Unable to find method void org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.dsl.KotlinJvmOptions.setUseIR(boolean)

Question

I'm unable to run any tests or run the app or debugger because of this error:

`Unable to find method void org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.dsl.KotlinJvmOptions.setUseIR(boolean)`

I've tried all of the provided solutions and hit the File > Invalidate Caches/Restart... option.

This is an Android Studio project in Kotlin and Java with Jetpack Compose, Retrofit2, OkHttp3.

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Update: Here are my build.gradle files

build.gradle Project:

buildscript {
    ext.kotlin_version = '1.6.0-RC'
    ext {
        compose_version = '1.0.1'
        fragment_version = "1.3.6"
    }
    repositories {
        google()
        mavenCentral()
        maven {
            url = uri("https://plugins.gradle.org/m2/")
        }
    }
    dependencies {
        classpath "com.android.tools.build:gradle:7.0.2"
        classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:1.5.21"
        classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:$kotlin_version"

        // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
        // in the individual module build.gradle files
    }
}

task clean(type: Delete) {
    delete rootProject.buildDir
}

build.gradle App:

plugins {
    id 'com.android.application'
    id 'kotlin-android'
    id("org.jetbrains.kotlin.android.extensions")
}

android {
    compileSdk 31

    useLibrary("android.test.runner")
    useLibrary("android.test.base")
    useLibrary("android.test.mock")

    defaultConfig {
        applicationId "com.example.moviespotter"
        minSdk 21
        targetSdk 31
        versionCode 1
        versionName "1.0"

        testInstrumentationRunner "androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
        vectorDrawables {
            useSupportLibrary true
        }
    }

    buildTypes {
        release {
            minifyEnabled false
            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android-optimize.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
        }
    }
    buildFeatures {
        viewBinding = true
        compose true
    }
    compileOptions {
        sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
        targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
    }
    composeOptions {
        kotlinCompilerExtensionVersion compose_version
        kotlinCompilerVersion '1.5.21'
    }
    kotlinOptions {
        jvmTarget = '1.8'
    }
    tasks.withType(org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.tasks.KotlinCompile).all {
        kotlinOptions {
            jvmTarget = '1.8'
        }
    }
    packagingOptions {
        resources {
            excludes += '/META-INF/{AL2.0,LGPL2.1}'
        }
    }
}

dependencies {

    implementation 'androidx.core:core-ktx:1.6.0'
    implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.3.1'
    implementation 'com.google.android.material:material:1.4.0'
    implementation 'androidx.constraintlayout:constraintlayout:2.0.4'
    implementation "androidx.compose.ui:ui:$compose_version"
    implementation "androidx.compose.material:material:$compose_version"
    implementation "androidx.compose.ui:ui-tooling-preview:$compose_version"
    implementation 'androidx.activity:activity-compose:1.3.1'
    implementation 'androidx.test.espresso:espresso-idling-resource:3.1.1'
    testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.13'
    testImplementation("com.squareup.okhttp3:mockwebserver:4.9.2")
    androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.ext:junit:1.1.3'
    androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.espresso:espresso-core:3.4.0'
    androidTestImplementation "androidx.compose.ui:ui-test-junit4:$compose_version"
    androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test:rules:1.4.0'
    androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test:runner:1.4.0'
    debugImplementation "androidx.compose.ui:ui-tooling:$compose_version"
    implementation 'com.squareup.retrofit2:retrofit:2.7.0'
    implementation 'com.squareup.retrofit2:converter-gson:2.7.0'
    implementation 'com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:4.3.1'
    implementation 'com.google.code.gson:gson:2.8.5'
    implementation 'androidx.cardview:cardview:1.0.0'
    implementation 'androidx.recyclerview:recyclerview:1.1.0'
    implementation 'com.github.bumptech.glide:glide:4.10.0' //Glide
    implementation "androidx.fragment:fragment-ktx:$fragment_version"
    implementation "androidx.fragment:fragment-ktx:$fragment_version"
    implementation "io.coil-kt:coil-compose:1.3.1"
    annotationProcessor 'com.github.bumptech.glide:compiler:4.10.0'
    implementation "androidx.core:core-ktx:+"
}

Here are a bunch more words so that StackOverflow will accept my edits. Too much code you say? Maybe I'm not that great at coding yet and I have way too many dependencies. I don't know what these things do. Sometimes I have an idea, but mostly I'm just reading tutorials and documentation and blindly following whatever they say. Is this enough words yet?

Answer 1

When I'm using Kotlin version 2.0.0 then i'm facing this issue.

I have changed my KSP Version "1.9.20-1.0.13" to "2.0.0-1.0.22"

libs.versions.toml

ksp = "2.0.0-1.0.22"
ksp = { id = "com.google.devtools.ksp", version.ref = "ksp" }

Version Compatibility

This chart illustrates the compatibility between Kotlin and Kotlin Symbol Processing (KSP) versions.

Kotlin Version	KSP Version
2.1.10	2.1.10-1.0.29
2.1.0	2.1.0-1.0.29
2.0.21	2.0.21-1.0.25
2.0.20	2.0.20-1.0.24
2.0.0	2.0.0-1.0.22

Note

If you are using Dagger Hilt and have updated your Kotlin 2.1.0 and KSP 2.1.0-1.0.29 versions then you need to use Dagger Hilt version 2.53. Please check your dagger hilt version compatibility also

Answer 2

If you still having issues and you installed latest Android studio (LadyBug) and created a new project and wish to use room library you will need to migrate from kapt to ksp. You can read about it here https://developer.android.com/build/migrate-to-ksp Basically you will need to follow the following steps:

1. add the following line into Project module build.gradle.kts in plugins section

   id("com.google.devtools.ksp") version "2.0.21-1.0.27" apply false

2. add the following line into Module build.gradle.kts in plugins section

   id("com.google.devtools.ksp")

3. you will be required to update the kotlin version in libs.versions.toml from 1.9.24 to 2.0.21 (maybe there will be a newer version by the time you will see this solution, android studio will inform you which version you need to update in the console after syncing the project).

4. sync the project, it should work after that

Answer 3

Updating com.android.tools.build:gradle version to 7.0.4 fixed it for me

classpath "com.android.tools.build:gradle:7.0.4"

Answer 4

Duplicated kotlin-gradle-plugin in Project's build.gradle might mess things up