gradle difference between testRuntime and testProvided

Question

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In gradle, there are several configurations provided out of the box. For example testCompile, testProvided, testRuntime, javaCompile, javaProvided, and so on...

Could you explain what's the difference?

Answer 1

Configurations allow you to scope dependencies. Given this configuration hierarchy:

testRuntime -> testCompile -> runtime -> compile

Each configuration helps you limit where your dependencies are. *Runtime configurations allow you to include a dependency, but not have it as a compile dependency. This is helpful when you want to keep a framework loosely coupled from a project. A runtime dependency means that you need it for the app to run, but don't need it to compile.

The same thing applies for the test* configurations.

Ref:

• Gradle Docs - Dependency configurations