WARNING: API 'variant.getExternalNativeBuildTasks()' is obsolete and has been replaced with 'variant.getExternalNativeBuildProviders()'

Question

Unable to resolve this warning. How can I resolve this?

 variant.getExternalNativeBuildTasks()' is obsolete and has been replaced with 
 variant.getExternalNativeBuildProviders()

Answer 1

Just update Fabric gradle plugin to 1.28.0

dependencies {
   classpath 'io.fabric.tools:gradle:1.28.0'
}

Answer 2

Add this android.debug.obsoleteApi=true to the gradle.properties file. And make gradle clean, sync and then build an APK. Worked for me. I have Android Studio 3.3 and Gradle version 4.10.1.

For more information check this link out: Android Gradle plugin release notes.

I agree with other contributors: Fabric causes this error.

UPDATE

Check Valdislav Panchenko's answer:

Now you can just update your Fabric plugin to 1.28.0 as follows:

dependencies {
   classpath 'io.fabric.tools:gradle:1.28.0'
}

Answer 3

Most likely it's caused by Fabric's plugin needed for Crashlytics.

Commenting out apply plugin: 'io.fabric' resolves the issue. So the only option is to wait until Google devs will fix Fabric's plugin.