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

the answer of ashoke is correct if you want the latest version.

But if you just want to replace "+" by the version you are currently using (therefor protection yourself against bug in future update)

eg:

 compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:21.0.+'

to

 compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:21.0.3'

(but not using 23.0.1)

this is the easiest way, no software needed:

run

$ ./gradlew clean tasks --debug > ~/whatever.txt

then look for "com.android.support:appcompat-v7:21.0."

a few line below you will see

"Using com.android.support:appcompat-v7:21.0.3 from Maven repository"