Using third party plugins

Adding a third party plugin to build.gradle

Gradle (All Versions) This method works for all versions of gradle

Add the buildscript code at the beginning of your build.gradle file.

buildscript {
  repositories {
    maven {
      url "https://plugins.gradle.org/m2/"
    }
  }
  dependencies {
    classpath "org.example.plugin:plugin:1.1.0"
  }
}

apply plugin: "org.example.plugin"

Gradle (Versions 2.1+) This method only works for projects using Gradle 2.1 or later.

plugins {
  id "org.example.plugin" version "1.1.0"
}

build.gradle with multiple third party plugins

Gradle (All Versions)

When adding multiple third party plugins you do not need to separate them into different instances of the buildscript(All) or plugin(2.1+) code, new plug ins can be added alongside pre-existing plugins.

buildscript {
  repositories {
    maven {
      url "https://plugins.gradle.org/m2/"
    }
  }
  dependencies {
    classpath "org.example.plugin:plugin:1.1.0"
    Classpath "com.example.plugin2:plugin2:1.5.2"
  }
}

apply plugin: "org.example.plugin"
apply plugin: "com.example.plugin2"

Gradle (Versions 2.1+)

plugins {
  id "org.example.plugin" version "1.1.0"
  id "com.example.plugin2" version "1.5.2"
}