Netbeans to use pom.xml (Maven) instead of build.gradle (Gradle)

Question

Our team has a Netbeans 11.0 project that (at the root level) contains both a pom.xml file and a build.gradle file. When opening the project within Netbeans it assumes it is a Gradle project and treats it as such. However the default should be to open as a Maven project, allowing the pom.xml to take precedence.

Is there any configuration within Netbeans that will tell it that this is a Maven project (to use the pom.xml file) and treat it as such?

(note, if we close the project, temporarily delete the build.gradle file, then re-open in Netbeans, it does open as expected as a Maven project)

Answer 1

Now on newer versions (using 12 here), in Tools/Options/Java/Gradle exists a checkbox "Prefer Maven Projects over Gradle (needs restart)", check that and you have the solution.

Answer 2

It seems that Netbeans 11 and newer will consider the project as gradle if both pom.xml and build.gradle files exist in the project.

I had the same problem and found no option to tell Netbeans that I want to treat my project as being maven and not gradle.

Solution is (as @skomisa commented) to rename build.gradle and settings.gradle to something else like build.gradle_disabled , settings.gradle_disabled and then Netbeans will see your project as maven

Answer 3

The only way I managed to convince netbeans 11 to use my pom.xml: Close the project, close netbeans. Clean up the cache folder (in Linux: ~/.cache/netbeans/11.0) Restart netbeans, reopen the project.