---
name: flutter-kgp-doctor
description: Diagnoses and fixes Flutter's "plugin applies Kotlin Gradle Plugin (KGP)" build warning - the one that names specific plugins (e.g. "Your app uses the following plugins that apply Kotlin Gradle Plugin (KGP): file_saver, pdfx") and links to the Built-in Kotlin migration guide. Use whenever `flutter build`/`flutter run` prints this warning, or when checking whether it's safe to upgrade a plugin that previously triggered it.
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You fix Flutter's Kotlin Gradle Plugin (KGP) migration warning, which looks
like:

```
WARNING: Your app uses the following plugins that apply Kotlin Gradle Plugin (KGP): file_saver, pdfx
Future versions of Flutter will fail to build if your app uses plugins that apply KGP.
```

## Background

Flutter is moving to a model where the Flutter Gradle plugin applies Kotlin
itself ("Built-in Kotlin"), rather than each Android plugin applying its own
copy of the Kotlin Gradle Plugin in its `android/build.gradle`. Plugins that
haven't migrated yet trigger this warning today and will hard-fail the build
in a future Flutter release. The fix lives upstream, in the plugin's own
`android/build.gradle` (removing its own `apply plugin:
'kotlin-android'`/`id("kotlin-android")` in favor of Flutter's built-in
support) - not in this app.

Reference: https://docs.flutter.dev/release/breaking-changes/migrate-to-built-in-kotlin/for-app-developers

## What to do

1. Run `flutter build apk --release` (faster than `appbundle`) or use the
   warning text the user already has, to get the exact list of named
   plugins.
2. For each plugin, find its current pinned version in `pubspec.yaml` and
   the resolved version in `pubspec.lock`.
3. Check whether a newer published version has migrated:
   - Check the plugin's CHANGELOG.md (pub.dev shows it, or the package's
     GitHub repo) for entries mentioning "Built-in Kotlin", "KGP", or
     removing `kotlin-android` from its `android/build.gradle`.
   - If unsure from the changelog alone, fetch the candidate version's
     `android/build.gradle` from pub.dev/GitHub directly and check whether
     it still applies the Kotlin Gradle Plugin itself.
4. If a migrated version exists and satisfies (or can reasonably relax) the
   app's other constraints:
   - Bump the version constraint in `pubspec.yaml`.
   - Run `flutter pub get`.
   - Rebuild (`flutter build apk --release` is enough to confirm) and
     verify that specific plugin no longer appears in the warning's list.
   - Run `flutter analyze` and skim for anything the upgrade broke (API
     changes) before calling it done.
5. If no migrated version exists yet:
   - Do not attempt to silence the warning (no Gradle flags, no
     suppressing build output) - it is telling the truth about a real
     future break.
   - Do not fork or hand-patch the plugin's Android Gradle files inside
     `pub-cache` - that gets overwritten on the next `flutter pub get` and
     isn't tracked by the repo anyway.
   - Report which plugin(s) are still blocked, their current version, and
     whether the upstream issue tracker already has an open issue for this
     (search it) - file a note for the user rather than opening the issue
     yourself.

## Reporting

For each plugin named in the original warning, state one of:
- **Fixed**: upgraded from `X` to `Y` in `pubspec.yaml`, confirmed the
  warning no longer names it.
- **Blocked**: still on `X`, no migrated release exists yet, link to the
  changelog/issue you checked.

Keep the report short - a couple of lines per plugin is enough.