# Can't use the Kotlin Gradle plugin without android

**URL:** <https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/t/cant-use-the-kotlin-gradle-plugin-without-android/1526>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [March 11, 2016, 6:44pm UTC](https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/t/cant-use-the-kotlin-gradle-plugin-without-android/1526 "2016-03-11T18:44:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Litarvan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discuss.kotlinlang.org/litarvan/32/1877_2.png) [@Litarvan](https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/u/Litarvan)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2016, 6:44pm UTC](https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/t/cant-use-the-kotlin-gradle-plugin-without-android/1526/1 "2016-03-11T18:44:59Z")

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I’m a currently using Kotlin in a Gradle projet, for a desktop application (not an android application) but when i try to compile i’ve got this :  
`  
FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

```
* What went wrong:
A problem occurred configuring project ':Stick-API'.
> Failed to notify project evaluation listener.
   > Extension with name 'android' does not exist. Currently registered extension names: [ext, defaultArtifacts, reporting, eclipse, idea, kapt]
   > Extension with name 'android' does not exist. Currently registered extension names: [ext, defaultArtifacts, reporting, eclipse, idea, kapt]

* Try:
Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace. Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output.

BUILD FAILED

Total time: 0.926 secs

```

`

Here is my build.gradle :  
`  
apply plugin: ‘java’  
apply plugin: ‘eclipse’  
apply plugin: ‘idea’  
apply plugin: ‘kotlin’

```
group = 'fr.litarvan'
version = '1.0.0-BETA'
archivesBaseName = 'stick-api'

sourceCompatibility = 1.8
targetCompatibility = 1.8

compileJava.options.encoding = 'UTF-8'

buildscript {
    ext.kotlin_version = '1.0.0'
    repositories {
        mavenCentral()
    }

    dependencies {
        classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:$kotlin_version"
    }
}

repositories {
    mavenCentral()

    maven {
        url "http://wytrem.github.io/maven/"
    }
}

dependencies {
    compile 'net.wytrem:wylog:1.2'

    compile "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib:$kotlin_version"
}

jar {
    from "LICENSE"
    from "LICENSE.LESSER"
}

task fatjar(type: Jar) {
    from "LICENSE"
    from "LICENSE.LESSER"

    from {
        configurations.compile.collect {
            it.isDirectory() ? it : zipTree(it)
        }
    }

    with jar
}

```

`

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**Author:** ![dalewking](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discuss.kotlinlang.org/dalewking/32/1496_2.png) [@dalewking](https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/u/dalewking)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2016, 6:58pm UTC](https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/t/cant-use-the-kotlin-gradle-plugin-without-android/1526/2 "2016-03-11T18:58:48Z")

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> [@Litarvan](#):
>
> Here is my build.gradle :  
> `  
> apply plugin: ‘java’  
> apply plugin: ‘eclipse’  
> apply plugin: ‘idea’  
> apply plugin: ‘kotlin’

That should work, it is what I am doing

```
apply plugin: 'java'
apply plugin: 'kotlin'
apply plugin: 'jacoco'

```

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**Author:** ![pniederw1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/0ea827/32.png) [@pniederw1](https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/u/pniederw1)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2016, 8:49pm UTC](https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/t/cant-use-the-kotlin-gradle-plugin-without-android/1526/3 "2016-03-11T20:49:12Z")

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Sounds like this might be coming from somewhere else, e.g. your `~/.gradle/init.gradle`. Perhaps running with `--stacktrace` will reveal something.

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**Author:** ![Litarvan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discuss.kotlinlang.org/litarvan/32/1877_2.png) [@Litarvan](https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/u/Litarvan)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2016, 9:54pm UTC](https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/t/cant-use-the-kotlin-gradle-plugin-without-android/1526/4 "2016-03-11T21:54:38Z")

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@dalewking Not working 😕  
@pniederw1 Already looked and it looks like it comes directly from the kotlin plugin, i saw that android-things are directly in dependencies of the gradle-plugin, looks weird.

```
FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* What went wrong:
A problem occurred configuring project ':Stick-API'.
> Failed to notify project evaluation listener.
   > Extension with name 'android' does not exist. Currently registered extension names: [ext, defaultArtifacts, reporting, kapt, idea]
   > Extension with name 'android' does not exist. Currently registered extension names: [ext, defaultArtifacts, reporting, kapt, idea]

* Try:
Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output.

* Exception is:
org.gradle.api.ProjectConfigurationException: A problem occurred configuring project ':Stick-API'.
    at org.gradle.configuration.project.LifecycleProjectEvaluator.addConfigurationFailure(LifecycleProjectEvaluator.java:79)
    at org.gradle.configuration.project.LifecycleProjectEvaluator.notifyAfterEvaluate(LifecycleProjectEvaluator.java:74)
    at org.gradle.configuration.project.LifecycleProjectEvaluator.evaluate(LifecycleProjectEvaluator.java:61)
    at org.gradle.api.internal.project.AbstractProject.evaluate(AbstractProject.java:496)
    at org.gradle.api.internal.project.AbstractProject.evaluate(AbstractProject.java:87)
    at org.gradle.execution.TaskPathProjectEvaluator.configureHierarchy(TaskPathProjectEvaluator.java:47)
    at org.gradle.configuration.DefaultBuildConfigurer.configure(DefaultBuildConfigurer.java:35)
    at org.gradle.initialization.DefaultGradleLauncher$2.run(DefaultGradleLauncher.java:125)
    at org.gradle.internal.Factories$1.create(Factories.java:22)
    at org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.run(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:90)
    at org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.run(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:52)
    at org.gradle.initialization.DefaultGradleLauncher.doBuildStages(DefaultGradleLauncher.java:122)
    at org.gradle.initialization.DefaultGradleLauncher.access$200(DefaultGradleLauncher.java:32)
    at org.gradle.initialization.DefaultGradleLauncher$1.create(DefaultGradleLauncher.java:99)
    at org.gradle.initialization.DefaultGradleLauncher$1.create(DefaultGradleLauncher.java:93)
    at org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.run(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:90)
    at org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.run(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:62)
    at org.gradle.initialization.DefaultGradleLauncher.doBuild(DefaultGradleLauncher.java:93)
    at org.gradle.initialization.DefaultGradleLauncher.run(DefaultGradleLauncher.java:82)
    at org.gradle.launcher.exec.InProcessBuildActionExecuter$DefaultBuildController.run(InProcessBuildActionExecuter.java:94)
    at org.gradle.tooling.internal.provider.ExecuteBuildActionRunner.run(ExecuteBuildActionRunner.java:28)
    at org.gradle.launcher.exec.ChainingBuildActionRunner.run(ChainingBuildActionRunner.java:35)
    at org.gradle.launcher.exec.InProcessBuildActionExecuter.execute(InProcessBuildActionExecuter.java:43)
    at org.gradle.launcher.exec.InProcessBuildActionExecuter.execute(InProcessBuildActionExecuter.java:28)
    at org.gradle.launcher.exec.ContinuousBuildActionExecuter.execute(ContinuousBuildActionExecuter.java:77)
    at org.gradle.launcher.exec.ContinuousBuildActionExecuter.execute(ContinuousBuildActionExecuter.java:47)
    at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.ExecuteBuild.doBuild(ExecuteBuild.java:52)
    at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.BuildCommandOnly.execute(BuildCommandOnly.java:36)
    at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.api.DaemonCommandExecution.proceed(DaemonCommandExecution.java:120)
    at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.WatchForDisconnection.execute(WatchForDisconnection.java:37)
    at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.api.DaemonCommandExecution.proceed(DaemonCommandExecution.java:120)
    at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.ResetDeprecationLogger.execute(ResetDeprecationLogger.java:26)
    at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.api.DaemonCommandExecution.proceed(DaemonCommandExecution.java:120)
    at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.RequestStopIfSingleUsedDaemon.execute(RequestStopIfSingleUsedDaemon.java:34)
    at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.api.DaemonCommandExecution.proceed(DaemonCommandExecution.java:120)
    at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.ForwardClientInput$2.call(ForwardClientInput.java:74)
    at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.ForwardClientInput$2.call(ForwardClientInput.java:72)
    at org.gradle.util.Swapper.swap(Swapper.java:38)
    at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.ForwardClientInput.execute(ForwardClientInput.java:72)
    at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.api.DaemonCommandExecution.proceed(DaemonCommandExecution.java:120)
    at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.health.DaemonHealthTracker.execute(DaemonHealthTracker.java:47)
    at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.api.DaemonCommandExecution.proceed(DaemonCommandExecution.java:120)
    at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.LogToClient.doBuild(LogToClient.java:66)
    at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.BuildCommandOnly.execute(BuildCommandOnly.java:36)
    at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.api.DaemonCommandExecution.proceed(DaemonCommandExecution.java:120)
    at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.EstablishBuildEnvironment.doBuild(EstablishBuildEnvironment.java:72)
    at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.BuildCommandOnly.execute(BuildCommandOnly.java:36)
    at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.api.DaemonCommandExecution.proceed(DaemonCommandExecution.java:120)
    at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.health.HintGCAfterBuild.execute(HintGCAfterBuild.java:41)
    at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.api.DaemonCommandExecution.proceed(DaemonCommandExecution.java:120)
    at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.StartBuildOrRespondWithBusy$1.run(StartBuildOrRespondWithBusy.java:50)
    at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.DaemonStateCoordinator$1.run(DaemonStateCoordinator.java:246)
    at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.ExecutorPolicy$CatchAndRecordFailures.onExecute(ExecutorPolicy.java:54)
    at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.StoppableExecutorImpl$1.run(StoppableExecutorImpl.java:40)
Caused by: org.gradle.internal.event.ListenerNotificationException: Failed to notify project evaluation listener.
    at org.gradle.internal.event.AbstractBroadcastDispatch.dispatch(AbstractBroadcastDispatch.java:55)
    at org.gradle.internal.event.BroadcastDispatch.dispatch(BroadcastDispatch.java:79)
    at org.gradle.internal.event.BroadcastDispatch.dispatch(BroadcastDispatch.java:30)
    at org.gradle.messaging.dispatch.ProxyDispatchAdapter$DispatchingInvocationHandler.invoke(ProxyDispatchAdapter.java:93)
    at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy10.afterEvaluate(Unknown Source)
    at org.gradle.configuration.project.LifecycleProjectEvaluator.notifyAfterEvaluate(LifecycleProjectEvaluator.java:67)
    ... 52 more
Caused by: org.gradle.api.UnknownDomainObjectException: Extension with name 'android' does not exist. Currently registered extension names: [ext, defaultArtifacts, reporting, kapt, idea]
    at org.gradle.api.internal.plugins.ExtensionsStorage.getByName(ExtensionsStorage.java:104)
    at org.gradle.api.internal.plugins.DefaultConvention.getByName(DefaultConvention.java:124)
    at org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.internal.AndroidSubplugin.getExtraArguments(AndroidSubplugin.kt:62)
    at org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.SubpluginEnvironment.addSubpluginArguments(KotlinPlugin.kt:492)
    at org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.Kotlin2JvmSourceSetProcessor$doTargetSpecificProcessing$2.execute(KotlinPlugin.kt:158)
    at org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.Kotlin2JvmSourceSetProcessor$doTargetSpecificProcessing$2.execute(KotlinPlugin.kt:110)
    at org.gradle.internal.event.BroadcastDispatch$ActionInvocationHandler.dispatch(BroadcastDispatch.java:93)
    at org.gradle.internal.event.BroadcastDispatch$ActionInvocationHandler.dispatch(BroadcastDispatch.java:82)
    at org.gradle.internal.event.AbstractBroadcastDispatch.dispatch(AbstractBroadcastDispatch.java:44)
    ... 57 more

BUILD FAILED

Total time: 0.792 secs

```

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**Author:** ![pniederw1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/0ea827/32.png) [@pniederw1](https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/u/pniederw1)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2016, 10:20pm UTC](https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/t/cant-use-the-kotlin-gradle-plugin-without-android/1526/5 "2016-03-11T22:20:34Z")

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@Litarvan Haven’t encountered this problem myself, but I’d file an issue.

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**Author:** ![dalewking](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discuss.kotlinlang.org/dalewking/32/1496_2.png) [@dalewking](https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/u/dalewking)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2016, 9:57pm UTC](https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/t/cant-use-the-kotlin-gradle-plugin-without-android/1526/6 "2016-03-13T21:57:34Z")

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> [@pniederw1](#):
>
> @Litarvan Haven’t encountered this problem myself, but I’d file an issue.

Be sure to create a SSCCE ([http://sscce.org/](http://sscce.org/)) for the issue

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**Author:** ![muztaba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ec8ea/32.png) [@muztaba](https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/u/muztaba)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2017, 7:03pm UTC](https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/t/cant-use-the-kotlin-gradle-plugin-without-android/1526/7 "2017-05-04T19:03:54Z")

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> [@dalewking](#):
>
> apply plugin: ‘idea’

I have been getting this kind of error for spring-boot. Adding this plugin resolve the error. thanks a lot 🙂