How to add dependency which has type zip in build .gradle file

Please don't cross-post to multiple channels, that wastes the time of anyone reading the message multiple times and splits discussions. Pick one appropriate channel according to name and subject and at most post a link in other channels if you really feel you need more attention. Regarding the question, most probably what you want is

@zip

to actually ignore the POM and just get the artifact with

zip

extension.