Building with Kotlin

Now that we've explored how we can write Kotlin code for our Android apps, we're going to examine how we can actually configure our Gradle build scripts using Kotlin rather than Groovy. This can provide several benefits, such as static type checking and improved refactoring.

The Gradle Kotlin DSL

The Gradle Kotlin DSL is an alternative method of configuring your Gradle build. Rather than relying on Groovy, you can leverage Kotlin to define your dependencies, build variants, and so on.

Moving your Gradle configuration to make use of the Gradle Kotlin DSL has several benefits:

• Type-safe accessors allow you to reference Gradle/build entities by name.
• Improved IDE support makes it easier to find...