```* What went wrong: A problem occurred configuring root project 'myProject'. > compileSdkVersio...

# gradle

[ribesg]

* What went wrong:
A problem occurred configuring root project 'myProject'.
> compileSdkVersion is not specified.

Since when is compileSdkVersion required in the root build script?

[gildor]

Probably you applied android plugin on root script

[gildor]

plugins dsl applies plugin by default

[ribesg]

My entire build.gradle.kts is just above, this applies the android plugin?

[gildor]

you have 2 options:
use apply false, but you need it only if you want for example configure this plugin for other modules without application

[gildor]

Yes, it is

[gildor]

You don’t need android and kotlin plugins there

[gildor]

apply them only when tthey needed in the module

[ribesg]

I really just translated the original build.gradle, I don't know if it was correct in the first place

[ribesg]

I'm not sure what should be in the root build script of an android project

[gildor]

Actually nothing

[gildor]

for example you can add repositories to all submodules

[ribesg]

I only have and will only ever have a single submodule, so I don't need anything in the root script? Like I empty the file?

[gildor]

Yes

[ribesg]

Wow

[gildor]

probably you want to add:

subprojects {
   repositories {
        google()
        jcenter()
    }
}

[gildor]

so you can configure repositories for all submodules

[ribesg]

But I only have one submodule, and it's included by the settings.gradle.kts script, so do I need the root file at all? Maybe gradle won't even start if the file isn't here

[gildor]

Up to you

[gildor]

it’s good to have root project, because allows easily add more modules

[gildor]

and in modern Android dev it’s usually good practice to modularize your app