localArc should now work without jitpack

android/build.gradle

@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ android{
             res.srcDirs = ['res']
             assets.srcDirs = ['assets', 'src/main/assets', '../core/assets/']
             jniLibs.srcDirs = ['libs']
+            if(localArc){
+                jniLibs.srcDirs += ['../../Arc/natives/natives-android/libs', '../../Arc/natives/natives-freetype-android/libs']
+            }
         }
 
         androidTest.setRoot('tests')
@@ -122,10 +125,7 @@ dependencies{
     implementation arcModule("backends:backend-android")
     implementation 'com.jakewharton.android.repackaged:dalvik-dx:9.0.0_r3'
 
-    if(localArc){
+    if(!localArc){
-        natives arcModule(":natives-android")
-        natives arcModule(":natives-freetype-android")
-    }else{
         natives "com.github.Anuken.Arc:natives-android:$arcHash"
         natives "com.github.Anuken.Arc:natives-freetype-android:$arcHash"
     }
@@ -141,14 +141,13 @@ dependencies{
 }
 
 task copyAndroidNatives(){
-    if(localArc){
+    if(!localArc){
-        dependsOn "com.github.Anuken:natives-android:jar", "com.github.Anuken:natives-freetype-android:jar"
+        configurations.natives.files.each{ jar ->
-    }
+            copy{
-    configurations.natives.files.each{ jar ->
+                from zipTree(jar)
-        copy{
+                into file("libs/")
-            from zipTree(jar)
+                include "**"
-            into file("libs/")
+            }
-            include "**"
         }
     }
 }

settings.gradle

@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ if(!hasProperty("release") && !hasProperty("noLocalArc")){
     if(new File(rootDir.parent, 'Arc').exists()){
         println("Compiling with localArc")
         includeBuild("../Arc")
+    }else{
+        println("Local Arc not found. Cloning https://github.com/Anuken/Arc to a directory next to Mindustry is highly recommended, as jitpack is unreliable.")
     }
 
     if(new File(rootDir.parent, 'Mindustry-Debug').exists()){