In this tutorial, we will learn to import and install gradle plugin for eclipse either using eclipse marketplace and update manager. Gradle Plugin allows to create and import Gradle enabled projects into the Eclipse IDE. It also allows to run Gradle tasks and monitor it execution.
Table of Contents Install Gradle Plugin via Eclipse Marketplace Install Gradle Plugin via Update Manager
The eclipse project for gradle s known as Buildship. It provide a deep integration of Gradle into Eclipse.
Install Gradle Plugin via Eclipse Marketplace
To install Buildship using marketplace, open market place window, and search for “buildship”.
1) Open Eclipse Marketplace
2) Search for “buildship”
3) Select checkbox and click next
4) Accept the terms and conditions
After accepting terms and conditions, clicking “Finish” will install the gradle plugin into your IDE.
Install Gradle Plugin via Update Manager
Though above approach is very much easy and recommended, if you want to use eclipse update manager for this task, then https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/tools.buildship/downloads is the URL to put into location box as below.
After selecting above site, you will be presented with directly the third option “Select checkbox and click next” from marketplace installation steps.
Agree terms and conditions, an click “Finish” to complete gradle installation into eclipse.
Happy Learning !!
Hi Lokesh,
Auto content assistant is not there in eclipse with this plugins.
Please suggest some plugins which is also giving auto content assistant.
Very useful publication Lokesh. We now know how make clean install of a – plugin.