WHY is it so hard to get a kotlin file working in ...

# intellij

[Vishnu Shrikar]

WHY is it so hard to get a kotlin file working in a java project?

THE instructions just state "just add the file and well handle the rest"

But in reality all that is handled is nothing and instead of getting a working kotlin file i get useless crap like "There arent any configurators available"

LIKE cmon what the hell is going on?

I have googled, tried invalidating the caches, no dice, adding the kotlin gradle to the classpath, no dice

So much for interop right?

[Chris Lee]

You haven’t indicated what instructions you’re following, how your project configuration looks like or what errors you’ve encountered.
Typically, for a Gradle build, you turn it into a Kotlin project (apply Kotlin plugin) which implicitly supports Java source alongside; IntelliJ pulls that configuration in.

[Vishnu Shrikar]

https://kotlinlang.org/docs/mixing-java-kotlin-intellij.html#converting-an-existing-java-file-to-kotlin-with-j2k

[Vishnu Shrikar]

When I attempt to configure the project via the tool window, it just says "There arent any configurators available"

[Jacob]

As Chris said. This depends on how the project is being built. Most real world projects are using a tool other than what is built into intellij, ie maven or gradle. If that's the case for you than you're following the wrong instructions

[Vishnu Shrikar]

Yeah I was using gradle. Turns out you have to apply the plugin at the project level essentially turning it into a Kotlin project. This is different from the project style that something visual studio uses. I was trying to do this on modules and that is #notright

[Vishnu Shrikar]

Thanks Chris, your answer helped a lot