Excluding dependencies in Gradle

This is the way that use to exclude some transitive dependency.

compile('com.facebook.android:facebook-android-sdk:4.22.0') {
        exclude group: 'com.android.support', module: 'support-v4'
        exclude group: 'com.android.support', module: 'appcompat-v7'
}

compile('com.facebook.android:facebook-android-sdk:4.22.0') {

exclude group: 'com.android.support', module: 'support-v4'

exclude group: 'com.android.support', module: 'appcompat-v7'

}

When come to project type dependency this is the way.

compile (project(':library:view_pager_indicator')) {
        exclude group: 'com.android.support', module: 'support-v4'
        exclude group: 'com.android.support', module: 'appcompat-v7'
}

compile (project(':library:view_pager_indicator')) {

exclude group: 'com.android.support', module: 'support-v4'

exclude group: 'com.android.support', module: 'appcompat-v7'

}

Keep in mind the additional brackets around project. (project(':library:view_pager_indicator'))