Provides documentation on how to self-built Android-Support-Preference-V7-Fix whenever Google releases new support library

[yccheok]

Thank you very much, for keep updating this library, to keep it in sync with Google new support library.

However, time-to-time, Google will keep releasing new support library in fast pace.

Instead of waiting the owner of Android-Support-Preference-V7-Fix, to update Android-Support-Preference-V7-Fix .

Is there any way we can DIY ourselves, for us to make this library in sysnc with Google new support library?

I saw whenever there is new release, the owner makes the following changes 955a03b

Is there any way we can do this by our own, and compile against our own project?

[gregkorossy]

If you clone the repo, you can change the value of project.ext.supportLibraryVersion in build.gradle to the new version of the support lib whenever you want. On major version upgrades (like from 25 to 26) you will have to change both buildToolsVersion and sdkVersion to an appropriate value.

I usually try to update the maven repo the day the new support lib is available (sometimes even faster 😄), so the current update path shouldn't be a problem really.

[Mygod]

You can include dependency of Android support lib manually. The later version will override this project's settings.

[yccheok]

@Gericop If I clone the project and change it myself, that's mean I will include the project as library source project. I can no longer include it by using build.gradle right?