Build-logic project clean uses different Gradle version

[hrach]

Hello, we are using patterns based on this repository and we have met weird issue when cleaning through Android studio.

It runs cleans for both projects and the build-logic project clean fail with error resulting from the fact it uses some older Gradle version.

Currently, it is a Using dependency catalogs requires the activation of the matching feature preview. error. Otherwise, building the app normally works.

Do you have any idea why a different Gradle version is used? Thank you.

[hrach]

The error is

Settings file 'D:\xxx\android\build-logic\settings.gradle.kts' line: 3

Using dependency catalogs requires the activation of the matching feature preview.
See the documentation at https://docs.gradle.org/7.1/userguide/platforms.html#sub:central-declaration-of-dependencies

So basically it seems that Gradle 7.1 is used instead of 7.4.2

[jjohannes]

Hi @hrach. That's a known issue, which I think is fixed in newer IntelliJ versions - I don't see it anymore in IDEA 2022.1.1.

Here, Android Studio treats the included build-logic build as a separate build. And since it is configured to look for the Wrapper in the build, it looks for the Wrapper in build-logic/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties. Since there is non, it falls back to the Gradle version packaged in Android Studio. Which happens to be 7.1 in your case.

There are two workarounds I know of to make it work in your Android Studio version:

• Configure a Gradle installation in the Preferences. For that you would have to install 7.4.2 explicitly and point Android Studio at it (not a very nice solution if you use the wrapper).
• Duplicate the gradle-wrapper.properties to the build-logic/gradle/wrapper/. I think it's enough to have the distributionUrl entry in the duplicate as that is the only thing the Ide looks at. I think that's the best solution until this is fixed, but you'll have to remember updating that copy each time you upgrade the Gradle version.

[hrach]

Oh, thanks a lot. ❤️ it didn't crossed my mind that this is an AS issue, I was searching Gradle issues only.