Android Studio 3.0 generates flat dependencies tree so how do I read it

Question

Android Studio 3.0 generates flat dependency tree. So how can I figure out which dependency has a transitive dependency I'm looking for ?

For instance there is transitive dependency to support lib 25.3.1 somewhere in my dependencies. Executing androidDependencies task I figured out that some library is using customtabs:25.3.1 but I can not figure out which one because my dependencies tree looks like this:

alphaDebug
alphaDebugCompileClasspath - Dependencies for compilation
+--- com.android.support:multidex:1.0.2@aar
+--- :NyheterCore:lib (variant: debug)
+--- /Users/oleg/Projects/AndroidStudio/Innocode/apps/nyheter-app/NyheterCore/lib/libs/ExpiringMap.jar
+--- com.android.databinding:adapters:1.3.1@aar
+--- com.android.databinding:library:1.3.1@aar
+--- com.android.databinding:baseLibrary:3.0.0@jar
+--- :SwipeToCloseActivity:swipetoclose (variant: debug)
+--- :MediaStorage:lib (variant: debug)
+--- :Skeleton:skeletonlib (variant: debug)
+--- :UtilsLib:lib (variant: debug)
+--- :MediaChooser:lib (variant: debug)
+--- com.trello:rxlifecycle-components:0.6.1@aar
+--- com.android.support:design:26.0.1@aar
+--- com.android.support:appcompat-v7:26.0.1@aar
+--- com.android.support:recyclerview-v7:26.0.1@aar
+--- com.google.android.gms:play-services-ads:11.4.2@aar
+--- com.google.firebase:firebase-messaging:11.4.2@aar
+--- com.google.android.gms:play-services-maps:11.4.2@aar
+--- com.google.android.gms:play-services-ads-lite:11.4.2@aar
+--- com.google.android.gms:play-services-gass:11.4.2@aar
+--- com.google.firebase:firebase-core:11.4.2@aar
+--- com.google.firebase:firebase-analytics:11.4.2@aar
+--- com.google.firebase:firebase-analytics-impl:11.4.2@aar
+--- com.google.firebase:firebase-iid:11.4.2@aar
+--- com.google.firebase:firebase-common:11.4.2@aar
+--- com.google.android.gms:play-services-location:11.4.2@aar
+--- com.google.android.gms:play-services-analytics:11.4.2@aar
+--- com.google.android.gms:play-services-tagmanager-v4-impl:11.4.2@aar
+--- com.google.android.gms:play-services-analytics-impl:11.4.2@aar
+--- com.google.android.gms:play-services-base:11.4.2@aar
+--- com.google.android.gms:play-services-tasks:11.4.2@aar
+--- com.google.android.gms:play-services-basement:11.4.2@aar
+--- com.android.support:transition:26.0.1@aar
+--- com.android.support:support-v4:26.0.1@aar
+--- com.android.support:support-fragment:26.0.1@aar
+--- com.android.support:animated-vector-drawable:26.0.1@aar
+--- com.android.support:support-core-ui:26.0.1@aar
+--- net.openid:appauth:0.7.0@aar
+--- com.android.support:customtabs:25.3.1@aar
+--- com.trello:rxlifecycle:0.6.1@aar
+--- com.jakewharton.rxbinding:rxbinding:0.4.0@aar
+--- com.android.support:support-media-compat:26.0.1@aar
+--- com.android.support:support-core-utils:26.0.1@aar
+--- com.android.support:support-vector-drawable:26.0.1@aar
+--- com.android.support:support-compat:26.0.1@aar
+--- com.android.support:support-annotations:26.0.1@jar
+--- com.crashlytics.sdk.android:crashlytics:2.6.2@aar
+--- com.squareup:otto:1.3.8@jar
+--- com.squareup.retrofit2:converter-gson:2.3.0@jar
+--- com.github.tony19:timber-loggly:1.0.1@jar
+--- com.github.tony19:loggly-client:1.0.3@jar
+--- com.squareup.retrofit:retrofit:1.9.0@jar
+--- com.google.code.gson:gson:2.8.1@jar
+--- com.github.JakeWharton:ViewPagerIndicator:2.4.1@aar
+--- :cxense-insight-2.0.2:@aar
+--- :cxense-content-1.0.1:@aar
+--- com.google.dagger:dagger:2.11@jar
+--- javax.annotation:jsr250-api:1.0@jar
+--- junit:junit:4.12@jar
+--- com.squareup.retrofit2:adapter-rxjava:2.3.0@jar
+--- com.squareup.retrofit2:retrofit:2.3.0@jar
+--- com.squareup.okhttp3:logging-interceptor:3.8.1@jar
+--- io.reactivex:rxandroid:1.2.1@aar
+--- io.reactivex:rxjava:1.3.0@jar
+--- com.nostra13.universalimageloader:universal-image-loader:1.9.4@jar
+--- no.schibstedpayment:SPiD-Android:1.3.10@aar
+--- org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib:1.1.4-3@jar
+--- com.android.support.test.espresso:espresso-idling-resource:2.2.2@aar
+--- com.android.support.constraint:constraint-layout:1.0.2@aar
+--- com.crashlytics.sdk.android:crashlytics-core:2.3.11@aar
+--- com.crashlytics.sdk.android:answers:1.3.9@aar
+--- com.crashlytics.sdk.android:beta:1.2.2@aar
+--- io.fabric.sdk.android:fabric:1.3.13@aar
+--- com.google.android.gms:play-services-ads-license:11.4.2@aar
+--- com.google.firebase:firebase-messaging-license:11.4.2@aar
+--- javax.inject:javax.inject:1@jar
+--- org.hamcrest:hamcrest-core:1.3@jar
+--- com.squareup.picasso:picasso:2.5.2@jar
+--- com.mcxiaoke.volley:library:1.0.19@jar
+--- com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:3.8.1@jar
+--- com.google.android.gms:play-services-maps-license:11.4.2@aar
+--- org.jetbrains:annotations:13.0@jar
+--- com.android.support.constraint:constraint-layout-solver:1.0.2@jar
+--- com.google.android.gms:play-services-ads-lite-license:11.4.2@aar
+--- com.google.android.gms:play-services-basement-license:11.4.2@aar
+--- com.google.android.gms:play-services-gass-license:11.4.2@aar
+--- com.google.firebase:firebase-analytics-license:11.4.2@aar
+--- com.google.firebase:firebase-iid-license:11.4.2@aar
+--- com.google.firebase:firebase-common-license:11.4.2@aar
+--- com.google.android.gms:play-services-location-license:11.4.2@aar
+--- com.jakewharton.timber:timber:2.5.1@jar
+--- com.google.android.gms:play-services-base-license:11.4.2@aar
+--- com.google.firebase:firebase-analytics-impl-license:11.4.2@aar
+--- com.google.android.gms:play-services-tasks-license:11.4.2@aar
+--- com.google.android.gms:play-services-analytics-license:11.4.2@aar
+--- com.google.android.gms:play-services-analytics-impl-license:11.4.2@aar
+--- com.google.android.gms:play-services-tagmanager-v4-impl-license:11.4.2@aar
\--- com.squareup.okio:okio:1.13.0@jar

Answer 1

I hit the exact same issue, pretty frustrating. I found the only solution was to run gradle dependencies or gradle dependencyInsight from an outside terminal. For example:

./gradlew :your-module-name:dependencies

Or if you know which dependency you want to look at, like in your case:

./gradlew :your-module-name:dependencyInsight --configuration=alphaDebugCompileClasspath --dependency=customtabs

Hope it helps!

Answer 2

./gradlew app:androidDependencies generates flat dependencies

./gradlew app:dependencies generates tree so use this one.