I created my plugin to use PSI api from JetBrains to parse all kotlin files and gather the annotations info then generate all the classes. That hit the wall due to the complexity of reading annotation’s params.
So I have switched back to the idiomatic way which is to leverage the power of the Annotation Processing and use its API to read and manipulate/generate the necessary source files.
Getting back to your previous suggestions, I have tried them all but I am still facing the same problem. Also adding a SourceSet to android is not that trivial cuz it requires adding an extra buildType which certainly creates all the default compile tasks but it will not recompile the service project for some reason.
We have gone so far and deep though this issue so getting back to roots sounds like a good thing to me. The original problem occurs when :service:CompileDebugKotlin task (the task responsible for compiling the source code in service module) is getting executed before any of the dependant module got the chance to generate their source (A.K.A executed their annotation processors.).
If there is a way to delay the service from compiling it sources just until all dependant modules have finalised their annotation processing task (kaptDebugCompile) and copied the file back to service build folder. Now when service runs the task compileDebugKotlin it will be aware of the new files and everything will work fine later when the dependant modules will execute their own compileDebugKotlin because they will see the binaries compiled in service.
I am sorry if my problem frustrated you, sure thing it did that to me and still does since a month now. I can’t really let this go cuz I feel that it’s pretty possible to achieve if I manage to figure our the correct project config.
Million thanks @Lance you’ve been brilliant 