Why can we not define extension methods like this

inline fun PluginDependenciesSpec.android(type: String = "application") = id("com.android.$type")

to be used in the

plugins

block like

plugins {
  android() // OR
  android("library")
}

The

plugins { ... }

blocks are somewhat special, as they are resolved and executed before any other build script parts or plugins, are loaded. Even the

buildSrc

declarations are not available in the

plugins { ... }

blocks. I believe that's why.

Yeah I know that. I was wondering why

kotlin("jvm")

and other bundled plugin extensions (eg

build-scan

) worked and it turns out its because they are in package

org.gradle.kotlin.dsl

. Iirc the docs say that the package is imported by default in build scripts. Perfect 😄. If you place extensions in that package they should work and I think I am fine with that.

Even the

buildSrc

declarations are not available in the

plugins { ... }

blocks

I am using versions object defined in

buildSrc

🤔

@tapchicoma In the plugins block? 🤔 And not in the package

org.gradle.kotlin.dsl

? 🤔

I am referencing about having:

object Versions {
    val somePlugin = "1.0.0"
}

in

buildSrc

and using it in plugins block:

plugins {
   id("some.plugin.id") version Versions.somePlugin
}

I'm surprised that was working for you. I could've sworn that wasn't possible before. I'll try it just to confirm for myself.