How to exclude gradle dependencies

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Volume down apk size with gralde exclude

Why Should I use it?

1. cause of multidex problem
   Some of apps doesn't support multidex option, due to support low version below Lollipop.
   In my case, I was using Facebook SDK to implement social login, but with recent version of SDK, v4.28. My app's method counts was over to 65K. However I was supporting from Kitkat, so I should exclude some libraries not using.
2. To reduce apk size

How can I do that?

1. make configurations blocks with any name and change compile to the name.

configurations {
    test
}

dependencies {
    test (project(':facebook-login'))
}

2. type below codes in terminal

./gradlew app:dependencies --configuration test

3. see dependencies list and exclude group and module like below

dependencies {
    compile (project(':facebook-login')){
        exclude group: 'com.android.support', module: 'support-compat'
        exclude group: 'com.android.support', module: 'support-fragment'
        exclude group: 'com.android.support', module: 'support-media-compat'
        exclude group: 'com.android.support', module: 'support-core-ui'
        exclude group: 'com.android.support', module: 'support-core-utils'
    }
}