Why Migrate Your Build Configurations from Groovy to Kotlin DSL(KTS)?
<p>Hey, Android Devs I hope that you are recently seeing posts & videos regarding the migration of <code>build.gradle</code>from <strong>Groovy </strong>to <strong>Kotlin DSL(KTS)</strong>. I have decided to learn more about <strong>Kotlin DSL(KTS)</strong>, what are the benefits and harms of Kotlin DSL instead of Groovy? Should we convert the existing project's build scripts <strong>from Groovy to KTS</strong>? Should we start to use Kotlin DSL for new projects? etc. So, in this article, I will summarize my findings and share my idea with you. Let’s start with the basics</p>
<p>For many years, we’ve been using <strong>Groovy </strong>to craft build scripts for our Android projects. As any Android developer knows, even for simple build systems, managing dependencies is a must. You’re likely familiar with writing something like the following snippet:</p>
<pre>
dependencies {
implementation 'androidx.core:core-ktx:1.7.0'
implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.5.1'
implementation 'com.google.android.material:material:1.7.0'
implementation 'androidx.constraintlayout:constraintlayout:2.1.4'
implementation 'androidx.legacy:legacy-support-v4:1.0.0'
implementation 'androidx.recyclerview:recyclerview:1.2.1'
// Test
testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.13.2'
androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.ext:junit:1.1.5'
androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.espresso:espresso-core:3.5.1'
testImplementation "com.google.truth:truth:1.1.3"
androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test:runner:1.4.0'
androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test:rules:1.4.0'
}</pre>
<p>his is a standard part of the default dependency code block found in every freshly created application-level <code>build.gradle</code> file. It's worth noting that this file contains a portion of the overall build script written in the Groovy scripting language.</p>
<p>Now (actually after Gradle 5.0), Gradle has started to support <strong>Kotlin DSL(KTS) </strong>in building scripts. The short meaning of this is that you can write and build scripts with the power of Kotlin for your projects.</p>
<p><a href="https://blog.stackademic.com/why-migrate-your-build-configurations-from-groovy-to-kotlin-dsl-kts-17bd229e4170">Read More</a></p>