# KeepRules

# KeepRules

[View Source](https://cs.android.com/search?q=file:com/android/build/api/dsl/KeepRules.kt+class:com.android.build.api.dsl.KeepRules)  
Added in 7.3.0  

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```
@Incubating
interface KeepRules
```

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DSL object for external library dependencies keep rules configurations.

## Summary

|                             ### Public functions                             |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| [Unit](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-unit/index.html) | `@`[Incubating](https://docs.gradle.org/current/javadoc/org/gradle/api/Incubating.html) ~~[ignoreAllExternalDependencies](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/8.12/com/android/build/api/dsl/KeepRules#ignoreAllExternalDependencies(kotlin.Boolean))~~`(ignore: `[Boolean](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-boolean/index.html)`)` **This function is deprecated.**Renamed to ignoreFromAllExternalDependencies |
| [Unit](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-unit/index.html) | `@`[Incubating](https://docs.gradle.org/current/javadoc/org/gradle/api/Incubating.html) ~~[ignoreExternalDependencies](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/8.12/com/android/build/api/dsl/KeepRules#ignoreExternalDependencies(kotlin.Array))~~`(vararg ids: `[String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)`)` **This function is deprecated.**Renamed to ignoreFrom                              |
| [Unit](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-unit/index.html) | `@`[Incubating](https://docs.gradle.org/current/javadoc/org/gradle/api/Incubating.html) [ignoreFrom](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/8.12/com/android/build/api/dsl/KeepRules#ignoreFrom(kotlin.Array))`(vararg ids: `[String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)`)` Ignore keep rules from listed external dependencies.                                                                   |
| [Unit](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-unit/index.html) | `@`[Incubating](https://docs.gradle.org/current/javadoc/org/gradle/api/Incubating.html) [ignoreFromAllExternalDependencies](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/8.12/com/android/build/api/dsl/KeepRules#ignoreFromAllExternalDependencies(kotlin.Boolean))`(ignore: `[Boolean](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-boolean/index.html)`)` Ignore keep rules from all the external dependencies.                    |

## Public functions

### ignoreAllExternalDependencies

Added in 7.3.0  
Deprecated in 8.4.0  

```
@Incubating
fun [ignoreAllExternalDependencies](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/8.12/com/android/build/api/dsl/KeepRules#ignoreAllExternalDependencies(kotlin.Boolean))(ignore: Boolean): Unit
```
| **This function is deprecated.**   
Renamed to ignoreFromAllExternalDependencies  

### ignoreExternalDependencies

Added in 7.3.0  
Deprecated in 8.4.0  

```
@Incubating
fun [ignoreExternalDependencies](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/8.12/com/android/build/api/dsl/KeepRules#ignoreExternalDependencies(kotlin.Array))(vararg ids: String): Unit
```
| **This function is deprecated.**   
Renamed to ignoreFrom  

### ignoreFrom

Added in 8.4.0  

```
@Incubating
fun ignoreFrom(vararg ids: String): Unit
```

Ignore keep rules from listed external dependencies. External dependencies can be specified via GAV coordinates(e.g. "groupId:artifactId:version") or in the format of "groupId:artifactId" in which case dependencies are ignored as long as they match groupId \& artifactId.  

### ignoreFromAllExternalDependencies

Added in 8.4.0  

```
@Incubating
fun ignoreFromAllExternalDependencies(ignore: Boolean): Unit
```

Ignore keep rules from all the external dependencies.