Android Gradle - What to use instead of compileOnly?

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According to the following SO post, compile has become implementation recently: What's the difference between implementation and compile in gradle

My question is what should I use instead of compileOnly? The post above does not address that gradle config. I do know that I can still use compileOnly but what is the recommended config that will not be deprecated soon?

It seemed like all configs that contain ..compile.. would be replaced by ..implementation... I tried implementationOnly but not accepted by Android Studio.

Not all `..compile..` would be replaced by `..implementation..` such as `api`. — CoXier, Oct 27 '17 at 12:32
You can extend your question with this "I don't have compile statement in my dependency. Even thou, when the application is building, the error is still there: 'compile' is obsolete...", if that is also the problem. — Abhinav Saxena, Jan 14 '19 at 09:17

score 55 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 27 '17 at 12:21

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compileOnly is the replacement — the equivalent configuration that is being deprecated is provided. See the documentation.

answered Oct 27 '17 at 12:21

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I don't have compile statement in my dependency. Even thou, when the application is building, the error is still there: 'compile' is obsolete... – Abhinav Saxena Jan 14 '19 at 09:15
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@CommonsWare : Every day I'm getting benefited because of you. Thanks a lot for your contributions :-) – Tom Taylor Oct 07 '19 at 12:53

score 3 · Answer 2 · edited Jun 24 '19 at 15:07

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Your Project gradle dependecies should be changed from

dependencies {
    provided 'com.someDependency:api:78'
}

to

dependencies {
    compileOnly 'com.someDependency:api:78'
}

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answered Jan 10 '19 at 18:07

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 12 '18 at 16:38

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There is a case when you accept IDE automatic suggest to add project to your gradle file, it will add "compile project(path: 'xxx')". Correct it and you'll be fine.

answered Nov 12 '18 at 16:38

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Android Gradle - What to use instead of compileOnly?

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