How do I define a compile-time *only* classpath in Gradle?

Question

Can someone please give me a simple build.gradle example of how I can specify compile-time-only classes that are not included in the runtime deployment (war).

Gradl

Answer 1

I didnt find a solution for Android Studio, but this what I tried:

In android studio I had to update to version 0.5.+

in gradle/gradle-wrapper.properties replace

distributionUrl=http\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-1.9-rc-3-bin.zip

by

distributionUrl=http\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-1.11-all.zip

in all my build.gradle replace

buildscript {
    repositories {
        mavenCentral()
    }
    dependencies {
        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:0.7.+'
    }
}

by

buildscript {
    repositories {
        mavenCentral()
    }
    dependencies {
        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:0.9.+'
    }
}

and in the library I wanted to use provided

configurations {
    provided
}

//put applicationVariants in case it is apply plugin: 'android' and not apply plugin: 'android-library'
android.libraryVariants.all {
    variant -> variant.javaCompile.classpath += configurations.provided
}

dependencies {
    provided files('ext_libs/amazon-device-messaging-1.0.1.jar')
}

and at the end it doesnt work, it seems that it works for jar but not for aar or apk as stated here https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/adt-dev/WIjtHjgoGwA