The settings.gradle file
During initialization, Gradle reads the settings.gradle file to figure out which projects are to take part in a build. Gradle creates an object of type Setting. This happens even before any build.gradle is parsed. It is usually placed in the root project parallel to build.gradle. It is recommended to put setting.gradle in the root project, otherwise we have to explicitly tell Gradle the location to the settings file with the command-line option -c. Adding these two files to sample 1's directory structure would gives us something as follows:
sample1 ├── repository │ └── ... ├── services │ └── ... ├── web-app │ └── ... ├── build.gradle └── settings.gradle
The most common use of settings.gradle is to enlist all the subprojects ...
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