Template for android build.gradle including my most used dependencies, settings and plugins

build.gradle

//buildscript {
//  dependencies {
//     classpath 'me.tatarka:gradle-retrolambda:+' // Lambda support on android
//  }
//}
//apply plugin: 'retrolambda'

android {
    //compileOptions {
    //    sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
    //    targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
    //}
}

dependencies {
    // OFFICIAL SUPPORT LIBRARIES
    //compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:+'      // Appcompat libraries for eg. v7.widget.Toolbar and AppCompat Themes
    //compile 'com.android.support:cardview-v7:+'       // Appcompat .v7.widget.CardView
    //compile 'com.android.support:recyclerview-v7:+'   // Appcompat .v7.widget.RecyclerView
    //compile 'com.android.support:gridlayout-v7:+'
    //compile 'com.android.support:leanback-v17:+'
    //compile 'com.android.support:mediarouter-v7:+'
    //compile 'com.android.support:palette-v7:+'
    //compile 'com.android.support:support-annotations:+'
    //compile 'com.android.support:support-v13:+'
    //compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:+'        // Support libraries for compat fragments/ActionBarActivity


    // SAINT JAKE OF ANDROID
    //compile 'com.jakewharton.timber:timber:+'         // Nicer logger 
    //compile 'com.jakewharton:butterknife:+'           // UI View injection library

    // SQUARE
    //compile 'com.squareup.okhttp:okhttp:+'            // OkHttp HTTP & SPDY Client
    //compile 'com.squareup.okhttp:okhttp-urlconnection:+' // OkHttp drop in replacement for java.net.HttpURLConnection
    //compile 'com.squareup.retrofit:retrofit:+'        // A type-safe REST client for Android and Java
    //compile 'com.squareup.dagger:dagger:+'
    //compile 'com.squareup.picasso:picasso:+'

    // MISC
    //compile 'com.google.code.gson:gson:+'             // A Java library to convert JSON to Java objects and vice-versa
    //compile 'joda-time:joda-time:+'                   // Nicer Java date and time API
    //compile 'io.reactivex:rxandroid:+'                // Reactive eXtensions for android
    //compile 'se.lightside.placeholder:placeholder:+'  // My own UI widget placeholder library for quicker UI mocking up
    //compile 'com.astuetz:pagerslidingtabstrip:+'      // Tabs


    // REPORTING / ANALYTICS
    //compile 'com.crashlytics.android:crashlytics:+'   // Crashlytics crash-reporting library. Usually installed by the Crashlytics plugin

    // TESTING 
    //androidTestCompile 'com.squareup.assertj:assertj-android:+'   // Nicer assertions for Unit tests
}