title: Installing Android SQLite Asset Helper
body: <p>I need to use my ready made database. Search for solution on internet did not work until I decided I will use the mentioned library found <a href="https://github.com/jgilfelt/android-sqlite-asset-helper" rel="nofollow">here</a>. However, I found it hard to use the library in that installation procedures are really shallow for beginners.</p>
  
  <p>I will appreciate a step by step procedure on how to use it with Android Studio. In my struggle I tried copying sources to main/libs and adding the line to gradle did not work. I use API 19 if that helps.</p>
  
  <p><strong>UPDATE</strong> 
  here is my build.gradle</p>
  
  <pre><code>// Top-level build file where you can add configuration options common to all sub-projects/modules.
  
  buildscript {
      repositories {
          mavenCentral()
      }
      dependencies {
          classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:0.11.+'
          compile 'com.readystatesoftware.sqliteasset:sqliteassethelper:+'
  
          // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
          // in the individual module build.gradle files
      }
  }
  
  allprojects {
      repositories {
          mavenCentral()
      }
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>trying to compile the project I get error
  <code>Error:(9, 0) No signature of method: org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.dsl.dependencies.DefaultDependencyHandler.compile() is applicable for argument types: (java.lang.String) values: [com.readystatesoftware.sqliteasset:sqliteassethelper:+]
  Possible solutions: module(java.lang.Object)</code></p>