How can I force update all the snapshot Gradle dependencies in intellij

Question

I have a project with SNAPSHOT dependencies using gradle as its build tool in intellij.

The problem is that intellij is using SNAPSHOTS that are now outdated.

When I build the project on the command line

gradle build or  gradle clean build --refresh-dependencies 

On command line the latest dependencies are fetched. I also setup my grade file to always download snapshot dependencies according to this answer.

How can I force intellij to download all dependencies?

Answer 1

In IntelliJ 2017.2 you can right-click on the project name in the Gradle Tool Window and select Refresh dependencies from the context menu.

This will refresh all your dependencies, not only the SNAPSHOTS, so it might take a while. I don't know if other versions of IntelliJ also have this feature.

Answer 2

I have run into some very sticky snapshots. There are a few options you can try:

• On the Gradle tab (right side of UI), click the blue circling arrows icon, which should refresh the dependencies (works in most cases)
• If that does not work, try running the gradle command in IntelliJ using the Green "run Gradle command" icon - this runs the command in IntelliJs environment not that of your local machine.
• If both of those fail, you can modify your Gradle resolutionStrategy settings to something like: configurations.all { resolutionStrategy.cacheDynamicVersionsFor 4, 'hours' resolutionStrategy.cacheChangingModulesFor 4, 'hours' } This config change is a last-ditch option and should be used sparingly. It basically tells Gradle to refresh the local cache more often. You should click the IntelliJ Gradle refresh button after making these changes.