Android javax.annotation.processing Package missing

android annotations annotation-processing
srowley picture srowley · Mar 10, 2012 · Viewed 23.1k times · Source

I would like to do some annotation processing based on the example in the following link: http://www.zdnetasia.com/writing-and-processing-custom-annotations-part-3-39362483.htm.

However, I would like to implement this in my Android project, and it seems I cannot use the package with the android platform. Do I need to add an external jar or is there something I'm missing?

Thanks.

Answer

Brian Attwell picture Brian Attwell · Jul 7, 2015

The javax.annotation.processing package is not included in Android. You don't need to include this inside your compiled app module. You just need this dependency for your compiler/processor module during build time. Therefore, inside your app's build.gradle you should add the following after including your annotation processor:

provided 'org.glassfish:javax.annotation:10.0-b28'

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