Could not find method kapt() for arguments

Question

I'm facing a problem for over 3 days now and I can't solve. since I started to use Kotlin for Android,I stopped using "annotationProcessor" and started using "kapt", all things were working great with kapt until I started to build an Android Instant App, when I add "kapt" to any dependency like Glide or ButterKnife Gradle always displaying error that cound't find method kapt()

Could not find method kapt() for arguments [com.github.bumptech.glide:compiler:4.7.1] on object of type org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.dsl.dependencies.DefaultDependencyHandler.

Here are my project Gradle files

Project gradle file

// Top-level build file where you can add configuration options common to all sub-projects/modules.

buildscript {
    ext.kotlin_version = '1.2.71'
    repositories {
        google()
        jcenter()
    }
    dependencies {
        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.2.1'
        classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:$kotlin_version"

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

allprojects {
    repositories {
        google()
        jcenter()
    }
}

task clean(type: Delete) {
    delete rootProject.buildDir
}

app module gradle file

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
apply plugin: 'kotlin-kapt'

android {
    compileSdkVersion 28

    defaultConfig {
        applicationId "com.demo.instantapptest.app"
        minSdkVersion 17
        targetSdkVersion 28
        versionCode 1
        versionName "1.0"


    }

    buildTypes {
       release {
           minifyEnabled false
           proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
       }
    }

}

dependencies {
    implementation project(':feature')
    implementation project(':base')
}

base module gradle file

apply plugin: 'com.android.feature'
apply plugin: 'kotlin-kapt'

android {
    compileSdkVersion 28
    baseFeature true
    defaultConfig {
        minSdkVersion 17
        targetSdkVersion 28
        versionCode 1
        versionName "1.0"
    }
    buildTypes {
        release {
            minifyEnabled false
            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
        }
    }
}

dependencies {
    api 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:28.0.0'
    api 'com.android.support.constraint:constraint-layout:1.1.3'
    application project(':app')
    feature project(':feature')


    implementation "android.arch.lifecycle:extensions:1.1.1"
    kapt "android.arch.lifecycle:compiler:1.1.1"

    implementation 'com.github.bumptech.glide:glide:4.7.1'
    kapt 'com.github.bumptech.glide:compiler:4.7.1'

    implementation 'com.google.dagger:dagger:2.15.0'
    kapt 'com.google.dagger:dagger-compiler:2.15.0'

    implementation 'com.jakewharton:butterknife:9.0.0-rc2'
    kapt 'com.jakewharton:butterknife-compiler:9.0.0-rc2'

}

feature module gradle file

apply plugin: 'com.android.feature'

apply plugin: 'kotlin-android'

apply plugin: 'kotlin-android-extensions'

apply plugin: 'kotlin-kapt'

android {
    compileSdkVersion 28
    defaultConfig {
        minSdkVersion 17
        targetSdkVersion 28
        versionCode 1
        versionName "1.0"
        testInstrumentationRunner "android.support.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
    }
}

dependencies {
    implementation fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
    implementation"org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk7:$kotlin_version"
    implementation project(':base')
    testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.12'
    androidTestImplementation 'com.android.support.test:runner:1.0.2'
    androidTestImplementation 'com.android.support.test.espresso:espresso-core:3.0.2'

}

instantapp gradle file

apply plugin: 'com.android.instantapp'

dependencies {
    implementation project(':feature')
    implementation project(':base')
}

==========

Solved

by adding kotlin-android plugin to the base module

apply plugin: 'kotlin-android'

Thanks, it's working now, I didn't notice that kotlin-android plugin wasn't applied in the base module. — O.AbedElBaset, Dec 18 '18 at 08:35
Better to answer against your question and marked it accepted for better visibility of the solution/fix. — Hassan Jamil, Oct 19 '20 at 11:15

score 305 · Answer 1 · edited Dec 22 '22 at 09:49

305

In my case,I was missing

apply plugin: 'kotlin-kapt'

edited Dec 22 '22 at 09:49

starball

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answered Mar 31 '20 at 15:53

Mihai

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Yes, it worked. This was missing in my old project and I got the same error when migrating to AndroidX. Thanks. – Nagaraj Alagusundaram Sep 08 '20 at 02:05
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This happened to me when adding Hilt. Above solution worked – Madushan Dec 28 '20 at 07:46
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`id 'kotlin-kapt'`. – CoolMind May 09 '21 at 20:46
Make sure it's at the top of your base module gradle file. Putting it at the bottom doesn't work. – caly__pso Jun 18 '21 at 18:26
@CoolMind It helped someone as 'Lazy' as me to write #perfmatters – KamDroid Sep 26 '22 at 05:19

score 130 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 09 '21 at 07:39

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Here is a working solution for the latest version of android studio instead of apply plugin use id 'kotlin-kapt' inside plugins.

plugins {
    id 'com.android.application'
    id 'kotlin-android'
    id 'kotlin-kapt'
}

answered Feb 09 '21 at 07:39

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score 27 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 19 '22 at 19:36

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In case anybody struggles with Room library:

I tried all above tips and nothing helped, unless I changed this miserable:

ksp("androidx.room:room-compiler:$roomVersion")

into:

annotationProcessor("androidx.room:room-compiler:$roomVersion")

At first, I also changed:

val roomVersion = "2.4.2"

into:

def roomVersion = "2.4.2"

AND THIS FINALLY DID THE JOB !!!

answered Mar 19 '22 at 19:36

The_Long_Distance_Runner

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annotationProcessor("androidx.room:room-compiler:$roomVersion") worked for me! – Ismael Junior Aug 13 '22 at 21:10
Great to hear that! :-D – The_Long_Distance_Runner Aug 16 '22 at 11:03
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Finally something that worked! why do we have to use Stackoverflow when following developer advice from the source? I just don't get it. – Purplemonkey Jul 06 '23 at 09:20

score 17 · Answer 4 · edited Aug 23 '22 at 02:19

I faced this same error when I was trying to add Room library in my android project. As of Aug 17th, 2022, I could solve the issue adding below lines in build.gradle(:app).

In the plugins block I added;

id 'kotlin-kapt'

in the dependencies block, I added;

def room_version = "2.4.3"

implementation "androidx.room:room-runtime:$room_version"
annotationProcessor "androidx.room:room-compiler:$room_version"
// To use Kotlin annotation processing tool (kapt)
kapt "androidx.room:room-compiler:$room_version"

Doing so, I could say goodbye to the "Could not find method kapt() for arguments". Hopefully someone out there could save some time reading this post.

score 11 · Answer 5 · answered May 03 '21 at 13:00

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So you also forgot to add

apply plugin: 'kotlin-kapt'
apply plugin: 'dagger.hilt.android.plugin'

in app level gradel file. Nice.

answered May 03 '21 at 13:00

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score 4 · Answer 6 · answered Nov 16 '21 at 18:52

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Use plugin with this order,

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
apply plugin: 'com.google.gms.google-services'
apply plugin:  'kotlin-android'
apply plugin: 'kotlin-kapt'
apply plugin: 'dagger.hilt.android.plugin'

answered Nov 16 '21 at 18:52

fazal ur Rehman

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score 3 · Answer 7 · answered Dec 08 '22 at 12:16

I faced this

Could not find method kapt() for arguments

error, when I tried to add dependencies for dagger in my project. Here is a working solution for the latest version of Android Studio.

plugins {
   id 'com.android.application'
   id 'org.jetbrains.kotlin.android'
   id 'kotlin-kapt'   //Add this line in the plugins block usually seen at the top of build.gradle
}

score -1 · Answer 8 · answered May 30 '22 at 14:46

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Undoubtedly, people added the ksp("androidx.room:room-compiler:$roomVersion") libarary instead of kapt("androidx.room:room-compiler:$roomVersion")

answered May 30 '22 at 14:46

emad

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