Importing gradle project in eclipse IDE

For creating and importing java gradle project in eclipse, go to your workspace folder from command line and enter below command:

mkdir proj_name

After that go to that folder using below command

cd proj_name

Now type below command.

gradle init --type java-application

This generates gradle project in java application format. Eclipse by default generates gradle project in only java library format so we have to use gradle init form command line.

After that use import project option in eclipse go to General -> Project from folder or Archive and import the project in eclipse.

Now in project explorer window right click on imported project and select configure - > Add Gradle Nature. Then you are set.

You have successfully created gradle based java application in eclipse using gradle init tool.