tempPlugin generates grade with wrong version

[bu3alwa]

So in platforms/tempPlugin/firebase/build.gradle I get a gradle version that doesn't exist and I would like to know how to override this so that my build process can stop failing.

buildscript {
    repositories {
        google()
        jcenter()
    }
    dependencies {
        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:7.3.'

        // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
        // in the individual module build.gradle files
    }
}

I tried adding a buildscript.gradle but it doesn't seem to execute before this process I believe. Is there a way to make it execute before or override it for the specific application?

[rigor789]

What version of the cli (ns -v) and @nativescript/android? That value is usually set based on the runtime version, and perhaps you are using a combination that had the wrong version set?

[rigor789]

The logic is here - should be based on the runtime version, always run latest CLI regardless of your project version, and note you can run @nativescript/android latest even against core 7.x.

https://github.com/NativeScript/nativescript-cli/blob/eb918011d6f0be9a8ccb6b569628e3960fd4f8b9/lib/services/android-plugin-build-service.ts#L493-L551

[bu3alwa]

Ok thanks, I thought it was the case that I can update them and be fine but your confirmation helps.

So how do I deal with cases where NS7 has outdated packages and some build.gradle files use compile()

* Where:
Build file '/Users/****/****/****/platforms/tempPlugin/nativescript_google_maps_sdk/build.gradle' line: 232

* What went wrong:
A problem occurred evaluating root project 'nativescript_google_maps_sdk'.
> Could not find method compile() for arguments [com.google.android.gms:play-services-maps:17.0.0] on object of type org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.dsl.dependencies.DefaultDependencyHandler.

[rigor789]

Ah that would be a problem if you can't update the plugin itself, in that case you would have to stick with the older runtime I guess.

[bu3alwa]

Ok, I'll try to patch it and see how it goes but do you know which @nativescript/android version would support compile()

[bu3alwa]

As I am hacking away at this I am getting this

* What went wrong:
A problem occurred evaluating script.
> Could not find method task() for arguments [replaceSettings, settings_e2t2wqgyxqdj916j2uic301y8$_run_closure1@11ee24a9] on settings 'Athena' of type org.gradle.initialization.DefaultSettings.

task should still exist on newer gradle versions so I am not sure what it means by that.