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android-gradle-logic
Use when setting up or refactoring Android Gradle build logic — convention plugins, composite builds, version catalogs, and shared build configuration across modules.
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Use when setting up or refactoring Android Gradle build logic — convention plugins, composite builds, version catalogs, and shared build configuration across modules.
Use when setting up or refactoring Android Gradle build logic — convention plugins, composite builds, version catalogs, and shared build configuration across modules.
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Centralise build configuration in reusable Convention Plugins inside a build-logic/ composite build, so each module's build.gradle.kts collapses to plugins { alias(libs.plugins.myapp.android.library) } plus a namespace.
The canonical worked example is nowinandroid's build-logic/ — start from it rather than hand-rolling. This skill covers the wiring detail that is easy to get wrong, plus the AGP 9 deltas.
build-logic does NOT inherit the root version catalog — recreate it. A composite build has its own settings.gradle.kts; the root libs catalog is invisible inside build-logic until you declare it. Without this the convention plugins can't reference libs.* and fail to compile with Unresolved reference: libs:
// build-logic/settings.gradle.kts
dependencyResolutionManagement {
versionCatalogs {
create("libs") { from(files("../gradle/libs.versions.toml")) }
}
}
Declare the convention-plugin ids in [plugins] so modules can apply them by alias. The id must match the one you register(...) in build-logic — a mismatch is the usual cause of an alias that won't resolve:
# gradle/libs.versions.toml
[plugins]
myapp-android-application = { id = "myapp.android.application" }
myapp-android-library = { id = "myapp.android.library" }
myapp-android-compose = { id = "myapp.android.compose" }
A version is not required for a locally-registered plugin — the included build supplies it, so the alias resolves whatever the catalog does or doesn't declare. nowinandroid writes version = "unspecified" explicitly, which is fine and self-documenting, just not load-bearing.
Set shared configuration — compileSdk / minSdk / Compose / the JVM toolchain — once inside the convention plugins rather than per module. For a Kotlin Android module kotlin { jvmToolchain(21) } is the idiomatic one-liner, and it sets the toolchain for both Kotlin and Java compilation:
kotlin { jvmToolchain(21) }
The convention plugin pattern above targets AGP 8. AGP 9 changes several things that hit build logic directly: it drops the standalone org.jetbrains.kotlin.android plugin (Kotlin is built into com.android.application / com.android.library), removes BaseExtension and the old variant APIs (applicationVariants → androidComponents { onVariants { … } }), moves kotlinOptions {} to a top-level kotlin { compilerOptions { … } }, and makes kapt incompatible (migrate to KSP). Any convention plugin that touches these needs updating.
Defer to the dedicated migration skills for the mechanics rather than duplicating the steps here: Google's agp-9-upgrade for pure-Android projects, JetBrains' kotlin-tooling-agp9-migration for KMP, and this repo's gradle-build-performance skill for the kapt → KSP step.
build-logic included as a composite build (includeBuild("build-logic")) in the root settings.gradle.ktsbuild-logic/settings.gradle.kts recreates the libs catalog via from(files("../gradle/libs.versions.toml"))register-ed with stable ids, and the [plugins] alias ids match them exactlycompileSdk / minSdk / Compose / JVM toolchain set once in the plugins, not per modulename: android-gradle-logic description: Use when setting up or refactoring Android Gradle build logic — convention plugins, composite builds, version catalogs, and shared build configuration across modules.
---
name: android-gradle-logic
description: Use when setting up or refactoring Android Gradle build logic — convention plugins, composite builds, version catalogs, and shared build configuration across modules.
---
# Android Gradle Build Logic
Centralise build configuration in reusable **Convention Plugins** inside a `build-logic/` composite build, so each module's `build.gradle.kts` collapses to `plugins { alias(libs.plugins.myapp.android.library) }` plus a `namespace`.
The canonical worked example is **[nowinandroid's `build-logic/`](https://github.com/android/nowinandroid/tree/main/build-logic)** — start from it rather than hand-rolling. This skill covers the wiring detail that is easy to get wrong, plus the AGP 9 deltas.
## The wiring gotcha
**`build-logic` does NOT inherit the root version catalog — recreate it.** A composite build has its own `settings.gradle.kts`; the root `libs` catalog is invisible inside `build-logic` until you declare it. Without this the convention plugins can't reference `libs.*` and fail to compile with `Unresolved reference: libs`:
```kotlin
// build-logic/settings.gradle.kts
dependencyResolutionManagement {
versionCatalogs {
create("libs") { from(files("../gradle/libs.versions.toml")) }
}
}
```
## Applying the plugins from the catalog
Declare the convention-plugin ids in `[plugins]` so modules can apply them by alias. The `id` **must match the one you `register(...)`** in `build-logic` — a mismatch is the usual cause of an alias that won't resolve:
```toml
# gradle/libs.versions.toml
[plugins]
myapp-android-application = { id = "myapp.android.application" }
myapp-android-library = { id = "myapp.android.library" }
myapp-android-compose = { id = "myapp.android.compose" }
```
A version is not required for a locally-registered plugin — the included build supplies it, so the alias resolves whatever the catalog does or doesn't declare. nowinandroid writes `version = "unspecified"` explicitly, which is fine and self-documenting, just not load-bearing.
Set shared configuration — `compileSdk` / `minSdk` / Compose / the JVM toolchain — once inside the convention plugins rather than per module. For a Kotlin Android module `kotlin { jvmToolchain(21) }` is the idiomatic one-liner, and it sets the toolchain for both Kotlin and Java compilation:
```kotlin
kotlin { jvmToolchain(21) }
```
## AGP 9 Implications
The convention plugin pattern above targets AGP 8. AGP 9 changes several things that hit build logic directly: it drops the standalone `org.jetbrains.kotlin.android` plugin (Kotlin is built into `com.android.application` / `com.android.library`), removes `BaseExtension` and the old variant APIs (`applicationVariants` → `androidComponents { onVariants { … } }`), moves `kotlinOptions {}` to a top-level `kotlin { compilerOptions { … } }`, and makes `kapt` incompatible (migrate to KSP). Any convention plugin that touches these needs updating.
Defer to the dedicated migration skills for the mechanics rather than duplicating the steps here: Google's [`agp-9-upgrade`](https://github.com/android/skills/tree/main/agp-9-upgrade) for pure-Android projects, JetBrains' [`kotlin-tooling-agp9-migration`](https://github.com/Kotlin/kotlin-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/kotlin-tooling-agp9-migration) for KMP, and this repo's `gradle-build-performance` skill for the kapt → KSP step.
## Checklist
- [ ] `build-logic` included as a composite build (`includeBuild("build-logic")`) in the root `settings.gradle.kts`
- [ ] `build-logic/settings.gradle.kts` recreates the `libs` catalog via `from(files("../gradle/libs.versions.toml"))`
- [ ] Convention plugins `register`-ed with stable ids, and the `[plugins]` alias ids match them exactly
- [ ] `compileSdk` / `minSdk` / Compose / JVM toolchain set once in the plugins, not per module
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