# Add Chat SDK to your project

### Android X

Make sure you've added the following to your `gradle.properties` file:

android.useAndroidX=true
android.enableJetifier=true

### Inherit from Chat SDK theme

The Chat SDK uses custom attributes so you need to make sure that your app inherits from the Chat SDK theme.

<style name="AppTheme" parent="ChatSDKTheme">

### Add Gradle dependencies

##### Project-level `build.gradle`

buildscript {
    dependencies {
        classpath "com.google.gms:google-services:4.3.3"
        ...
    }
    ...
}

allprojects {
    repositories {
        google()
        jcenter()
        maven { url "https://jitpack.io" }
        maven { url "http://dl.bintray.com/chat-sdk/chat-sdk-android" }
    }
}

##### App-level `build.gradle`

Enable multi-dex, Java 8 and the Google Services plugin:

apply plugin: 'com.google.gms.google-services'

android {

    defaultConfig {
        multiDexEnable****d = true
        ...
    }

    compileOptions {
        sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
        targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
    }
}

Then add the dependencies. Replace the `[latest-version]` with the version in the badge:

[  ](https://bintray.com/chat-sdk/chat-sdk-android/GuruCommon/_latestVersion)

<!-- Version `5.0.16` -->

Choose **one** of the following backends to use:

**Firebase**

implementation "sdk.chat:firebase-app:[latest-version]"

**FireStream (experimental)**

implementation "sdk.chat:firestream-app:[latest-version]"

**XMPP (experimental)**

implementation "sdk.chat:xmpp-app:[latest-version]"