Checking Dependency Updates

On July/2019 Android Weekend, I have talked about how to check if there are updates available for your Android app dependencies such as the versions of gradle plugins, Kotlin, and libraries that the app depends on.

With gradle-versions-plugin, you can easily check if the updates are available with a single gradle command, so you can easily automate the version checks with CI as well.

The plugin also provides ways to customize the result of the version checks. If you have not tried it yet, I strongly recommend that you check it out :)

* github/gradle-versions-plugin
https://github.com/ben-manes/gradle-versions-plugin

* Android Weekend:
https://www.meetup.com/AndroidWeekend/events/262193141/

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1. Checking
   Dependency Updates
   @shoheikawano
   

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2. Dependencies for Android
   •Language - Kotlin
   •Gradle plugins
   •Libraries
   

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3. https://blog.jetbrains.com/kotlin/2019/06/kotlin-1-3-40-released/
   

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4. https://developer.android.com/jetpack/androidx/releases
   

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5. Typical Dependencies for
   Android
   •Kotlin
   •UI - RecyclerViews, ViewPager, etc.
   •Jetpack - Lifecycle, ViewModels, LiveData, etc.
   •OkHttp
   •Retrofit
   •Firebase
   

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6. - androidx.activity:activity-ktx:1.0.0-beta01
   - androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.1.0-beta01
   - androidx.browser:browser:1.0.0
   - androidx.cardview:cardview:1.0.0
   - androidx.collection:collection-ktx:1.1.0
   - androidx.emoji:emoji:1.0.0
   - androidx.fragment:fragment-ktx:1.1.0-beta01
   - androidx.gridlayout:gridlayout:1.0.0
   - androidx.recyclerview:recyclerview:1.0.0
   - com.crashlytics.sdk.android:crashlytics:2.10.1
   - com.facebook.android:facebook-login:5.1.0
   - com.firebase:firebase-jobdispatcher:0.8.6
   - com.github.chrisbanes:PhotoView:2.3.0
   - com.google.android:flexbox:1.1.0
   - com.google.android.gms:play-services-analytics:17.0.0
   - com.google.android.gms:play-services-base:17.0.0
   - com.google.android.gms:play-services-tagmanager:17.0.0
   - com.google.android.material:material:1.0.0
   - com.google.code.gson:gson:2.8.5
   - com.google.firebase:firebase-config:18.0.0
   - com.google.firebase:firebase-core:17.0.0
   - com.google.firebase:firebase-dynamic-links:18.0.0
   - com.google.firebase:firebase-messaging:19.0.1
   - com.google.firebase:firebase-perf:18.0.1
   - com.jakewharton.rxbinding2:rxbinding-kotlin:2.2.0
   - com.jakewharton.threetenabp:threetenabp:1.2.1
   - com.jakewharton.timber:timber:4.7.1
   - com.readystatesoftware.chuck:library:1.1.0
   - com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:3.14.2
   - com.squareup.retrofit2:converter-gson
   - com.squareup.retrofit2:retrofit
   - com.xwray:groupie
   - io.reactivex.rxjava2:rxjava
   - io.reactivex.rxjava2:rxkotlin
   - org.robolectric:robolectric
   - com.squareup.okio:okio:2.2.2
   - io.reactivex.rxjava2:rxandroid:2.1.1
   - jp.co.cyberagent.android:gpuimage:2.0.3
   - org.greenrobot:eventbus:3.1.1
   - org.greenrobot:eventbus-annotation-processor:3.1.1
   - org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-android-extensions:1.3.40
   - org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-android-extensions-runtime:1.3.40
   - org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-annotation-processing-gradle:1.3.40
   - org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk7:1.3.40
   - org.permissionsdispatcher:permissionsdispatcher:4.3.1
   - org.permissionsdispatcher:permissionsdispatcher-processor:4.3.1
   - androidx.constraintlayout:constraintlayout
   - androidx.core:core-ktx
   - androidx.databinding:databinding-adapters
   - androidx.databinding:databinding-common
   - androidx.databinding:databinding-compiler
   - androidx.databinding:databinding-runtime
   - androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-compiler
   - androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-extensions
   - androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-viewmodel-ktx
   - androidx.transition:transition
   - com.airbnb.android:lottie
   - com.android.tools.lint:lint-gradle
   - com.f2prateek.rx.preferences2:rx-preferences
   - com.github.franmontiel:PersistentCookieJar
   - com.google.dagger:dagger
   - com.google.dagger:dagger-android
   - com.google.dagger:dagger-android-processor
   - com.google.dagger:dagger-android-support
   - com.google.dagger:dagger-compiler
   - com.otaliastudios:cameraview
   - com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp-urlconnection
   - com.squareup.retrofit2:adapter-rxjava2
   

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8. Why checking updates?
   •Gain new features, bug fixes, etc
   •Sooner, the easier to update
   

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9. gradle-versions-plugin
   

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10. https://github.com/ben-manes/gradle-versions-plugin
    

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12. root/build.gradle
    buildscript {
    repositories {
    jcenter()
    }
    dependencies {
    classpath "com.github.ben-manes:gradle-versions-plugin:$version"
    }
    }
    …
    app/build.gradle
    apply plugin: "com.github.ben-manes.versions"
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13. ./gradlew dependencyUpdates
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14. ------------------------------------------------------------
    :app Project Dependency Updates (report to plain text file)
    ------------------------------------------------------------
    The following dependencies are using the latest milestone version:
    - androidx.activity:activity-ktx:1.0.0-beta01
    - androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.1.0-beta01
    - androidx.browser:browser:1.0.0
    - androidx.cardview:cardview:1.0.0
    - androidx.collection:collection-ktx:1.1.0
    - androidx.emoji:emoji:1.0.0
    - androidx.fragment:fragment-ktx:1.1.0-beta01
    - androidx.gridlayout:gridlayout:1.0.0
    - androidx.recyclerview:recyclerview:1.0.0
    - com.crashlytics.sdk.android:crashlytics:2.10.1
    - com.facebook.android:facebook-login:5.1.0
    - com.firebase:firebase-jobdispatcher:0.8.6
    - com.github.chrisbanes:PhotoView:2.3.0
    - com.google.android:flexbox:1.1.0
    - com.google.android.gms:play-services-analytics:17.0.0
    - com.google.android.gms:play-services-base:17.0.0
    - com.google.android.gms:play-services-tagmanager:17.0.0
    - com.google.android.material:material:1.0.0
    - com.google.code.gson:gson:2.8.5
    - com.google.firebase:firebase-config:18.0.0
    - com.google.firebase:firebase-core:17.0.0
    - com.google.firebase:firebase-dynamic-links:18.0.0
    - com.google.firebase:firebase-messaging:19.0.1
    - com.google.firebase:firebase-perf:18.0.1
    - com.jakewharton.rxbinding2:rxbinding-kotlin:2.2.0
    - com.jakewharton.threetenabp:threetenabp:1.2.1
    - com.jakewharton.timber:timber:4.7.1
    - com.readystatesoftware.chuck:library:1.1.0
    - com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:3.14.2
    - com.squareup.okio:okio:2.2.2
    - io.reactivex.rxjava2:rxandroid:2.1.1
    - jp.co.cyberagent.android:gpuimage:2.0.3
    - org.greenrobot:eventbus:3.1.1
    - org.greenrobot:eventbus-annotation-processor:3.1.1
    - org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-android-extensions:1.3.40
    - org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-android-extensions-runtime:1.3.40
    - org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-annotation-processing-gradle:1.3.40
    

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15. The following dependencies have later milestone versions:
    - androidx.constraintlayout:constraintlayout [2.0.0-beta1 -> 2.0.0-beta2]
    http://tools.android.com
    - androidx.core:core-ktx [1.1.0-rc01 -> 1.2.0-alpha02]
    https://developer.android.com/jetpack/androidx
    - androidx.databinding:databinding-adapters [3.4.1 -> 3.6.0-alpha04]
    - androidx.databinding:databinding-common [3.4.1 -> 3.6.0-alpha04]
    https://developer.android.com/studio
    - androidx.databinding:databinding-compiler [3.4.1 -> 3.6.0-alpha04]
    https://developer.android.com/studio
    - androidx.databinding:databinding-runtime [3.4.1 -> 3.6.0-alpha04]
    - androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-compiler [2.0.0 -> 2.2.0-alpha01]
    https://developer.android.com/topic/libraries/architecture/index.html
    - androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-extensions [2.0.0 -> 2.2.0-alpha01]
    https://developer.android.com/topic/libraries/architecture/index.html
    - androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-viewmodel-ktx [2.0.0 -> 2.2.0-alpha01]
    http://developer.android.com/tools/extras/support-library.html
    - androidx.transition:transition [1.1.0-rc02 -> 1.2.0-alpha01]
    http://developer.android.com/tools/extras/support-library.html
    - com.airbnb.android:lottie [3.0.0 -> 3.0.7]
    https://github.com/airbnb/lottie-android
    - com.android.tools.build:aapt2 [3.4.1-5326820 -> 3.6.0-alpha04-5638319]
    https://developer.android.com/studio
    - com.android.tools.lint:lint-gradle [26.4.1 -> 26.6.0-alpha04]
    https://developer.android.com/studio
    - com.f2prateek.rx.preferences2:rx-preferences [2.0.0-RC1 -> 2.0.0]
    https://github.com/f2prateek/rx-preferences
    - com.github.franmontiel:PersistentCookieJar [v1.0.1 -> 1.0.1]
    https://github.com/franmontiel/PersistentCookieJar
    - com.google.dagger:dagger [2.23.1 -> 2.23.2]
    https://github.com/google/dagger
    - com.google.dagger:dagger-android [2.23.1 -> 2.23.2]
    https://github.com/google/dagger
    - com.google.dagger:dagger-android-processor [2.23.1 -> 2.23.2]
    https://github.com/google/dagger
    - com.google.dagger:dagger-android-support [2.23.1 -> 2.23.2]
    https://github.com/google/dagger
    - com.google.dagger:dagger-compiler [2.23.1 -> 2.23.2]
    https://github.com/google/dagger
    - com.otaliastudios:cameraview [1.6.0 -> 2.0.0-beta05]
    https://github.com/natario1/CameraView
    - com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp-urlconnection [3.14.2 -> 4.0.0]
    https://github.com/square/okhttp
    - com.squareup.retrofit2:adapter-rxjava2 [2.5.0 -> 2.6.0]
    https://github.com/square/retrofit/
    - com.squareup.retrofit2:converter-gson [2.5.0 -> 2.6.0]
    https://github.com/square/retrofit/
    

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16. Options
    • gradle dependencyUpdates -Drevision=release
    • gradle dependencyUpdates

    -DoutputFormatter=plain,json,xml
    • gradle dependencyUpdates 

    -DreportfileName=myCustomReport
    

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17. Let us try to stick to use
    the latest versions !
    

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18. Checking
    Dependency Updates
    @shoheikawano
    

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