Most dependencies cannot be resolved

This is a multi-module Android project (Pinterest) and I’m sure it’s something we’re doing wrong, but the --info flag is not providing a lot of additional information:

 - android.arch.work:work-runtime
The exception that is the cause of unresolved state: Could not resolve android.arch.work:work-runtime:+.
 - com.adjust.sdk:adjust-android
The exception that is the cause of unresolved state: Could not resolve com.adjust.sdk:adjust-android:+.
 - com.adyen.checkout:core-card
The exception that is the cause of unresolved state: Could not resolve com.adyen.checkout:core-card:+.
 - com.android.installreferrer:installreferrer
The exception that is the cause of unresolved state: Could not resolve com.android.installreferrer:installreferrer:+.
 - com.android.support:appcompat-v7
The exception that is the cause of unresolved state: Could not resolve com.android.support:appcompat-v7:+.
 - com.android.support:cardview-v7
The exception that is the cause of unresolved state: Could not resolve com.android.support:cardview-v7:+.
 - com.android.support:customtabs
The exception that is the cause of unresolved state: Could not resolve com.android.support:customtabs:+.
 - com.android.support:design
The exception that is the cause of unresolved state: Could not resolve com.android.support:design:+.

It’s not just android dependencies, just including that snippet.

I thought it might be because we’re specifying our versions via variables:

implementation "com.squareup.okhttp3:logging-interceptor:${rootProject.ext.okHttpVersion}"
    implementation "com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp-urlconnection:${rootProject.ext.okHttpVersion}"
    implementation "com.squareup.retrofit2:adapter-rxjava2:${rootProject.ext.retrofitVersion}"
    implementation "com.squareup.retrofit2:converter-gson:${rootProject.ext.retrofitVersion}"

but even when I changed them to hardcoded strings, we get the same issue.

Is there anything I can do to get more information? Unfortunately I cannot easily provide our gradle files.

We’re using Gradle 5.1.1

[ben-manes]

haha, okay. You can condition that to run if dependencyUpdates is not in the task graph. It’s a bit of a hack, but seems to work for most.

gradle.taskGraph.whenReady { taskGraph ->
  def requested = details.requested
  if (requested.version.contains('+') && !taskGraph.hasTask(dependencyUpdates)) {
    // throw
  }
}

[shashachu]

User error! We have this snippet in our gradle file:

afterEvaluate { project ->
        project.configurations.all {
            resolutionStrategy.eachDependency { DependencyResolveDetails details ->
                def requested = details.requested
                if (requested.version.contains('+')) {
                    throw new GradleException(
                            "Wildcard dependency forbidden: ${requested.group}:${requested.name}:${requested.version}")
                }
            }
        }
    }

🤦‍♀

I’m not sure why I didn’t see that exception in the logs, but you mentioning the resolutionStrategy pointed me in the right direction.