Mihai wrote:
>   I am trying to use a third party library for an application and I
> also need to add all it's dependency jars in order for it to work.
> What I did so far, was create a lib folder inside my android app

That should be a libs/ directory.

> project and started adding the library and all it's dependencies in
> there. However, when I tried to add them to the project java build
> path in eclipse, my eclipse froze and I got an error that the
> workbench state is not ok.

That would be an Eclipse problem.

>   Is there a different way to add jars to an application? 

No, your process is generally correct, other than your directory name.
Create libs/ in your project, copy the JARs there, and add them to your
Eclipse build path.

> Do I need to
> compile and package the jars using dx and the apk packaging tools?

That will be handled for you.

> Is
> there a limitation on the size of the libraries (I think that all the
> jars I am trying to import are about 5 MB's)?

Your users will be very annoyed with you for having an app that big.
Otherwise, I am not aware of any technical limits.

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