Gradle, the Ultimate Alligator(Delegator)

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Uses gradle kts to inspect Gradle internals and shows how to debug the Android task execution pipeline: run a dry run to list tasks, find that connectedCheck is implemented by DeviceProviderInstrumentationTask, attach a JVM debugger to the Gradle daemon (default port 505) after adding the plugin jar to the buildscript classpath (compileOnly or buildSrc), and use the property flag debugGradle true to pause execution. Demonstrates why the plugins block is compile-time special, how extension accessors and Provider-backed properties work, and reproduces a failing test by removing a custom test runner.

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1. 0:00Start
2. 4:53Build Lifecycle
3. 6:43Debugging
4. 11:53Build Script Runtime Class Path
5. 30:01Domain Object Container
6. 33:05Debugging Gradle Plugins

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