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#Gradle for android studio 2.2.3 how to
#Gradle for android studio 2.2.3 install
#Gradle for android studio 2.2.3 manual
#Gradle for android studio 2.2.3 code

Kotlin is still heavily being worked on, and there are (frequent) fixes and updates.

#Gradle for android studio 2.2.3 code

To do this, select the file and navigate to Code > Convert Java File to Kotlin File, or use the shortcut - Command + Alt + Shift + K (I believe you can replace Command with control if you’re on a PC).Īfter converting our code to Kotlin, our “empty activity” looks like this:īonus: Staying up to date with Kotlin versions Luckily for us, the Kotlin plugin can help us convert our code from Java to Kotlin 😆.Ĭurrently, our Java Activity looks like this:

We’ve applied the plugin and setup all we need to, but our “Empty Activity” generated code is still in Java 🤔. To do this, we need to add apply plugin: kotlin-android to the app-module’s adle fileĪpply plugin: '' apply plugin: 'kotlin-android' // apply kotlin android plugin Convert Activity Code from Java to Kotlin

If we place the variable outside this closure, this variable won’t be available before the project is built, and the build will fail.Īfter adding the Kotlin Gradle plugin, the next step is to apply the plugin. This is because, the buildscript is the entry point into this file when the project is being built.

We placed this variable in the buildscript closure.

You can check out this post about externalizing your dependencies versions using gradle extra properties for more info. The reason we have this is we may have other places in the project where we need to reference the Kotlin version, so it makes sense to “externalize” that value.

We created a variable ext.kotlin_version.

The project adle file looks like this:īuildscript Add the plugin to the dependencies closure in the project adle file. To configure the plugin, we first need to add the plugin to the root project’s adle, same way it’s done for the Gradle plugin (automatically).

#Gradle for android studio 2.2.3 manual

There is an automated tool to do this but sometimes, the tool messes things up, so let’s just walk through the manual process of applying the plugin in our adle files (both at the project level and the app-module level). Next step is to apply the Kotlin plugin to the project. Select the “Create Empty Activity” option at the end.įor more information on creating an Android project, check out this guide. Navigate to File > New > New Project and follow through project creation wizard. Now that we have the plugin installed, let’s go ahead and create a new Android project - the usual way we would. Just in case you’re using IntelliJ IDEA 15 or above, you’re in luck - Koltin plugin ships with the IDE.

#Gradle for android studio 2.2.3 install

When the install is complete, you will need to restart Android Studio to apply the new plugin. To do this, navigate to Preferences > Plugins > Browse Repositories and search for “Kotlin” then, click on “Install” as shown in the figure below. First, we’re going to go ahead and install the plugin. The good people at JetBrains have created an IntelliJ/Android Studio Plugin for Kotlin. Let’s get started! Install Kotlin Plugin for Android Studio

#Gradle for android studio 2.2.3 how to

In this post however, we will learn how to set up Android Studio for Kotlin development and will write our “Hello World” app in Kotlin. There are tons of articles that talk about the advantages of Kotlin in comparison to Java, so I won’t be covering that in this post.

Kotlin is statically typed, it runs on the JVM and offers a lot of benefits. Kotlin is a new programming language developed by JetBrains - the makers of IntelliJ IDE which the Android Studio is based on. If you have been following the latest trends in the AndroidDev world, you are likely to have heard about Kotlin.