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Should I be worried about JCenter being deprecated?
Why should I migrate my libraries from JCenter to other Maven repositories?
Can I continue to use jcenter() in my Gradle build script?
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The Gradle Build Init plugin produces build templates that use the JCenter repository to resolve dependencies. In many code examples and documentation, JCenter is used as an example repository. It's very likely that you have builds that rely on JCenter.
jCenter is the public repository hosted at bintray that is free to use for open source library publishers. It is the largest repository in the world for Java and Android OSS libraries, packages and components. All the content in JCenter is served over a CDN, with a secure HTTPS connection.
To fully migrate away from jcenter() , all we need to do is replace all jcenter() occurrences with mavenCentral() in all build. gradle files. This will ensure all dependencies for every build type are downloaded again.
Jcenter() being replaced in mavenCentral() for gradle - by May 1, 2021 - Java - Chief Delphi.
The jcenter () method will be removed in the next major release. Gradle has no inherent tie to JCenter or Maven Central, so you can always switch to any other repository of your choice.
JFrog, the company that maintains the JCenter artifact repository used by many Android projects, made JCenter a read-only repository on March 31st, 2021. According to the announcement , JCenter will allow downloads of existing artifacts indefinitely.
JCenter service update JFrog, the company that maintains the JCenter artifact repository used by many Android projects, made JCenter a read-only repository on March 31st, 2021. According to the announcement, JCenter will allow downloads of existing artifacts indefinitely.
Gradle 7.0 will also deprecate the use of jcenter () to resolve dependencies. You will still be able to use JCenter as a repository, but Gradle will emit a deprecation warning. The jcenter () method will be removed in the next major release.
Replace
jcenter()
with this:
mavenCentral()
jcenter() will not work anymore.According to this Gradle blog post:
Gradle 7.0 will deprecate the use of
jcenter()to resolve dependencies.
You will still be able to use JCenter as a repository, but Gradle will emit a warning.
Thejcenter()method will be removed in the next major release.Gradle has no inherent tie to JCenter or Maven Central, so you can always switch to any other repository of your choice.
And according to Android Developers:
JFrog, the company that maintains the JCenter artifact repository used by many Android projects, recently announced the deprecation and upcoming retirement of JCenter.
According to the announcement, JCenter will allow downloads of existing artifacts until February 1, 2022.Developers who publish artifacts on JCenter should start migrating packages to a new host, such as Maven Central.
So, just make sure that the authors provide their library in other repositories and then update your build scripts to enable downloading from those repositories.
For example, in Gradle use mavenCentral() function to enable getting dependencies from Maven Central repository.
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The latest update as mentioned here in JFrog's website is the following:
UPDATE 4/27/2021: We listened to the community and will keep JCenter as a read-only repository indefinitely. Our customers and the community can continue to rely on JCenter as a reliable mirror for Java packages.
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