The spring-android-core module provides common functionality to the other Spring for Android modules. It includes a subset of the functionality available in Spring Framework Core.
Add the spring-android-core artifact to your classpath:
dependencies { compile 'org.springframework.android:spring-android-core:$version' }
<dependency> <groupId>org.springframework.android</groupId> <artifactId>spring-android-core</artifactId> <version>${spring-android-version}</version> </dependency>