I have a precompiled script plugin I include as a ...

# gradle

[Paul Woitaschek]

I have a precompiled script plugin I include as a composite build. That plugin is both applied to kotlin jvm and the kotlin android plugins.
Now this line fails on configuration:

dependencies {
  implementation(libs.dagger.runtime)
}

With:

Could not find method implementation() for arguments [provider(?)]

Is there any way to fix this without moving it to afterEvaluate?

[tapchicoma]

use "implementation"(libs.dagger.runtime)

[Paul Woitaschek]

It doesn't work with add("implementation", x.y.z) either because the configuration is not found

[Paul Woitaschek]

Also interesting: This only happened after moving the plugin from buildSrc to a composite build

[Vampire]

afterEvaluate probably wouldn't help either except if you use Groovy DSL, as the accessor would still not be there and thus not compile

[Vampire]

If you want to use the accessors, a plugin that adds the respective thing has to be added in the same precompiled script plugin plugins block and that's the same in buildSrc

[Paul Woitaschek]

It's groovy

[Vampire]

Oh, ok, unexpected on the Kotlin server. :-D

[Vampire]

What you need is to be reactive

[Paul Woitaschek]

Yeah in kotlin it's the same with add

[Vampire]

Use

pluginManager.withPlugin('theplugintoreactto') {
   implementation...
}

[Vampire]

Then the block is only executed if that plugin is applied and not before it is applied.

[Vampire]

The other (worse) option would be to make sure it gets applied after the plugin that adds this configuration

[Paul Woitaschek]

Thanks, that works!

[Paul Woitaschek]

Then I can go back to kts, these dynamically things are just simpler in groovy :)