CocoaPods automatically generates a nice list of acknowledgements for all the projects I've used, so that I can include that info in my applications UI.
Is there something similar for the whole Android / Gradle situation?
More generally, how can I automate collecting and showing the appropriate acknowledgement / licensing info for the components I've used in my Android project?
I'm afraid there's no all in one drop-in equivalent of CocoaPods acknowledgments for the Android ecosystem so far, probably because there is no equivalent of the iOS settings bundle on Android.
Option may be :
Generation part : Use a gradle plugin to create reports about your dependencies licence : https://github.com/jk1/Gradle-License-Report or https://github.com/hierynomus/license-gradle-plugin (downloadLicenses task)
Show to the user part : You'll have to do it manually, get the parts that you want from the reports and put it for example in your GooglePlay description, or store it wherever you want (local or remote) and show it to the user at first launch after install (https://github.com/prashantsolanki3/Shoot)
I think you should use Maven Plug In. you can use it with your gradle and equivalent to cocoapods
Update ::
use Maven Central to add your dependency in it .
