What's the best way to run a Java console app that uses

System.console()

? (It uses

System.console().readPassword()

.)

./gradlew run

NPEs because

System.console()

is null, even with the

--no-daemon

option. The best option I've found is to run

./gradlew installDist

and then run the

build/install/[module_name]/bin/[module_name]

script. Is there a better way to do it?

I don't think so. You would need https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/1251 being resolved.

--no-daemon

does not work as you still used a daemon. Nowadays the option in most cases just starts a one-off daemon that is quit after the build. If you would tweak the settings so that really no daemon is started, it would work