ok, the project has a somewhat unusual setup with these lines it installs in the local maven repo https://github.com/malmstein/FloatingHints/blob/master/library/maven_push.gradle#L25-L29 but in Ivy format instead of usual Maven format ideally the project should be updated https://jitpack.io/docs/ANDROID/ https://jitpack.io/com/github/malmstein/FloatingHints/3a77115bc4/build.log