I want to use the theese Accessors (implementation...

# gradle

[maaxgr]

I want to use the theese Accessors (implementation, kapt, testImplementation, ...) in my buildSrc, but the extension-Functions are not there. Am i missing an gradle import or what could be wrong here?

When i copy this block of code into a Utils file inside buildSrc everything works.

/**
 * Adds a dependency to the 'implementation' configuration.
 *
 * @param dependencyNotation notation for the dependency to be added.
 * @param dependencyConfiguration expression to use to configure the dependency.
 * @return The dependency.
 *
 * @see [DependencyHandler.add]
 */
fun DependencyHandler.`implementation2`(
    dependencyNotation: Provider<*>,
    dependencyConfiguration: Action<ExternalModuleDependency>
): Unit = addConfiguredDependencyTo(
    this, "implementation", dependencyNotation, dependencyConfiguration
)

But that can't be the solution or?

This is my current buildSrc/build.gradle.kts:

repositories {
    google()
    mavenCentral()
    maven("<https://jitpack.io>")
}

plugins {
    `kotlin-dsl`
}

dependencies {
    implementation("com.android.tools.build:gradle:7.2.1")
    implementation("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:1.6.21")
}

[Vampire]

Those accessors are generated only for Kotlin DSL build scripts and precompiled script plugins where a plugin is applied in the plugins block that ensures those are actually available at runtime. If you want to use them in a "normal" Kotlin file, you need to define the accessor yourself or not use such accessors, but work with them String based.

But besides that, I'd recommend you use a version catalog instead of such a Dependencies class.

[maaxgr]

Okay. So copy-pasting theese functions is the "right" approach

[Vampire]

Well, if you ask me, the "right" approach is to use a version catalog instead. 🙂

[Vampire]

But yeah, you can copy that method of course.

[maaxgr]

Okay. I will look into that. Thanks for your help!