Not able to copy configurations dependencies after upgrading Gradle plugin for Android Studio to 3.0.1 and Gradle to 4.1

Question

I used to copy \'compile\' dependencies to a specific folder using this simple gradle task :

task copyLibs(type: Copy) {
    from configurations.compile
             


        

Answer 1

I wanted to make a comment, but I'm still lacking the reputation required to do so (by one point!! >.< ). It doesn't look as if there's a way to acquire the list of implementation dependencies and the compileClasspath mentioned at the Gradle ticket Rafael posted won't work if you're working with Android directly, like my case where I need the dependencies to be exported so that Unity3D can package them up for release.

So.. it looks like the only solution in this case is to use the deprecated compile type.