Why can't I import `com.android.tools.build:builder` artifact into my `buildSrc` to be able to confi...

# android

[hmole]

Why can't I import com.android.tools.build:builder artifact into my buildSrc to be able to configure AGP from kotlin code? Sources compile fine, but the code that references it is all red in IDE. Anyone faced simular issue?

[gildor]

you can do this, probably IDE issue, did you tried to invalidate project cache?

[hmole]

I did. AS 3.4, com.android.builder.core.DefaultProductFlavor still note accesable

[gildor]

Maybe you could try to share sample project

[gildor]

Just realized that you have strange dependency id.
You probably need
com.android.tools.build:gradle not com.android.tools.build:builder

[hmole]

You misunderstood. AGP is composed of multiple artifacts. The ones that expose mutable domain objects(like flavor, buildType, etc) ar in com.android.tools.build:builder jar. But IDE doesn't recognizes it

[gildor]

interesting

[Melih Aksoy]

https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/123032843

There’s a problem with buildSrc in Android Studio, afaik it’s fixed in 3.5 Canary 12. It may be causing the issue.