Installing Couchbase Lite on Android
Description — How to install Couchbase Lite on Android
Abstract — Getting you up and running quickly with Couchbase Lite on android
Introduction
Couchbase Lite on Android supports the development of applications in Java or Kotlin.
You can install Couchbase Lite Community and-or Enterprise editions from the Maven repository. There are separate downloads for Kotlin and Java.
Kotlin - Step-by-Step Install
More detailed instructions on getting up and running with Couchbase Lite for Android (Kotlin).
The Kotlin download also includes the Java version of Couchbase Lite for Android, along with the other dependencies. |
Create or open an existing Android Studio project and include the following entries in the app-level build.gradle
file (typically in the app folder).
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Enterprise Edition
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Community Edition
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Include the following in the
android {}
section:android { // Required only if your project has some Kotlin source code kotlinOptions { jvmTarget = 1.8} compileOptions { targetCompatibility 1.8 sourceCompatibility 1.8 } // ... other section content as required by user }
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Include the following in the
repositories {}
section:repositories { maven { url 'https://mobile.maven.couchbase.com/maven2/dev/' } // ... other section content as required by user }
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Include the following in the
dependencies{}
section:dependencies { implementation 'com.couchbase.lite:couchbase-lite-android-ee-ktx:3.1.9' // ... other section content as required by user }
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Set the Java Version, include the following in the
android {}
section:android { compileOptions { sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8 targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8 } // ... other section content as required by user }
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Ensure your
repositories
section includesmavencentral()
repositories { mavenCentral() // ... other section content as required by user }
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Add Couchbase Lite to the
dependencies{}
section:dependencies { implementation "com.couchbase.lite:couchbase-lite-android-ktx:3.1.9" // ... other section content as required by user }
Java - Step-by-step Install
More detailed instructions on getting up and running with Couchbase Lite for Android (Java).
Create or open an existing Android Studio project and install Couchbase Lite using the following method.
Include the following entries to the app-level build.gradle
file (typically in the app folder).
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Enterprise
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Community
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Set the Java Version, include the following in the
android {}
section:android { // Required only if your project has some Kotlin source code kotlinOptions { jvmTarget = 1.8} compileOptions { targetCompatibility 1.8 sourceCompatibility 1.8 } // ... other section content as required by user }
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Add the following in the
repositories {}
section:repositories { maven { url 'https://mobile.maven.couchbase.com/maven2/dev/' } // ... other section content as required by user }
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Add Couchbase Lite to your
dependencies{}
section:dependencies { implementation 'com.couchbase.lite:couchbase-lite-android-ee:3.1.9' // ... other section content as required by user }
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Include the following in the
android {}
section:android { // Required only if your project has some Kotlin source code kotlinOptions { jvmTarget = 1.8 } compileOptions { targetCompatibility 1.8 sourceCompatibility 1.8 } // ... other section content as required by user }
-
Ensure your
repositories
section includesmavencentral()
repositories { mavenCentral() // ... other section content as required by user }
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Include the following in the
dependencies{}
section:dependencies { implementation 'com.couchbase.lite:couchbase-lite-android:3.1.9' // ... other section content as required by user }