only build script and other plugins script blocks are allowed before plugins

Question

I want to use gradle plugin having this syntax

 plugins {
  id \"id\" version \"version\"
}

but i have the error of

only bu         


        

Answer 1

Whenever you write a build.gradle script and use the new plugins script block, you need to put it as first block in the file. The only exceptions from this rule are other plugins blocks or the special buildScript block, which always must go first.

As an example, this script is fine:

plugins {
    // ...
}

dependencies {
    // ...
}

This one is also fine:

buildScript {
    // ...
}

plugins {
    // ...
}

repositories {
    // ...
}

But this one is invalid:

repositories {
     // ...
}

plugins {
    // ...
}