Use of the 'compileOnly' scope in Android projects?

Question

I\'m using Gradle 2.12 (or newer) with an appropriate version of the Android Gradle plugin in my project. Gradle 2.12 introduced the compileOnly configuration, so w

Answer 1

Simple use provided instead of compileOnly

See https://github.com/google/auto/issues/324#issuecomment-212333044