how do i set up modules in IntelliJ ? I rightclick...
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10/22/2019, 10:11 AMhow do i set up modules in IntelliJ ? I rightclicked the mainproject and added a module from there but the module has no source folder by default and when I create it manually it doesnt give me the presets for creating kotlin files ect (and when i create those manually as well i dont have any syntax highlighting, code completion ect)
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eekboom
10/22/2019, 10:14 AMDid you select “Kotlin” type when you added the module?
Maybe even better: Take a step back and explain what you are trying to do. If I just want to quick start a simple Kotlin app for experimentation, I usually do “gradle init --type=kotlin-application”
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10/22/2019, 10:15 AMi selected Gradle -> Kotlin/JVM as the project type as i always do when creating a new project
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10/22/2019, 10:16 AMi am working on something like a chat software (e.g. discord) where i have a server and a client which share some resources
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10/22/2019, 10:17 AMso i want to create a root project which contains the shared resources and 2 modules (client and server)
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10/22/2019, 10:18 AMi'd prefer not to use command line as i am a beginner and highly prefer using IntelliJ's UI
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eekboom
10/22/2019, 10:19 AMWhen you have a gradle project, IDEA will not help you to create a new module, AFAIK.
Create a new directory for your new module, create a build.gradle(.kts) in that module, include the new module in your settings.xml and re-import into IDEA.
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LastExceed
10/22/2019, 10:20 AMit does
https://i.imgur.com/M7QFJ3l.png▾
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10/22/2019, 10:21 AMit creates the folder and the build.grade file inside it
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eekboom
10/22/2019, 10:23 AMWell, live and learn.
eekboom
10/22/2019, 10:23 AMHave you tried if re-importing the gradle project helps?
eekboom
10/22/2019, 10:24 AMI meant that I consider myself quite knowledgeable in everything IDEA, but did not know that.
eekboom
10/22/2019, 10:24 AMDid IDEA also change the settings.gradle?
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10/22/2019, 10:25 AMyes, it added a line
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10/22/2019, 10:27 AMand no, reimporting doesnt help either
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eekboom
10/22/2019, 10:42 AMOk, I just tried it:
Strangely, IDEA briefly modifier the settings.gradle, but then removed the line again. I re-added it, re-imported and then got an error because IDEA added the version info to the plugin declaration in the new submodule:
id ‘org.jetbrains.kotlin.jvm’ version ‘1.3.50’
That does not work of course, because the version is already set in the root project.
I removed that version and re-imported and everything seems to work.
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LastExceed
10/22/2019, 11:03 AMi too had the problem with the version and aready figured out how to fix it, but unfortunately that doesnt fix the mising kotlin ide integration#
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eekboom
10/22/2019, 1:55 PMHm, strange. And you are sure that you created the correct folder structure “server/src/main/kotlin”?
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10/23/2019, 5:59 AMi went to bed and the next morning it just worked without changing anything ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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