how and where to apply ```plugins { id("org.je...

# android-studio

[Marko Novakovic]

how and where to apply

plugins {
    id("org.jetbrains.kotlin.android") version "1.5.21"
}

?
if I add it anywhere everything falls apart and I can’t run app any more. modules disappear
am trying to adopt Compose, is this required or not?

[kevindmoore]

I usually have something like this in the app build.gradle file:

plugins {
  id("com.android.application")
  kotlin("android")
}

[kevindmoore]

I specify the version in the top level gradle file in the classpath

[ephemient]

I prefer to use settings.gradle.kts to manage plugin versions,

pluginManagement {
    plugins {
        resolutionStrategy {
            eachPlugin {
                val id = requested.id.id
                when {
                    id.startsWith("com.android.") ->
                        useModule("com.android.tools.build:gradle:7.0.2")
                    id.startsWith("org.jetbrains.kotlin.") -> useVersion("1.5.31")
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

then you can plugins { id("com.android.application"); kotlin("android") } in any build.gradle script without having to think about versions

[Marko Novakovic]

I used to do it like that, inside settings.gradle.kts but when I did it messed up whole build. I made it work tho