Installing Couchbase Lite on Android
March 23, 2025
Description — How to install Couchbase Lite on Android
Abstract — Getting you up and running quickly with Couchbase Lite on java-android
Create or open an existing Android Studio project and install Couchbase Lite using the following method.
Make the following additions to the module-level build.gradle file (typically in the app folder).
Note: In the gradle examples replace the $2.8 token with the required Couchbase Lite version number.
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Include the following in the
android {}section:groovyandroid { // Required only if your project has some Kotlin source code kotlinOptions { jvmTarget = '1.8' } // Set minimum JVM level to ensure availability of, for example, lambda expressions compileOptions { targetCompatibility 1.8 sourceCompatibility 1.8 } // ... other section content as required by user } -
Include the following in the
dependencies{}section:groovydependencies { implementation "com.couchbase.lite:couchbase-lite-android:${version}" // ... other section content as required by user }
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Include the following in the
android {}section:groovyandroid { // Required only if your project has some Kotlin source code kotlinOptions { jvmTarget = '1.8' } // Set minimum JVM level to ensure availability of, for example, lambda expressions compileOptions { targetCompatibility 1.8 sourceCompatibility 1.8 } // ... other section content as required by user } -
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dependencies{}section:groovydependencies { implementation "com.couchbase.lite:couchbase-lite-android-ee:${version}" // ... other section content as required by user } -
Include the following in the
repositories {}section:groovyrepositories { maven { url 'https://mobile.maven.couchbase.com/maven2/dev/' } google() jcenter() // ... other section content as required by user }