At the moment either you have it enabled, in which...

# detekt

[Mike]

At the moment either you have it enabled, in which case it automatically runs on all KT files, or you have it disabled, and it does nothing.

[thuytrinh]

in which case it automatically runs on all KT files

When I press Run on the IDE right?

[Mike]

No, it hooks into the analysis phase of the IDE, and shows up like other intentions/inspections the IDE is running.

You can then have IntelliJ show the issues as ‘errors’. This only affects display, and not actual compilation/execution. Makes it jump out more in a text file.

[thuytrinh]

Thanks for answering, Mike.