Installing Vuforia in Android Studio

Question

Can anyone give me some instructions of how I'm supposed to install Vuforia in Android Studio? I'm making a new app and I need to use augmented reality with Vuforia. Hope you can help me!

Thanks a lot!

Answer 1

You need to follow following Steps:

• Read our Getting Started Guide for instructions on setting up the Java SDK, Android SDK and NDK:

  https://developer.vuforia.com/downloads/sdk

• Make sure you have installed the latest version available of Android Studio from:

  http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html

• Use the Android SDK Manager (from within Android Studio) to get the latest Android SDK and Android Platform and Build tools

• Launch Android Studio

• Select File - > Import Project ... and browse to the root directory of the sample Vuforia project you want to open

• Proceed in the Import Wizard dialog (click Next, Next) until you reach a page with this message:

  1. "Alternatively, you can fill in the actual path map in the table below":
  2. click to edit
  3. enter the actual path to the Vuforia.jar library (which is located under your vuforia_install_dir/build/java/vuforia)

• In the Project view, right-click on the Project and expand the view hierarchy so to locate the Vuforia.jar under app > src > main

• right-click on Vuforia.jar to open the context menu

• click on the "Add as library..." option in the context menu

• Alternatively, if you cannot locate the Vuforia.jar in your project hierarchy:

• right-click on the Project and select, "Open Module Settings"

  1. select "App"
  2. then select the "Dependencies" tab
  3. Click on the "+" button to Add a File Dependency and browse to the
     Vuforia.jar file

• Create a folder called "jniLibs" under the "app/src/main" folder under your Android Studio project directory

• Copy the "armeabi-v7a" folder (including the libVuforia.so file located inside it) from the "vuforia_install_dir/build/lib" to the "app/src/main/jniLibs" folder

the resulting directory structure under your project root should be:

/app
  /src
     /main
        /jniLibs
             /armeabi-v7a
                 /**libVuforia.so**

• If your project includes a "jni" folder, move it to a location outside of your project (otherwise Android Studio may attempt to compile the sources in that folder and may fail)
• Clean and rebuild the project
• Run the app on your device

Best Luck :)