An easy autowire and manage dependencies Gradle plugin.
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Due to personal time and energy constraints, and considering that Gradle now officially provides a more mature dependency management solution through Version Catalog, this project will no longer receive active maintenance.
I've given this considerable thought. Gradle's Version Catalog has evolved into a well-established solution with comprehensive IDE support and code navigation capabilities, eliminating the need to manually write TOML configuration files. At this stage, whether dependencies are configured in YAML format has become less significant, especially given that Version Catalog benefits from third-party plugins offering one-click version updates, making it quite convenient to work with. When viewed from this perspective, SweetDependency's advantages have become less distinctive. I treasure the three years this project has accompanied me – it successfully addressed my critical needs for project version management and helped other developers facing similar challenges.
This project carries some technical debt and early design decisions that I now recognize as immature. The codebase is provided as-is for learning and reference purposes only, and should not be used in production environments.
One regret I'd like to mention: the IDEA plugin wasn't completed due to various circumstances, and upon reflection, maintaining it would likely have proven challenging. I prefer not to invest my energy in a version management plugin that wouldn't deliver practical value to my work.
SweetDependency will not be adapted for Gradle 9.0.0 and later versions. This is where the journey ends. However, this repository will remain accessible rather than being archived – I'd like to keep it here. If you're interested in taking over this project and continuing its development, you're welcome to fork this repository and document this in your README. Thank you for your support.
This is a Gradle plugin for managing Gradle dependencies.
Although Gradle later launched the Version Catalogs to manage dependencies, its method is still not free and user-friendly, and has limitations.
Different from traditional dependency management methods, SweetDependency uses YAML for dynamic configuration,
which is relatively readable, and the configuration process is simple and easy to use.
Not just Android projects, any project that uses Gradle as a build tool will work.
Currently there is only Gradle plugin, IDEA related plugins are still under development,
support for syntax checking of configuration file and displaying configuration file in the Android project's Gradle files list is expected.
Gradle 7.x.x and 8.x.x are supported, other versions have not been tested and are not recommended.
Build Script Language
- Kotlin DSL
It is recommended to use this language as the build script language first, which is also the language currently recommended by Gradle.
- Groovy DSL
Some functions may be incompatible, support will be gradually dropped in the future, and some functions may become unavailable.
Related Feature List
Some functions will be gradually improved following the needs of users.
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Support Kotlin Multiplatform
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Manage Gradle dependencies (plugins)
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Manage Gradle dependencies (libraries)
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Autowire Maven dependencies (POM, BOM)
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Autowire Ivy dependencies
- Click here to view the documentation
- Click here to view the historical changelog
If you are looking for a Gradle plugin that can automatically generate properties key-values, you can check out the SweetProperty project.
This project also uses SweetProperty.
Apache License Version 2.0
Copyright (C) 2019 HighCapable
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