Getting a warning for 'compile' is obsolete

[powysm]

using release 3.4.0 in studio 3.3.2

I get the following message on build

WARNING: Configuration 'compile' is obsolete and has been replaced with 'implementation' and 'api'.
It will be removed at the end of 2018.

This is the offending line:

compile (name:'Branch', ext:'aar')

Changing to the following resolves:

implementation (name:'Branch', ext:'aar')

[echo-branch]

That's a maintenance release for users who cannot upgrade. I believe the 4.x series has that change.

@codinronan

[codinronan]

@powysm @echo-branch That is correct; the 3.x releases are intended to be backwards compatible with older Android Studio + Older Xcode, meaning we aren't changing things like compile vs implementation and CocoaPods support.

The rules.gradle file was removed in the 4.x releases and uses the default Cordova config (which uses implementation) so it no longer has that error.

The 4.x releases are 100% up to date and don't have those warnings.