Converting Gradle's Groovy script to Kotlin

Introduction

I'm working on a small timekeeping app for Android, mostly for learning purposes. A few days ago I decided to convert the Gradle build scripts (originally written in Groovy) into Kotlin. Since I'm new both to Gradle and Kotlin, it was not trivial, but after consulting a dozen web resources, I finally managed to get things working.

The main resource I used is the official Groovy to Kotlin migration guide, but I also had to dig through GitHub to find how to convert certain Groovy constructs not directly mentioned in the guide.

The root script

The root build.gradle script:

buildscript {
    ext.kotlin_version = '1.3.61'
    repositories {
        google()
        jcenter()
    }

    dependencies {
        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.5.3'
        classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:$kotlin_version"
    }
}

allprojects {
    repositories {
        google()
        jcenter()
    }
}

task clean(type: Delete) {
    delete rootProject.buildDir
}

... converted to build.gradle.kts. Note I also added a ktlint plugin to the project and added ktlint configuration block to the script, turning on the debug and verbose switches:

plugins {
    id("org.jlleitschuh.gradle.ktlint") version "9.2.1"
}

buildscript {
    repositories {
        google()
        jcenter()
    }

    dependencies {
        val kotlinVersion = "1.3.61"
        extra["kotlinVersion"] = kotlinVersion

        classpath("com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.5.3")
        classpath(kotlin("gradle-plugin", version = kotlinVersion))
    }
}

allprojects {
    repositories {
        google()
        jcenter()
    }
}

tasks.register<Delete>("clean") {
    delete(rootProject.buildDir)

ktlint {
    debug.set(true)
    verbose.set(true)
}

Settings script

The root settings.gradle script:

include ':app'
rootProject.name='TimeSlack'

... converted to settings.gradle.kts script:

include(":app")
rootProject.name = "TimeSlack"

The module script

The module build.gradle script:

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'

apply plugin: 'kotlin-android'

apply plugin: 'kotlin-android-extensions'

android {
    compileSdkVersion 29
    buildToolsVersion "29.0.3"
    defaultConfig {
        applicationId "net.igorbrejc.timeslack"
        minSdkVersion 15
        targetSdkVersion 29
        versionCode 1
        versionName "1.0"
        testInstrumentationRunner "androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
    }
    buildTypes {
        release {
            minifyEnabled false
            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android-optimize.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
        }
    }
}

dependencies {
    implementation fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
    implementation"org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk7:$kotlin_version"
    implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.1.0'
    implementation 'androidx.core:core-ktx:1.2.0'
    implementation 'androidx.constraintlayout:constraintlayout:1.1.3'
    implementation 'com.google.android.material:material:1.1.0'
    implementation group: 'com.google.guava', name: 'guava', version: '28.2-android'

    testImplementation 'org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-api:5.6.0'
    testRuntimeOnly 'org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-engine:5.6.0'

    androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.ext:junit:1.1.1'
    androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.espresso:espresso-core:3.2.0'
}

... converted to build.gradle.kts:

plugins {
    id("com.android.application")
    kotlin("android")
    kotlin("android.extensions")
    id("org.jlleitschuh.gradle.ktlint")
}

android {
    compileSdkVersion(29)
    buildToolsVersion("29.0.3")
    defaultConfig {
        applicationId = "net.igorbrejc.timeslack"
        minSdkVersion(15)
        targetSdkVersion(29)
        versionCode = 1
        versionName = "1.0"
        testInstrumentationRunner = "androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
        vectorDrawables.useSupportLibrary = true
    }

    buildTypes {
        getByName("release") {
            isMinifyEnabled = false
            proguardFiles(
                getDefaultProguardFile("proguard-android-optimize.txt"),
                "proguard-rules.pro")
        }
    }
}

dependencies {
    val kotlinVersion: String? by extra

    implementation(
        fileTree(mapOf("dir" to "libs", "include" to listOf("*.jar"))))
    implementation(kotlin("stdlib-jdk7", version = kotlinVersion))
    implementation("androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.1.0")
    implementation("androidx.core:core-ktx:1.2.0")
    implementation("androidx.constraintlayout:constraintlayout:1.1.3")
    implementation("com.google.android.material:material:1.1.0")
    implementation(
        group = "com.google.guava", name = "guava", version = "28.2-android")

    testImplementation("org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-api:5.6.0")
    testRuntimeOnly("org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-engine:5.6.0")

    androidTestImplementation("androidx.test.ext:junit:1.1.1")
    androidTestImplementation("androidx.test.espresso:espresso-core:3.2.0")
}

// tells all test tasks to use Gradle's built-in JUnit 5 support
tasks.withType<Test> {
    useJUnitPlatform()

    // tells the test runner to display results of all tests,
    // not just failed ones
    testLogging {
        events("passed", "skipped", "failed")
    }
}

Note we added an instruction for all test tasks to use Gradle's built-in JUnit 5 support instead of the obsolete JUnit Gradle plug-in.