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[[play_plugin]]
= Building Play applications

[CAUTION]
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Play web application support was deprecated in Gradle 5 and replaced by an external Play plugin in Gradle 6.
Please use the new https://gradle.github.io/playframework[Gradle Play Plugin], available from the plugin portal, instead.
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