19
        renderscriptSupportModeEnabled true
    }
    ...
}

For older versions of the android gradle plugin v0.13.3 and below

android {
        ...
        defaultConfig {
            ...
            renderscriptTargetApi 19
            renderscriptSupportMode true
        }
        ...
    }

Once that is done, use android.support.v8.renderscript. anywhere in your app. The library jar and binaries are included automatically.