```gradle build -t``` allows you to always automatically build when you make changes is there a way...

# gradle

[janvladimirmostert]

gradle build -t

allows you to always automatically build when you make changes

is there a way to automatically restart an application after a rebuild?

I was trying

gradle run -t

which is running the application, but it doesn't rebuild and restart when making changes.

[hfhbd]

To automatically restart a task, Gradle needs to know, if your task is finished. The run task never finishes, so Gradle would need to cancel the task, which could be wrong.

[janvladimirmostert]

Mmm, good point

[Big Chungus]

It can be achieved via gradle services https://github.com/mpetuska/klip/blob/master/plugin/klip-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/server/KlipServerService.kt

[Big Chungus]

Kotlin js uses similar strategy to support continuos mode for webpack run tasks

[Big Chungus]

You can then check if the service is running and restart it from the task. That way the task can complete without killing the service. Of course you'll want to check for continuous mode and make task blocking when it's not continuous.

[janvladimirmostert]

is that from the Gradle Build Services?
https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/build_services.html

looks super interesting, thanks for the links!

[Big Chungus]

Yes, that's exactly it