When importing custom modules in android studio, they are copied into the project folder. If you want the original library project to be imported to the project without copy, set as follows. In settings.gradle, include 'custom-library' project(':custom-library').projectDir = new File(settingsDir, 'relative/path/to/custom/library') In builde.gradle of App, compile project(':custom-library')
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