Gradle task or method to find resolved version of the dynamic dependency

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If I have a a dynamic dependency included as "org.apache.commons:commons-lang3:3+";

I am looking for gradle task or groovy method (i.e. programatic way) to find the actual version that it resolves to during build process e.g. 3+ resolved to 3.7

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Firstly you can determine this from the command-line by doing something like

./gradlew dependencies --configuration=compile

(Substitute compile with the configuration of your choice).

To determine programmatically what it will be, you are required to resolve the configuration. So a simple way would be to do

project.configurations.getByName('WHATEVER').files.find { it.name.startsWith('commons-lang') }

or you could do

project.configurations.getByName('WHATEVER').resolvedConfiguration.resolvedArtifacts
    .find { name == 'commons-lang }.moduleVersion.id.version
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@Schalk_Cronje What is the “WHATEVER” ? Also I think you miss the ' on the second part, after commons-lang.
Also, suppose I’m the developer of the library that is being used as dependency.
How can I get this version at runtime?
Can I force a gradle task to be used to get the dependency version, and then put it on some global variable that I can reach via Java/Kotlin?

If it’s unclear, suppose I make an Android library called “mySdk”, and I publish it on Jitpack/Maven.

The user of the SDK would use it by adding just the dependency of :

implementation 'com.github.my-sdk:MySdk:1.0.1'

What I’d like to get is the “1.0.1” part from it, whether I do it from within the Android library itself (can be useful to send to the SDK-server which version is used), or from the app that uses it (can be useful to report about specific issues).

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Just add the version to your library at build time, for example as generated properties file with a class that reads it from the file, then you and your consumers can simply ask that class for the version.