How Can I Edit The Source Of A Gradle Library And Use The Changes In My Project?

Let's use Yalantis Phoenix Library as an example. I don't want to import the project via gradle, but I want to edit and use the source code of the library since the author provides

Solution 1:

Change these lines:

dependencies {
//...
    compile project(':library')
}

into

dependencies {
//...
 compile 'com.yalantis:phoenix:1.2.3'
}

Solution 2:

Please read the usage guidelines already given in the link here Usage . Include the library as local library project.

compile 'com.yalantis:phoenix:1.2.3'