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I'm trying to manage my build variants to minimize compilation for modules that don't need to use the specific Variant and to also have minimal variants for the set module.

Suppose I have Build Flavors in my Network Module for different BASE_URL then it is implemented by a Repository Module which only needs the default Build Variants. The Repository Module is then implemented by the App Module with the same BuildFlavors from Network Module for other purposes (e.g. package name, firebase google-services).

The problem arises here. The Repository Module cannot resolve the Network Module due to the BuildFlavors so I implemented missingDimensionStrategy with the defined flavors in the Network Module so the problem is resolved.

The next problem is when selecting Build Variants. Network Module Build Variant will not match the App Module Build Variant unless it is the first requested value in missingDimensionStrategy. If you manually change the Network Module to match the App Module Variant, the IDE will warn about variant selection conflicts wherein the Repository Module expects a different BuildVariant. If you Sync Gradle, you can see that the BuildVariants will be defaulted to the ones Gradle expects.

I have attached a sample project for you to check out this behavior. I didn't proceed with this since I'm worried that it might compile the wrong variant especially since I'm using Gradle Caching.

Studio Build: Build #AI-242.23339.11.2421.12550806

Version of Gradle Plugin: 8.7.2

Version of Gradle: 8.7.2

OS: Windows 11 Pro 23H2 22631.4460