build-info: AmbiguousVariantSelectionException with Android Gradle 3.0

Since upgrading to Android Gradle 3.0 (actually 3.0.1) with Gradle 4.3 we are not getting dependencies anymore.

The build info is not showing any dependencies. When doing the artifactoryPublish with --debug we see the following error occur (might be the issue?):

18:00:31 17:00:31.976 [DEBUG] [org.gradle.internal.component.model.ComponentAttributeMatcher] Selected matches [configuration ':library1:releaseApiElements' variant android-aidl, configuration ':library1:releaseApiElements' variant android-classes, configuration ':library1:releaseApiElements' variant android-manifest, configuration ':library1:releaseApiElements' variant android-renderscript, configuration ':library1:releaseApiElements' variant jar] from candidates [configuration ':library1:releaseApiElements' variant android-aidl, configuration ':library1:releaseApiElements' variant android-classes, configuration ':library1:releaseApiElements' variant android-manifest, configuration ':library1:releaseApiElements' variant android-renderscript, configuration ':library1:releaseApiElements' variant jar] for {branding=appBranding, com.android.build.api.attributes.BuildTypeAttr=release, com.android.build.gradle.internal.dependency.AndroidTypeAttr=Aar, org.gradle.api.attributes.Usage=java-api}
18:00:31 17:00:31.978 [DEBUG] [org.gradle.internal.component.model.ComponentAttributeMatcher] Selected matches [configuration ':library2:releaseApiElements' variant android-aidl, configuration ':library2:releaseApiElements' variant android-classes, configuration ':library2:releaseApiElements' variant android-manifest, configuration ':library2:releaseApiElements' variant android-renderscript, configuration ':library2:releaseApiElements' variant jar] from candidates [configuration ':library2:releaseApiElements' variant android-aidl, configuration ':library2:releaseApiElements' variant android-classes, configuration ':library2:releaseApiElements' variant android-manifest, configuration ':library2:releaseApiElements' variant android-renderscript, configuration ':library2:releaseApiElements' variant jar] for {branding=appBranding, com.android.build.api.attributes.BuildTypeAttr=release, com.android.build.gradle.internal.dependency.AndroidTypeAttr=Aar, org.gradle.api.attributes.Usage=java-api}
18:00:31 17:00:31.978 [DEBUG] [org.gradle.internal.component.model.ComponentAttributeMatcher] Selected match at.iaik:cms:5.1 configuration default from candidates [at.iaik:cms:5.1 configuration default] for {branding=appBranding, com.android.build.api.attributes.BuildTypeAttr=release, com.android.build.gradle.internal.dependency.AndroidTypeAttr=Aar, org.gradle.api.attributes.Usage=java-api}
18:00:31 17:00:31.978 [DEBUG] [org.gradle.internal.component.model.ComponentAttributeMatcher] Selected match at.iaik:jce_full:5.3 configuration default from candidates [at.iaik:jce_full:5.3 configuration default] for {branding=appBranding, com.android.build.api.attributes.BuildTypeAttr=release, com.android.build.gradle.internal.dependency.AndroidTypeAttr=Aar, org.gradle.api.attributes.Usage=java-api}
18:00:31 17:00:31.978 [DEBUG] [org.gradle.internal.component.model.ComponentAttributeMatcher] Selected match at.iaik:pki_module:0.10 configuration default from candidates [at.iaik:pki_module:0.10 configuration default] for {branding=appBranding, com.android.build.api.attributes.BuildTypeAttr=release, com.android.build.gradle.internal.dependency.AndroidTypeAttr=Aar, org.gradle.api.attributes.Usage=java-api}
18:00:31 17:00:31.979 [DEBUG] [org.gradle.internal.component.model.ComponentAttributeMatcher] Selected match com.android.support:support-v4:26.0.2 configuration default from candidates [com.android.support:support-v4:26.0.2 configuration default] for {branding=appBranding, com.android.build.api.attributes.BuildTypeAttr=release, com.android.build.gradle.internal.dependency.AndroidTypeAttr=Aar, org.gradle.api.attributes.Usage=java-api}
18:00:31 17:00:31.979 [DEBUG] [org.gradle.internal.component.model.ComponentAttributeMatcher] Selected match com.android.support:support-media-compat:26.0.2 configuration runtime from candidates [com.android.support:support-media-compat:26.0.2 configuration runtime] for {branding=appBranding, com.android.build.api.attributes.BuildTypeAttr=release, com.android.build.gradle.internal.dependency.AndroidTypeAttr=Aar, org.gradle.api.attributes.Usage=java-api}
18:00:31 17:00:31.979 [DEBUG] [org.gradle.internal.component.model.ComponentAttributeMatcher] Selected match com.android.support:support-fragment:26.0.2 configuration runtime from candidates [com.android.support:support-fragment:26.0.2 configuration runtime] for {branding=appBranding, com.android.build.api.attributes.BuildTypeAttr=release, com.android.build.gradle.internal.dependency.AndroidTypeAttr=Aar, org.gradle.api.attributes.Usage=java-api}
18:00:31 17:00:31.979 [DEBUG] [org.gradle.internal.component.model.ComponentAttributeMatcher] Selected match com.android.support:support-core-utils:26.0.2 configuration runtime from candidates [com.android.support:support-core-utils:26.0.2 configuration runtime] for {branding=appBranding, com.android.build.api.attributes.BuildTypeAttr=release, com.android.build.gradle.internal.dependency.AndroidTypeAttr=Aar, org.gradle.api.attributes.Usage=java-api}
18:00:31 17:00:31.979 [DEBUG] [org.gradle.internal.component.model.ComponentAttributeMatcher] Selected match com.android.support:support-core-ui:26.0.2 configuration runtime from candidates [com.android.support:support-core-ui:26.0.2 configuration runtime] for {branding=appBranding, com.android.build.api.attributes.BuildTypeAttr=release, com.android.build.gradle.internal.dependency.AndroidTypeAttr=Aar, org.gradle.api.attributes.Usage=java-api}
18:00:31 17:00:31.979 [DEBUG] [org.gradle.internal.component.model.ComponentAttributeMatcher] Selected match com.android.support:support-compat:26.0.2 configuration runtime from candidates [com.android.support:support-compat:26.0.2 configuration runtime] for {branding=appBranding, com.android.build.api.attributes.BuildTypeAttr=release, com.android.build.gradle.internal.dependency.AndroidTypeAttr=Aar, org.gradle.api.attributes.Usage=java-api}
18:00:31 17:00:31.979 [DEBUG] [org.gradle.internal.component.model.ComponentAttributeMatcher] Selected match com.android.support:support-annotations:26.0.2 configuration default from candidates [com.android.support:support-annotations:26.0.2 configuration default] for {branding=appBranding, com.android.build.api.attributes.BuildTypeAttr=release, com.android.build.gradle.internal.dependency.AndroidTypeAttr=Aar, org.gradle.api.attributes.Usage=java-api}
18:00:31 17:00:31.979 [DEBUG] [org.gradle.internal.component.model.ComponentAttributeMatcher] Selected match com.android.support:support-annotations:26.0.2 configuration runtime from candidates [com.android.support:support-annotations:26.0.2 configuration runtime] for {branding=appBranding, com.android.build.api.attributes.BuildTypeAttr=release, com.android.build.gradle.internal.dependency.AndroidTypeAttr=Aar, org.gradle.api.attributes.Usage=java-api}
18:00:31 17:00:31.979 [DEBUG] [org.gradle.internal.component.model.ComponentAttributeMatcher] Selected match com.google.guava:guava:20.0 configuration default from candidates [com.google.guava:guava:20.0 configuration default] for {branding=appBranding, com.android.build.api.attributes.BuildTypeAttr=release, com.android.build.gradle.internal.dependency.AndroidTypeAttr=Aar, org.gradle.api.attributes.Usage=java-api}
18:00:31 17:00:31.979 [DEBUG] [org.gradle.internal.component.model.ComponentAttributeMatcher] Selected match com.squareup.okhttp3:logging-interceptor:3.9.1 configuration default from candidates [com.squareup.okhttp3:logging-interceptor:3.9.1 configuration default] for {branding=appBranding, com.android.build.api.attributes.BuildTypeAttr=release, com.android.build.gradle.internal.dependency.AndroidTypeAttr=Aar, org.gradle.api.attributes.Usage=java-api}
18:00:31 17:00:31.979 [DEBUG] [org.gradle.internal.component.model.ComponentAttributeMatcher] Selected match com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:3.9.1 configuration default from candidates [com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:3.9.1 configuration default] for {branding=appBranding, com.android.build.api.attributes.BuildTypeAttr=release, com.android.build.gradle.internal.dependency.AndroidTypeAttr=Aar, org.gradle.api.attributes.Usage=java-api}
18:00:31 17:00:31.979 [DEBUG] [org.gradle.internal.component.model.ComponentAttributeMatcher] Selected match com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:3.9.1 configuration runtime from candidates [com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:3.9.1 configuration runtime] for {branding=appBranding, com.android.build.api.attributes.BuildTypeAttr=release, com.android.build.gradle.internal.dependency.AndroidTypeAttr=Aar, org.gradle.api.attributes.Usage=java-api}
18:00:31 17:00:31.980 [DEBUG] [org.gradle.internal.component.model.ComponentAttributeMatcher] Selected match com.squareup.okio:okio:1.13.0 configuration default from candidates [com.squareup.okio:okio:1.13.0 configuration default] for {branding=appBranding, com.android.build.api.attributes.BuildTypeAttr=release, com.android.build.gradle.internal.dependency.AndroidTypeAttr=Aar, org.gradle.api.attributes.Usage=java-api}
18:00:31 17:00:31.980 [DEBUG] [org.gradle.internal.component.model.ComponentAttributeMatcher] Selected match com.squareup.okio:okio:1.13.0 configuration runtime from candidates [com.squareup.okio:okio:1.13.0 configuration runtime] for {branding=appBranding, com.android.build.api.attributes.BuildTypeAttr=release, com.android.build.gradle.internal.dependency.AndroidTypeAttr=Aar, org.gradle.api.attributes.Usage=java-api}
18:00:31 17:00:31.980 [DEBUG] [org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor] Build operation 'Resolve files of :app:appBrandingReleaseCompileClasspath' started
18:00:31 17:00:31.980 [DEBUG] [org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor] Completing Build operation 'Resolve files of :app:appBrandingReleaseCompileClasspath'
18:00:31 17:00:31.980 [ERROR] [org.jfrog.gradle.plugin.artifactory.extractor.GradleBuildInfoExtractor] Error during extraction: 
18:00:31 org.gradle.api.artifacts.ResolveException: Could not resolve all dependencies for configuration ':app:appBrandingReleaseCompileClasspath'.
18:00:31 	at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ivyservice.ErrorHandlingConfigurationResolver.wrapException(ErrorHandlingConfigurationResolver.java:96)
18:00:31 	at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ivyservice.ErrorHandlingConfigurationResolver.access$000(ErrorHandlingConfigurationResolver.java:45)
18:00:31 	at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ivyservice.ErrorHandlingConfigurationResolver$ErrorHandlingResolvedConfiguration.getResolvedArtifacts(ErrorHandlingConfigurationResolver.java:298)
18:00:31 	at org.jfrog.gradle.plugin.artifactory.extractor.GradleBuildInfoExtractor.calculateDependencies(GradleBuildInfoExtractor.java:329)
18:00:31 	at org.jfrog.gradle.plugin.artifactory.extractor.GradleBuildInfoExtractor.extractModule(GradleBuildInfoExtractor.java:292)
18:00:31 	at org.jfrog.gradle.plugin.artifactory.extractor.GradleBuildInfoExtractor.extract(GradleBuildInfoExtractor.java:118)
18:00:31 	at org.jfrog.gradle.plugin.artifactory.task.BuildInfoBaseTask.prepareAndDeploy(BuildInfoBaseTask.java:486)
18:00:31 	at org.jfrog.gradle.plugin.artifactory.task.BuildInfoBaseTask.collectProjectBuildInfo(BuildInfoBaseTask.java:129)
18:00:31 	at org.jfrog.gradle.plugin.artifactory.task.BuildInfoBaseTask.taskAction(BuildInfoBaseTask.java:116)
18:00:31 	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
18:00:31 	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
18:00:31 	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
18:00:31 	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
18:00:31 	at org.gradle.internal.reflect.JavaMethod.invoke(JavaMethod.java:73)
18:00:31 	at org.gradle.api.internal.project.taskfactory.StandardTaskAction.doExecute(StandardTaskAction.java:46)
18:00:31 	at org.gradle.api.internal.project.taskfactory.StandardTaskAction.execute(StandardTaskAction.java:39)
18:00:31 	at org.gradle.api.internal.project.taskfactory.StandardTaskAction.execute(StandardTaskAction.java:26)
18:00:31 	at org.gradle.api.internal.AbstractTask$TaskActionWrapper.execute(AbstractTask.java:784)
18:00:31 	at org.gradle.api.internal.AbstractTask$TaskActionWrapper.execute(AbstractTask.java:751)
18:00:31 	at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter$1.run(ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.java:121)
18:00:31 	at org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor$RunnableBuildOperationWorker.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:336)
18:00:31 	at org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor$RunnableBuildOperationWorker.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:328)
18:00:31 	at org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:199)
18:00:31 	at org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.run(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:110)
18:00:31 	at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.executeAction(ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.java:110)
18:00:31 	at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.executeActions(ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.java:92)
18:00:31 	at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.execute(ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.java:70)
18:00:31 	at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.OutputDirectoryCreatingTaskExecuter.execute(OutputDirectoryCreatingTaskExecuter.java:51)
18:00:31 	at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.SkipUpToDateTaskExecuter.execute(SkipUpToDateTaskExecuter.java:62)
18:00:31 	at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ResolveTaskOutputCachingStateExecuter.execute(ResolveTaskOutputCachingStateExecuter.java:54)
18:00:31 	at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ValidatingTaskExecuter.execute(ValidatingTaskExecuter.java:60)
18:00:31 	at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.SkipEmptySourceFilesTaskExecuter.execute(SkipEmptySourceFilesTaskExecuter.java:97)
18:00:31 	at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.CleanupStaleOutputsExecuter.execute(CleanupStaleOutputsExecuter.java:87)
18:00:31 	at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ResolveTaskArtifactStateTaskExecuter.execute(ResolveTaskArtifactStateTaskExecuter.java:52)
18:00:31 	at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.SkipTaskWithNoActionsExecuter.execute(SkipTaskWithNoActionsExecuter.java:52)
18:00:31 	at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.SkipOnlyIfTaskExecuter.execute(SkipOnlyIfTaskExecuter.java:54)
18:00:31 	at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ExecuteAtMostOnceTaskExecuter.execute(ExecuteAtMostOnceTaskExecuter.java:43)
18:00:31 	at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.CatchExceptionTaskExecuter.execute(CatchExceptionTaskExecuter.java:34)
18:00:31 	at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskGraphExecuter$EventFiringTaskWorker$1.run(DefaultTaskGraphExecuter.java:248)
18:00:31 	at org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor$RunnableBuildOperationWorker.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:336)
18:00:31 	at org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor$RunnableBuildOperationWorker.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:328)
18:00:31 	at org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:199)
18:00:31 	at org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.run(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:110)
18:00:31 	at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskGraphExecuter$EventFiringTaskWorker.execute(DefaultTaskGraphExecuter.java:241)
18:00:31 	at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskGraphExecuter$EventFiringTaskWorker.execute(DefaultTaskGraphExecuter.java:230)
18:00:31 	at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskPlanExecutor$TaskExecutorWorker.processTask(DefaultTaskPlanExecutor.java:123)
18:00:31 	at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskPlanExecutor$TaskExecutorWorker.access$200(DefaultTaskPlanExecutor.java:79)
18:00:31 	at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskPlanExecutor$TaskExecutorWorker$1.execute(DefaultTaskPlanExecutor.java:104)
18:00:31 	at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskPlanExecutor$TaskExecutorWorker$1.execute(DefaultTaskPlanExecutor.java:98)
18:00:31 	at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskExecutionPlan.execute(DefaultTaskExecutionPlan.java:626)
18:00:31 	at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskExecutionPlan.executeWithTask(DefaultTaskExecutionPlan.java:581)
18:00:31 	at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskPlanExecutor$TaskExecutorWorker.run(DefaultTaskPlanExecutor.java:98)
18:00:31 	at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.ExecutorPolicy$CatchAndRecordFailures.onExecute(ExecutorPolicy.java:63)
18:00:31 	at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.ManagedExecutorImpl$1.run(ManagedExecutorImpl.java:46)
18:00:31 	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142)
18:00:31 	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617)
18:00:31 	at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.ThreadFactoryImpl$ManagedThreadRunnable.run(ThreadFactoryImpl.java:55)
18:00:31 	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)
18:00:31 Caused by: org.gradle.internal.component.AmbiguousVariantSelectionException: More than one variant of project :library1 matches the consumer attributes:
18:00:31   - Configuration ':library1:releaseApiElements' variant android-aidl:
18:00:31       - Found artifactType 'android-aidl' but wasn't required.
18:00:31       - Required branding 'appBranding' but no value provided.
18:00:31       - Required com.android.build.api.attributes.BuildTypeAttr 'release' and found compatible value 'release'.
18:00:31       - Required com.android.build.gradle.internal.dependency.AndroidTypeAttr 'Aar' and found compatible value 'Aar'.
18:00:31       - Found com.android.build.gradle.internal.dependency.VariantAttr 'release' but wasn't required.
18:00:31       - Required org.gradle.api.attributes.Usage 'java-api' and found compatible value 'java-api'.
18:00:31   - Configuration ':library1:releaseApiElements' variant android-classes:
18:00:31       - Found artifactType 'android-classes' but wasn't required.
18:00:31       - Required branding 'appBranding' but no value provided.
18:00:31       - Required com.android.build.api.attributes.BuildTypeAttr 'release' and found compatible value 'release'.
18:00:31       - Required com.android.build.gradle.internal.dependency.AndroidTypeAttr 'Aar' and found compatible value 'Aar'.
18:00:31       - Found com.android.build.gradle.internal.dependency.VariantAttr 'release' but wasn't required.
18:00:31       - Required org.gradle.api.attributes.Usage 'java-api' and found compatible value 'java-api'.
18:00:31   - Configuration ':library1:releaseApiElements' variant android-manifest:
18:00:31       - Found artifactType 'android-manifest' but wasn't required.
18:00:31       - Required branding 'appBranding' but no value provided.
18:00:31       - Required com.android.build.api.attributes.BuildTypeAttr 'release' and found compatible value 'release'.
18:00:31       - Required com.android.build.gradle.internal.dependency.AndroidTypeAttr 'Aar' and found compatible value 'Aar'.
18:00:31       - Found com.android.build.gradle.internal.dependency.VariantAttr 'release' but wasn't required.
18:00:31       - Required org.gradle.api.attributes.Usage 'java-api' and found compatible value 'java-api'.
18:00:31   - Configuration ':library1:releaseApiElements' variant android-renderscript:
18:00:31       - Found artifactType 'android-renderscript' but wasn't required.
18:00:31       - Required branding 'appBranding' but no value provided.
18:00:31       - Required com.android.build.api.attributes.BuildTypeAttr 'release' and found compatible value 'release'.
18:00:31       - Required com.android.build.gradle.internal.dependency.AndroidTypeAttr 'Aar' and found compatible value 'Aar'.
18:00:31       - Found com.android.build.gradle.internal.dependency.VariantAttr 'release' but wasn't required.
18:00:31       - Required org.gradle.api.attributes.Usage 'java-api' and found compatible value 'java-api'.
18:00:31   - Configuration ':library1:releaseApiElements' variant jar:
18:00:31       - Found artifactType 'jar' but wasn't required.
18:00:31       - Required branding 'appBranding' but no value provided.
18:00:31       - Required com.android.build.api.attributes.BuildTypeAttr 'release' and found compatible value 'release'.
18:00:31       - Required com.android.build.gradle.internal.dependency.AndroidTypeAttr 'Aar' and found compatible value 'Aar'.
18:00:31       - Found com.android.build.gradle.internal.dependency.VariantAttr 'release' but wasn't required.
18:00:31       - Required org.gradle.api.attributes.Usage 'java-api' and found compatible value 'java-api'.
18:00:31 	at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.transform.DefaultArtifactTransforms$AttributeMatchingVariantSelector.doSelect(DefaultArtifactTransforms.java:101)
18:00:31 	at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.transform.DefaultArtifactTransforms$AttributeMatchingVariantSelector.select(DefaultArtifactTransforms.java:88)
18:00:31 	at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ivyservice.resolveengine.artifact.DefaultArtifactSet.select(DefaultArtifactSet.java:123)
18:00:31 	at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ivyservice.resolveengine.artifact.DefaultVisitedArtifactResults.select(DefaultVisitedArtifactResults.java:48)
18:00:31 	at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ivyservice.DefaultLenientConfiguration.select(DefaultLenientConfiguration.java:112)
18:00:31 	at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ivyservice.DefaultLenientConfiguration.select(DefaultLenientConfiguration.java:101)
18:00:31 	at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ivyservice.DefaultResolvedConfiguration.getResolvedArtifacts(DefaultResolvedConfiguration.java:78)17:00:31.982 [DEBUG] 

We have a multi module project with kind of following structure (i’ll try to describe as good as possible, can’t give you the project of course and would take some time to construct a sample):

• app (has one flavorDimension and some flavors)
• library1 (does UI stuff)
• library2 (does requests, parsing, holding data)

Working old configuration with Android Gradle 2.3.3 and Gradle 3.3

• library2 has some dependencies (like guava, okhttpclient, …)

  publishNonDefault true
dependencies {
  compile 'com.google.guava:guava:' + rootProject.ext.guavaVersion
  compile 'com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:' + rootProject.ext.OKHttpClientVersion
  compile 'com.squareup.okio:okio:' + rootProject.ext.OKIOVersion
  ...
}

• library1 has dependency to library2

  publishNonDefault true
dependencies {
  releaseCompile project(path: ':library2', configuration: 'release')
  debugCompile project(path: ':library2', configuration: 'debug')
}

• app has dependency to library1

dependencies {
  releaseCompile project(path: ':library1 ', configuration: 'release')
  debugCompile project(path: ':library1 ', configuration: 'debug')
}

Current configuration with Android Gradle 3.0.1 and Gradle 4.3

• library2 has some dependencies (like guava, okhttpclient, …)

dependencies {
  api 'com.google.guava:guava:' + rootProject.ext.guavaVersion
  api 'com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:' + rootProject.ext.OKHttpClientVersion
  api 'com.squareup.okio:okio:' + rootProject.ext.OKIOVersion
  ...
}

• library1 has dependency to library2

dependencies {
  api project(':library2')
}

• app has dependency to library1

dependencies {
  api project(':library1')
}

So we removed publishNonDefault and instead of compile with separate configuration specification we use api as stated by the android documentation. Use variant-aware dependency management

The application builds as expected. So the dependencies seem to be defined correctly, but somehow there is an issue during resolving for build info dependencies.