Dependencies DSL for Gradle projects

Instead of repeating implementation or api countless times in your Gradle build scripts, you can use this DSL to write it just once per set of dependencies.

Before

api, implementation, and testImplementation are repeated, adding unwanted noise.

dependencies {
    api("com.example.whatever:what-you-need:x.x.x")
    api(libs.coolFramework) // From version catalog
    api(KotlinX.coroutines) // From refreshVersions built-in dependency notations
    implementation(libs.something) // From version catalog
    implementation(libs.stuff) // From version catalog
    implementation("com.example.whatever:yet-another-thing:x.x.x")
    implementation("com.example.whatever:your-favorite-library:x.x.x")
    implementation("com.example.whatever:utils-of-course:x.x.x")
    testImplementation(Kotlin.test.junit)
    testImplementation(Testing.kotest.assertions.core)
    testImplementation(KotlinX.coroutines.test)
}

After

Straight to the dependency notations, minimal noise!

dependencies {
    api {
        "com.example.whatever:what-you-need:x.x.x"()
        libs.coolFramework()
        KotlinX.coroutines()
    }
    implementation {
        libs.something()
        libs.stuff()
        "com.example.whatever:yet-another-thing:x.x.x"()
        "com.example.whatever:your-favorite-library:x.x.x"()
        "com.example.whatever:utils-of-course:x.x.x"()
    }
    testImplementation {
        Kotlin.test.junit()
        Testing.kotest.assertions.core()
        KotlinX.coroutines.test()
    }
}

Important

Don't forget to add the parentheses to the dependency notations or it won't work!

Extra features

Arbitrary configurations support

We support custom or less-standard configurations as well:

dependencies {
    this("anotherConfiguration") {
        libs.something()
    }
}

Convenient exclude overload

You can put a plain dependency notation into exclude, which can be especially handy when using refreshVersions:

AndroidX.wear.remoteInteractions {
    //TODO: Remove when https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/275580742 is fixed.
    exclude(KotlinX.coroutines.guava)
}

How to add to your project

Go in the settings.gradle.kts file, located at the root of your Gradle project.

Add the following line into the plugins { … } block (add one at the top of the file it there's none):

id("org.splitties.dependencies-dsl") version "0.2.0"

It can also work if you add it in the build.gradle.kts file of the module you want to try this DSL in.

License

This library is published under Apache License version 2.0 which you can see here.