Android javax.annotation.processing Package missing

Question

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.

Twoup

Answer 1

The javax.annotation.processing package is not included in Android, but the Android VM team describes how to include extra javax packages here - it might be applicable to your question.

Sway

Cannot see the linked solution. That's why we should quote/copy/refer instead of plain linking – Barranquilla

Updated the link for reference. For the record, the linked guide uses an old version of Android (with Ant build scripts); you'd want the gradle solutions in the other answers. – Tetherball

Answer 2

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'

Dosh

Configuration 'provided' is obsolete and has been replaced with 'compileOnly' – Knighterrantry

javax.annotation.processing is not in this Glassfish dependency either. It has the right annotations, but in javax.annotation package. – Whitewood

Answer 3

There is a much easier way if you use Android Studio / Gradle.

I found the following looking through the answers of the question How do I add javax.annotation.Generated to Java SE 5?:

For a Gradle build the dependency should be

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

Fromma

Answer 4

implementation 'org.glassfish:javax.annotation:10.0-b28'
compileOnly 'com.github.pengrad:jdk9-deps:1.0'

Add these two dependencies in your build.gradle file, this will work.

Galba

Answer 5

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

Toscano

Worked like a charm! – Sunup

Answer 6

Simply adding compile 'javax.annotation:javax.annotation-api:1.2' should do the trick.

see here for all available versions: https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/javax.annotation/javax.annotation-api

Radiograph

Answer 7

for kotlin DSL you need to use compileOnly("org.glassfish:javax.annotation:10.0-b28")

for groovy DSL you need to use compileOnly 'org.glassfish:javax.annotation:10.0-b28'

Bulbil

Answer 8

I also faced same issue. So generally we will face this issue when our jdk version will be 8+ . So for jdk8+ you just need to add below dependency in your build.gradle(:app) file.

compileOnly 'com.github.pengrad:jdk9-deps:1.0'

It will work like a charm. Please give it a try!

Shock

There is an answer with same solution for the same question. – Lacker

Answer 9

This works for me compileOptions { sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_11 targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_11 }

Secrecy

Answer 10

I find a method in butterknife. Add this in build.gradle:

compile files(org.gradle.internal.jvm.Jvm.current().getJre().homeDir.getAbsolutePath()+'/lib/rt.jar')

Bromic

This is evil. This way you are adding the entire jre as dependency – Crossstitch