Android Question Simple Library Compiler: "package does not exist"

[JiggyMan]

I've used the tutorial for creating some simple B4A libraries without any problems. They didn't do much, I just wanted to make sure I understood how to do it.

Now I'm working on a real project and I've run into a snag. I downloaded the Apache Commons IO library and referenced it in my Eclipse project (Build Path > Configure Build Paths > Libraries > Add External JAR). I then imported it into my project:

import org.apache.commons.io.*;

I used the FileUtils class of this library in my project. Eclipse doesn't show any errors or warnings regarding the way I've used it but when I try to compile it with the Simple Library Compiler (great tool!), I get the following message:

Starting step: Compiling Java code.
javac 1.8.0_45
D:\eclipse_proj\forecast\src\com\frigginjiggy\forecast\Update.java:5: error: package org.apache.commons.io does not exist
import org.apache.commons.io.*;
^
1 error

Can someone tell me if I've missed something, or done something wrong?

 

[DonManfred]

add a line

@DependsOn(values={"commons-io-2.4"})

and copy the file commons-io-2.4.jar to your additional libraries dir

 

[JiggyMan]

Thanks for the reply. Unfortunately, that did not make any difference. Any other suggestions?

 

[Erel]

You need to copy the commons jar file to the libs folder: https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/t...uild-libraries-without-eclipse.29918/#content

 

[JiggyMan]

Yep, that did the trick. Somehow I totally missed that line when I read the tutorial. Thanks, Erel.