Android Library - When I import libraries containing each other, is the same library added to the project more than once?

Question

I have :a, :b and :c libraries in an android project and I am submitting them separately to GitLab as maven repos.

The :a library imports the :b library.

implementation(":b")

The :b library imports the :c library.

implementation(":c")

In my :app application, I import :a, :b and :c libraries via GitLab.

implementation(":a")
implementation(":b")
implementation(":c")

In this case, a dependency occurs in the :app application as follows.

:a (contains :b (contains :c) ) :b (contains :c) :c

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In this case, am I creating an extra extra dependency? Will there be 1x :a, 2x :b, 3x :c libraries in the :app application? We don't want this.

If we set the :a, :b and :c libraries so that they do not see each other, will we create a healthier build structure?

Answer 1

You will not have 2x :b or 3x :c modules in your application.

You should refer to the android libraries docs. you can also check the modules docs