Note that we support Android 4.0 and higher. You can also check out our [API Reference]({{ site.apis.android }}) for more detailed information about our SDK.

Step 1: Download Parse-SDK-Android

Add this in your root build.gradle file (not your module build.gradle file):

allprojects {
	repositories {
		...
		maven { url "https://jitpack.io" }
	}
}

Then, add the library to your project build.gradle

dependencies {
    implementation "com.github.parse-community.Parse-SDK-Android:parse:latest.version.here"
}

with the latest version being

Step 2: Setup Parse Initialize Parse using your server configuration:

import com.parse.Parse;
import android.app.Application;

public class App extends Application {
  @Override
  public void onCreate() {
    super.onCreate();
    Parse.initialize(new Parse.Configuration.Builder(this)
      .applicationId("YOUR_APP_ID")
      // if defined
      .clientKey("YOUR_CLIENT_KEY")
      .server("http://localhost:1337/parse/")
      .build()
    );
  }
}

The custom Application class must be registered in AndroidManifest.xml:

 <application
   android:name=".App"
   ...>
   ...
 </application>

Note that if you are testing with a server using http, you will need to add android:usesCleartextTraffic="true" to your above <application> definition, but you should only do this while testing and should use https for your final product.