Android Studio 3.0 Compile Issue (Cannot choose between Configurations)

Question

Issue with latest 3.0 build (Beta 2) My project has 1 sub module by a 3rd party so I only have access to their build.gradle.

My project has 3 flavours, snap, uat, production. Each has 2 build types, debug and release. When I try build I get this.

Error:Cannot choose between the following configurations of project :lp_messaging_sdk:
  - debugApiElements
  - debugRuntimeElements
  - releaseApiElements
  - releaseRuntimeElements
All of them match the consumer attributes:
  - Configuration 'debugApiElements':
      - Found com.android.build.api.attributes.BuildTypeAttr 'debug' but wasn't required.
      - Found com.android.build.gradle.internal.dependency.AndroidTypeAttr 'Aar' but wasn't required.
      - Found com.android.build.gradle.internal.dependency.VariantAttr 'debug' but wasn't required.
      - Found org.gradle.api.attributes.Usage 'java-api' but wasn't required.
  - Configuration 'debugRuntimeElements':
      - Found com.android.build.api.attributes.BuildTypeAttr 'debug' but wasn't required.
      - Found com.android.build.gradle.internal.dependency.AndroidTypeAttr 'Aar' but wasn't required.
      - Found com.android.build.gradle.internal.dependency.VariantAttr 'debug' but wasn't required.
      - Found org.gradle.api.attributes.Usage 'java-runtime' but wasn't required.
  - Configuration 'releaseApiElements':
      - Found com.android.build.api.attributes.BuildTypeAttr 'release' but wasn't required.
      - Found com.android.build.gradle.internal.dependency.AndroidTypeAttr 'Aar' but wasn't required.
      - Found com.android.build.gradle.internal.dependency.VariantAttr 'release' but wasn't required.
      - Found org.gradle.api.attributes.Usage 'java-api' but wasn't required.
  - Configuration 'releaseRuntimeElements':
      - Found com.android.build.api.attributes.BuildTypeAttr 'release' but wasn't required.
      - Found com.android.build.gradle.internal.dependency.AndroidTypeAttr 'Aar' but wasn't required.
      - Found com.android.build.gradle.internal.dependency.VariantAttr 'release' but wasn't required.
      - Found org.gradle.api.attributes.Usage 'java-runtime' but wasn't required.

I read there was issues with sub modules and build types but then read it was fixed. You had to add the same build types or something to the sub modules build.gradle and then add

buildTypeMatching  'debug', 'release'

When I do this however, I get this error,

Error:Could not select value from candidates [debug, release] using AlternateDisambiguationRule.BuildTypeRule.

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'

android {

    repositories {
        flatDir {
            dirs project(':lp_messaging_sdk').file('aars')
        }
    }

    // Android parameters
    compileSdkVersion = 26
    buildToolsVersion = '26.0.1'

    compileOptions {
        sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
        targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
    }

    dexOptions {
        preDexLibraries true
    }

    defaultConfig {
        minSdkVersion 19
        versionName buildName
        versionCode buildVersion
        multiDexEnabled true
        resConfigs "en", "fr", "fr-rCA"
    }

    signingConfigs {
        release {

        }
    }

    flavorDimensions "default"

    productFlavors {
        snap {
            ext.betaDistributionGroupAliases = "INTERNAL"
            ext.betaDistributionReleaseNotesFilePath = 'changelog.txt'
            ext.betaDistributionNotifications = true
            dimension "default"
        }

        uat {
            ext.betaDistributionGroupAliases = "INTERNAL"
            ext.betaDistributionNotifications = true
        }

        production {
        }
    }

    buildTypes {
        debug {
            versionNameSuffix createVersionNameSuffix()
            applicationIdSuffix '.debug'
            minifyEnabled true
            testCoverageEnabled false
            buildConfigField "String", "PLAY_STORE_VERSION_NAME", '"' + PLAY_STORE_VERSION_NAME + '"'
            // Workaround for : https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=212882
            proguardFiles fileTree(dir: 'proguard', include: ['*.pro']).asList().toArray()
            ext.enableCrashlytics = false
        }

        release {
            versionNameSuffix createVersionNameSuffix()
            minifyEnabled true
            testCoverageEnabled = false
            signingConfig signingConfigs.release
            buildConfigField "String", "PLAY_STORE_VERSION_NAME", '"' + PLAY_STORE_VERSION_NAME + '"'
            // Workaround for : https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=212882
            proguardFiles fileTree(dir: 'proguard', include: ['*.pro']).asList().toArray()
        }

    }

    //Used to ignore duplicated entries added to meta-inf
    packagingOptions {
        exclude 'LICENSE.txt'
        exclude 'META-INF/LICENSE'
        exclude 'META-INF/LICENSE.txt'
        exclude 'META-INF/license'
        exclude 'META-INF/license.txt'
        exclude 'META-INF/NOTICE'
        exclude 'META-INF/NOTICE.txt'
        exclude 'META-INF/notice'
        exclude 'META-INF/notice.txt'
        exclude 'META-INF/services/javax.annotation.processing.Processor'
    }

    dexOptions {
        javaMaxHeapSize "2048m"
        dexInProcess true
    }

    lintOptions {
        abortOnError true
        xmlReport true
        htmlReport true
        disable 'MissingTranslation', 'InvalidPackage'
        disable 'GradleCompatible', 'GradleCompatible'
        disable 'NewApi', 'NewApi'
        disable 'GradleDependency'
        disable 'UnusedResources'
        disable 'IconDensities'
        disable 'TypographyDashes'
        disable 'ContentDescription'
        htmlOutput file("$project.buildDir/reports/lint/lint-result.html")
        xmlOutput file("$project.buildDir/reports/lint/lint-result.xml")
    }

    testOptions {
        unitTests.returnDefaultValues = true
    }
}

greendao {
    schemaVersion 13
    targetGenDir 'src/main/java/'
}

ext.betaDistributionReleaseNotes = System.getenv("CHANGELOG")

def createVersionNameSuffix() {
    def buildNumber = System.env.BUILD_NUMBER
    def buildTimestamp = new Date().format('HH:mm dd/MM/yy')
    return buildNumber ? " ($buildNumber)" : " ($buildTimestamp)"
}

def getBuildVersionFromName(String buildName) {
    List data = buildName.tokenize(".")
    String resultString = "19";

    for (String s : data) {
        resultString += s;
    }

    if (System.env.BUILD_NUMBER) {
        resultString += System.env.BUILD_NUMBER
    }

    return Integer.parseInt(resultString);
}

//Verify the app before creating a Pull Request
task verifyPR
verifyPR.dependsOn('clean')
verifyPR.dependsOn('lint')
verifyPR.dependsOn('checkstyle')
verifyPR.dependsOn('pmd')
verifyPR.dependsOn('testSnapDebugUnitTest')

dependencies {
    // Android Dependencies
    compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:26.0.1'
    compile 'com.android.support:design:26.0.1'
    compile 'com.android.support:recyclerview-v7:26.0.1'
    compile 'com.android.support:multidex:1.0.2'

    // Dagger Dependencies
    apt 'com.google.dagger:dagger-compiler:2.11'
    compile 'org.glassfish:javax.annotation:10.0-b28'
    compile 'com.google.dagger:dagger:2.11'

    // Rx Dependencies
    compile 'io.reactivex:rxandroid:1.2.1'
    compile 'io.reactivex:rxjava:1.3.0'
    compile 'com.jakewharton.rxbinding:rxbinding-appcompat-v7:0.4.0'
    compile 'com.jakewharton.rxbinding:rxbinding-support-v4:0.4.0'
    compile 'com.squareup.whorlwind:whorlwind:1.0.1'
    compile 'com.tbruyelle.rxpermissions:rxpermissions:0.9.4@aar'
    compile 'com.jenzz:RxAppState:2.0.0'

    // Tools
    compile 'com.crashlytics.sdk.android:crashlytics:2.6.5'

    // ButterKnife
    compile 'com.jakewharton:butterknife:8.4.0'

    // Google Maps
    compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-maps:11.0.4'
    compile "com.google.android.gms:play-services-analytics:11.0.4"
    compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-location:11.0.4'
    compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-places:11.0.4'
    compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-gcm:11.0.4'

    // Geofence
    compile('pl.charmas.android:android-reactive-location:0.10@aar') {
        transitive = true
    }

    // Retrofit
    compile 'com.squareup.retrofit2:retrofit:2.3.0'
    compile 'com.squareup.retrofit2:adapter-rxjava:2.3.0'

    // OKHTTP
    compile 'com.squareup.okhttp:okhttp-urlconnection:2.7.5'

    // Libphonenumber
    compile 'com.googlecode.libphonenumber:libphonenumber:7.3.2'

    // UI
    compile 'com.tubb.smrv:swipemenu-recyclerview:5.0.2'

    // EventBus
    compile 'org.greenrobot:eventbus:3.0.0'

    // Database
    compile 'org.greenrobot:greendao:3.2.0'

    // Chuck HTTP Inspector
    debugCompile 'com.readystatesoftware.chuck:library:1.0.4'
    releaseCompile 'com.readystatesoftware.chuck:library-no-op:1.0.4'

    // ViewPager Indicator
    compile 'com.github.JakeWharton:ViewPagerIndicator:2.4.1'

    // Amplitude
    compile 'com.amplitude:android-sdk:2.13.2'

    // TESTS
    testCompile 'junit:junit:4.12'
    testCompile "org.mockito:mockito-core:1.10.19"
    testCompile "org.powermock:powermock-module-junit4:1.6.5"
    testCompile "org.powermock:powermock-module-junit4-rule:1.6.4"
    testCompile "org.powermock:powermock-api-mockito:1.6.5"
    testCompile "org.powermock:powermock-classloading-xstream:1.6.4"

    compile project(':lp_messaging_sdk')
}

And here is the 3rd party library build.gradle

apply plugin: 'com.android.library'

android {
    compileSdkVersion 26
    buildToolsVersion "26.0.1"

    defaultConfig {
        minSdkVersion 14
        targetSdkVersion 26
        versionCode 250
        versionName "2.5.0"
    }

    flavorDimensions "default"

    productFlavors {
        snap {
            ext.betaDistributionGroupAliases = "INTERNAL"
            ext.betaDistributionReleaseNotesFilePath = 'changelog.txt'
            ext.betaDistributionNotifications = true
            dimension "default"
        }

        uat {
            ext.betaDistributionGroupAliases = "INTERNAL"
            ext.betaDistributionNotifications = true
        }

        production {

        }
    }

    signingConfigs {
        release {

        }
    }

    buildTypeMatching 'snap', 'debug', 'release'

    buildTypes {
        debug {
            applicationIdSuffix '.debug'
            minifyEnabled true
            testCoverageEnabled false
            buildConfigField "String", "PLAY_STORE_VERSION_NAME", '"' + PLAY_STORE_VERSION_NAME + '"'
            // Workaround for : https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=212882
            proguardFiles fileTree(dir: 'proguard', include: ['*.pro']).asList().toArray()
            ext.enableCrashlytics = false
        }

        release {
            minifyEnabled true
            testCoverageEnabled = false
            signingConfig signingConfigs.release
            buildConfigField "String", "PLAY_STORE_VERSION_NAME", '"' + PLAY_STORE_VERSION_NAME + '"'
            // Workaround for : https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=212882
            proguardFiles fileTree(dir: 'proguard', include: ['*.pro']).asList().toArray()
        }
    }

    defaultConfig {
        consumerProguardFiles 'proguard.cfg'
    }

    repositories {
        flatDir {
            dirs 'aars'
        }
    }

    lintOptions {
        disable 'InvalidPackage'
    }
}

dependencies {
    compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:26.0.1'
    compile 'com.android.support:design:

Answer 1

Try

implementation project(path: ':lp_messaging_sdk', configuration: 'default')

Note:

You can avoid this bug by update gradle to 4.3 check this.

Explanation :

Using Dependency Configurations makes it easy to define and specify what to use in sub-project.

In my answer, we used default configuration and this will publish and expose only the "release" flavor to other Android projects and modules.

Assume you need to include this flavor only with demo flavor or with release flavor, it would be like :

configurations {
  // Initializes placeholder configurations that the Android plugin can use when targeting
  // the corresponding variant of the app.
  demoDebugCompile {}
  fullReleaseCompile {}
  ...
}
dependencies {
  // If the library configures multiple build variants using product flavors,
  // you must target one of the library's variants using its full configuration name.
  demoDebugCompile project(path: ':lp_messaging_sdk', configuration: 'demoDebug')
  fullReleaseCompile project(path: ':lp_messaging_sdk', configuration: 'fullRelease')
  ...
}

And so, in your case, you may use your build flavors, and that's what appeared in the error log.

Cannot choose between the following configurations of project :lp_messaging_sdk

And that's mean, that your lp_messaging_sdk have various build configurations:-

  - debugApiElements
  - debugRuntimeElements
  - releaseApiElements
  - releaseRuntimeElements

And android-studio telling you, that "I can't choose one configuration from these various, Would you define one for me?"

You can read more over here.