Gradle new configuration in multi-project build

Question

I created a new configuration in multi-project build and it doesn't download dependencies I assigned to it. Can't find any example on multi-project with new configuration on the net. Did anyone faced similar issue?

In my build.gradle root file:

allprojects {
    configurations {
      myConf
    }
}

Then in my build.gradle child:

dependencies {
    myConf 'org.aspectj:aspectjrt:1.8.6'
}

Project does not compile, when I change myConf to compile configuration it compiles correctly.

Answer 1

Dependencies of a configuration are only downloaded when the configuration is used. As the Java compiler uses the compile configuration, your myconf configuration is not used, so its dependencies are not downloaded.