I've used this process to attach a 3rd party Jar to an Android project in IDEA.
Copy the Jar to your libs/ directory
Open Project Settings (Ctrl Alt Shift S)
Under the Project Settings panel on the left, choose Modules
On the larger right pane, choose the Dependencies tab
Press the Add... button on the far right of the screen (if you have a smaller
screen like me, you may have to drag resize to the right in order to
see it)
From the dropdown of Add options, choose "Library". A "Choose
Libraries" dialog will appear.
Press "New Library..."
Choose a suitable title for the library
Press "Attach Classes..."
Choose the Jar from your libs/ directory, and press OK to dismiss
A better way in long run is to integrate Gradle in your project environment.
Its a build tool for Java, and now being used a lot in the android development space.
You will need to make a .gradle file and list your library dependencies.
Then, all you would need to do is import the project in IntelliJ using Gradle.
This question can also be extended if necessary jar file can be found in global library, how can you configure it into your current project.
Process like these: "project structure"-->"modules"-->"click your current project pane at right"-->"dependencies"-->"click little add(+) button"-->"library"-->"select the library you want".
if you are using maven and you can also configure dependency in your pom.xml, but it your chosen version is not like the global library, you will waste memory on storing another version of the same jar file. so i suggest use the first step.