kotlinStarter

Pure Kotlin Android Starter Project Based On Kotlin Gadle And Easy Dependency Management

Creating a new project is more stiff then developing ? Searching for libraries, finding new versions takes lot of efforts Wish it should be like intant 2 minutes noodles

There is misa en place created for you with the finest ingredients and all you need to do is start cooking your master recipie, I'll pick the finest and fresh ingredients for you i.e your all your favourite libraries with latest versions

Advantages

Using this repo in place of creating new project from android studio will give you lot more advantage

• pure kotlin project
• gradle file based on kotlin dsl
• all of the gradle kotlin script advantage
• easy library management
• material design setup
• andorid theme & style followed by material design
• light & dark themes

kolinStarter is a starter project to get you started quickly and save your efforts. All you need to do follow few steps

• Download / Clone the repo
• Refactor Package Name & App Name
• Change applicationId = "your.app.id"
• Change rootProject.name = "Your App Name" in settings.gralde.kts

Or you can just use *buildSrc or Libs file to get updated and easy to implement dependencies as per your choice

That's it your project is setup successfully now what's you need to do just add your dependencies as spices

All of the dependencies versions in Libs file are to update & it get updated on weekly bases, I use only sable versions and if it goes out dated feel free to fork

To add your dependencies just follow these steps

use Libs file in buildSrc for library implementation

Sample

dependencies {
    implementation(Libs.Kotlin.stdLib)
    implementation(Libs.AndroidX.coreKtx)
    implementation(Libs.AndroidX.appCompat)
    implementation(Libs.AndroidX.constraintLayout)
    implementation(Libs.AndroidX.materialDesign)
    implementation(Libs.Glide.glide)
    kapt(Libs.Glide.compiler)

    testImplementation(Libs.Testing.junit)
    androidTestImplementation(Libs.Testing.Androidx.junitExt)
    androidTestImplementation(Libs.Testing.Androidx.expresso)
}

There are the library that you can implement using Libs

All Plugin can be found under Libs.Plugin object

Gradle Plugin	Use As
com.android.application	Libs.Plugins.androidApplication
kotlin-android	Libs.Plugins.androidApplication
kotlin-android-extensions	Libs.Plugins.kotlinAndroidExtensions
kotlin-kapt	Libs.Plugins.kotlinKapt

Sample

plugins {
    id(Libs.Plugins.androidApplication)
    id(Libs.Plugins.kotlinAndroid)
    id(Libs.Plugins.kotlinAndroidExtensions)
    id(Libs.Plugins.kotlinKapt)
}

Android ViewModel & LiveData All viewmodel & livedata related dependencies can be found under Libs.LifeCycle object

Retrofit	Use As	Use With
lifecycle-viewmodel	Libs.LifeCycle.viewModel	implementation
lifecycle-viewmodel-ktx	Libs.LifeCycle.viewModelKtx	implementation
lifecycle-livedata	Libs.LifeCycle.liveData	implementation
lifecycle-livedata-ktx	Libs.LifeCycle.liveDataKtx	implementation
lifecycle-runtime	Libs.LifeCycle.runtime	implementation
lifecycle-runtime-ktx	Libs.LifeCycle.runtimeKtx	implementation
lifecycle-viewmodel-savedstate	Libs.LifeCycle.viewModelSavedState	implementation
lifecycle-compiler	Libs.LifeCycle.compile	kapt
lifecycle-common-java8	Libs.LifeCycle.java8	implementation
lifecycle-reactivestreams	Libs.LifeCycle.reactiveStream	implementation
lifecycle-reactivestreams-ktx	Libs.LifeCycle.reactiveStreamKtx	implementation
core-testing	Libs.LifeCycle.reactiveStreamKtx	testImplementation

Android Navigation Component All viewmodel & livedata related dependencies can be found under Libs.Navigation object

Navigation	Use As	Use With
navigation-fragment	Libs.Navigation.fragment	implementation
navigation-fragment-ktx	Libs.Navigation.fragmentKtx	implementation
navigation-ui	Libs.Navigation.ui	implementation
navigation-ui-ktx	Libs.Navigation.uiKtx	implementation
navigation-safe-args-gradle-plugin	Libs.Navigation.navArgsGradlePlugin	classpath use this in project level gradle

don't forget to add safe arg plugin in your project if you are using it you can implement it as

Libs.Plugins.Navigation.javaPlugin if using java Libs.Plugins.Navigation.kotlinPlugin if using kotlin

Retrofit All retrofit dependencies can be found under Libs.Rerofit object use with implementation() only

Retrofit	Use As
retrofit	Libs.Retrofit.Retrofit
converter-gson	Libs.Retrofit.converterGson
converter-scalars	Libs.Retrofit.converterScalar
converter-moshi	Libs.Retrofit.converterMoshi
converter-jackson	Libs.Retrofit.converterJackson
converter-simplexml	Libs.Retrofit.converterSimpleXml
adapter-rxjava	Libs.Retrofit.adapterRxJava
adapter-rxjava2	Libs.Retrofit.adapterRxJava2
retrofit-mock	Libs.Retrofit.adapterMock

Checkout Libs to get more library implementations

For more reference on using kotlin script on gradle take a look at this medium post The New Way of Writing Build Gradle with Kotlin DSL thanks to Pro Android Dev