Cannot locate tasks that match ':composeApp:compileJava' as task 'compileJava' is ambiguous in project ':composeApp'

Question

Cannot locate tasks that match ':composeApp:compileJava' as task 'compileJava' is ambiguous in project ':composeApp'. Candidates are: 'compileDebugAndroidTestJavaWithJavac', 'compileDebugJavaWithJavac', 'compileDebugUnitTestJavaWithJavac', 'compileReleaseJavaWithJavac', 'compileReleaseUnitTestJavaWithJavac'.

* Try:
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Deprecated Gradle features were used in this build, making it incompatible with Gradle 9.0.
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BUILD FAILED in 189ms

I have created the project from the jetbrains website.

Answer 1

It looks like a bug in the template. According to Multiplatform: Cannot locate tasks that match ':composeApp:compileJava', calling gradle :composeApp:run from Run Anything works on my machine.

Answer 2

In Mac, run the following command:

./gradlew :composeApp:run

For Windows, it's similar:

.\gradlew :composeApp:run

If it doesn't work on Windows, try running the Mac command in a bash terminal or with WSL.