How do I add a task to main 'build' task in gradle

Question

When I try to add a task to the main build task with the following code:

rootProject.tasks.getByName('build').dependsOn mytask

It complains when I run gradle(w) build with the output:

* Where:
Build file '...' line
: ...

* What went wrong:
A problem occurred evaluating project ':myapp'.
> Task with name 'build' not found in root project 'main'.

how do i add the task to the build task?

Answer 1

The problem is that your build has no build task, at least at the time when above line gets evaluated. Usually, the build task gets added by the java-base plugin, which in turns gets applied by plugins such as java , groovy , or scala . So make sure to apply one of these plugins first. Or, if you don't use any of them, declare your own build task.