Question

I have a gradle project that has java applications as well as android applications.

root/
  build.gradle
  settings.gradle
  java1/
  java2/ 
  android1/
  android2/
  java3/

etc.

What is the best practice for structuring my build script? I am a total gradle novice and am migrating the project from maven to gradle.

I wanted to do something instead of

configure(subprojects) {}

to apply plugins and other specific things.

such as

configure(java1, java2, java3) { // java specifics }
configure(android1, android2) { // android specifics }

I am probably approaching this from the wrong way.

More explicitly I need to apply the plugin java only for the java projects and the android plugin for the android projects.

Answer 1

There are multiple ways, depending on what you want… Some examples:

// Configures just project java1
project(":java1") { ... }

// Configures projects java1 and java2
["java1","java2"].each { name ->
  project(":$name") { ... }
}

You can use normal groovy to find/iterate over all the projects.