How to check what is the latest version of a dependency to use in gradle

Question

I\'ve always added dependencies like this:

dependencies {
    compile \'com.android.support:mediarouter-v7:19.+\'
}

but in the recent versi

Answer 1

Relying on latest version is indeed a dangerous thing to do. Your build can break without you changing anything, just because some library broke backwards compatibility.

The easiest way to know when new version of a library is out is to subscribe to new version notifications in Bintray.

Just click on the "Watch" button on the package page and you'll get an email every time new version is out. Then you'll be able to update the dependency, test it, and only then commit the build script with the new version.