What's the difference between implementation, api and compile in Gradle?

Gradle

What’s the difference between implementation, api and compile (compileOnly, runtimeOnly, testImplementation, testCompileOnly, testRuntimeOnly) in Gradle?

Name	Role	Consumable?	Resolveable?	Description
api	Declaring API dependencies	no	no	This is where you should declare dependencies which are transitively exported to consumers, for compile.
implementation	Declaring implementation dependencies	no	no	This is where you should declare dependencies which are purely internal and not meant to be exposed to consumers.
compileOnly	Declaring compileOnly dependencies	yes	yes	This is where you should declare dependencies which are only required at compile time, but should not leak into the runtime. This typically includes dependencies which are shaded when found at runtime.
runtimeOnly	Declaring runtime dependencies	no	no	This is where you should declare dependencies which are only required at runtime, and not at compile time.
testImplementation	Test dependencies	no	no	This is where you should declare dependencies which are used to compile tests.
testCompileOnly	Declaring test compile only dependencies	yes	yes	This is where you should declare dependencies which are only required at test compile time, but should not leak into the runtime. This typically includes dependencies which are shaded when found at runtime.
testRuntimeOnly	Declaring test runtime dependencies	no	no	This is where you should declare dependencies which are only required at test runtime, and not at test compile time.

References

• https://stackoverflow.com/a/55593434