Getting Started

Overview

• Create a 'libs' folder in your plugin

• Drag the Universal Chat Plugin jar into the libs folder

• Tweak build.gradle.ks

• Import UniversalChatAPI

Create libs folder

In the root directory of your plugin create a libs folder

Add Universal Chat Jar

Download Universal Chat, and place the plugin file into the newly created libs folder

Build File Tweaking

Navigate to build.gradle.kts and add the following code under 'dependencies' Find the latest version here, where it says "The Developer Guide is made for...."

implementation(files("libs/UniversalChat-{version}.jar"))

Full Example:

dependencies {
    compileOnly("org.spigotmc:spigot-api:1.20.1-R0.1-SNAPSHOT")
    implementation("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk8")
    implementation(files("libs/UniversalChat-{version}.jar"))
}

Import Universal Chat's API

Import Universal Chat using the following code

import org.universaldevelopment.universalChat.API.UniversalChatAPI

Notes

• Once complete, the Universal Chat jar will be bundled with your plugin, however it will not function without the Universal Chat installed in the plugins directory.