Gradle Support

vscode-java provides partial Gradle support for Java projects, by embedding the Eclipse Buildship project.

Known limitations:

• Android projects are not supported
• Kotlin build descriptors (build.kts) are not supported
• ...

Supported settings:

• java.import.gradle.enabled : Enable/disable the Gradle importer.
• java.import.gradle.home: setting for GRADLE_HOME.
• java.import.gradle.arguments: Arguments to pass to Gradle.
• java.import.gradle.jvmArguments: JVM arguments to pass to Gradle.
• java.import.gradle.wrapper.enabled: Enable/disable the Gradle wrapper.
• java.import.gradle.version: Gradle version, used if the gradle wrapper is missing or disabled.
• java.import.gradle.offline.enabled: Enable/disable the Gradle offline mode. Defaults to false.
• java.import.gradle.user.home: setting for GRADLE_USER_HOME.

Suspicious gradle wrapper detection

When a project uses the gradle wrapper, if "java.import.gradle.wrapper.enabled"=true (the default), it will be automatically executed when opening VS Code. There is potential for a bad actor to replace the gradle-wrapper.jar with a malicious binary in a seemingly innocent repository, tricking users into automatically executing malware as soon as the folder is opened. In order to mitigate this issue, vscode-java performs integrity checks on any gradle wrapper used to run a build, similar to the Github Action published by the Gradle team.