Hello, I am discovering the new `plugins` declarat...

# gradle

[nuhkoca]

Hello, I am discovering the new plugins declaration. Applying below in the root Gradle file

plugins {
    id("com.android.application") version "7.2" apply false
    id("com.android.library") version "7.2" apply false
}

But I also need to apply Gradle plugin in buildSrc so I have this in there

implementation("com.android.tools.build:gradle:7.2.0")

but then IDE throws an exception

Error resolving plugin [id: ‘com.android.application’, version: ‘7.2.0’, apply: false]

> The request for this plugin could not be satisfied because the plugin is already on the classpath with an unknown version, so compatibility cannot be checked.

How do I have the same plugin works for the both places?

[Vampire]

Just delete it in root build file. As you have apply false it is not applied but only added to class path anyway, so no point in doing it again. Alternatively you could switch from buildSrc to composite build. I think with an included build the compatibility check should work.

[nuhkoca]

Thanks, but I apply them in submodules. Shouldn't I keep them in the root file?

[Vampire]

Read my message again

[nuhkoca]

Sorry struggling to understand how it works 🙂 Deleted it in the root build file but now app module doesn’t compile

Unresolved reference. None of the following candidates is applicable because of receiver type mismatch:

public inline fun CompileOptions.debug(vararg debugArgs: Pair<String, Any?>): CompileOptions defined in org.gradle.kotlin.dsl

I use debug accessor for build type

buildTypes {
    debug {
        ...

[Vampire]

I have no idea about Android shenenigans, sorry

[Albert Chang]

Change implementation to compileOnly in buildSrc. Also you can use com.android.tools.build:gradle-api instead of com.android.tools.build:gradle.

[nuhkoca]

Thanks @Albert Chang it almost worked! But I am now getting below. Do you have any assumption?

A problem occurred evaluating script.
> com/android/build/gradle/AppPlugin
Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/android/build/gradle/AppPlugin

I need AppPlugin in one of classes in buildSrc

import com.android.build.gradle.AppPlugin

I changed implementation to compileOnly for com.android.tools.build:gradle

[Albert Chang]

You don't need the plugin class. You can just use the id (com.android.application).