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I am new to contributing to open source projects. I am working on a project in Android Studio. I updated the gradle tools version to 3.3.0. I found a warning (not an error) that says "API 'variant.getJavaCompile()' is obsolete and has been replaced with 'variant.getJavaCompileProvider()'." However, variant.getJavaCompile() is not explicitly stated in the problem gradle file. I have to find what is calling the method.

I researched the issue and found this link: https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/gradle-plugin?utm_source=android-studio#new_features It explains how the new features of the update effect the gradle.

I also came across this helpful post: WARNING: API 'variant.getJavaCompile()' is obsolete and has been replaced with 'variant.getJavaCompileProvider()' @Ewoks says that we can find it by adding 'android.debug.obsoleteApi=true' to gradle.properties file which will log the error.

I added the snippet to my properties.gradle file then I looked at the logcat in Android Studio. When I run the project, the logcat shows the steps the app is taking to run on my phone, but it doesn't say anything about an obsolete API.

Where do I look to find the log?

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I found the answer by accident. I synced the project again. This time, the warning showed me where to find the obsolete call.

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