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compileDebugJava - is not incremental. Unable to infer the source directories

Since Gradle 2.1, incremental compilation of Java source is now supported check this

I used below snip of code to enable it

afterEvaluate {

    android.applicationVariants.each { variant ->
        variant.javaCompile.options.incremental = true
    }
}

But I am getting below warning message,

:App:compileDebugJava - is not incremental. Unable to infer the source directories.

Please suggest me what should I do to get rid of it

Solution

  • Yes, there is an issue for Android Build Plugin, read here:

    We use custom sourceset so this is unlikely to be fixed until we can stop using them.

    http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=82411 and mentioned here

    https://discuss.gradle.org/t/faster-incremental-builds/552/10

    When it is fixed, use this for Android, add this in allProjects:

    allProjects {
    tasks.withType(JavaCompile) {
        configure(options) {
            incremental = true
        }
    }
}

    If you see this, you must build your project first:

    compileDebugJava - is not incremental (e.g. outputs have changed, no previous execution, etc.).

    If you see this, the wrong sourceSets are being used according to the isse(see link):

    compileDebugJava - is not incremental. Unable to infer the source directories.

    From their example for Java projects:

    apply plugin: 'java'
compileJava {
    //enable compilation in a separate daemon process
    options.fork = true

    //enable incremental compilation
    options.incremental = true
}

    Source: http://gradle.org/docs/current/dsl/org.gradle.api.tasks.compile.JavaCompile.html