i have 3 different build files,
prodbuild.gradle, build.gradle and build.xml

and the hierarchy is, i will first call prodbuild.gradle

// Script used by Prod builds, 

// Import development gradle file for basic build
apply from: 'build.gradle'

task prodX {
...
}

task prodY {
...
}

task prodZ {
...
}

as per my understanding this is calling build.gradle

ant.importBuild('build.xml')

task A {
...
}

task B {
...
}

and this is calling build.xml

<target name="antX" >
        ...
        ...
</target>

<target name="antY" dependson "antX">
        ...
        ...
</target>

Problem statement

target antX uses the directory created by task B in build.gradle, but the line

ant.importBuild('build.xml')

is executed in configuration phase, and at that time task A and task B are not executed, this is causing the issue,
i tried to avoid this by changing the build.gradle as

task importAntBuild (){
    doLast {
        ant.importBuild('build.xml')
    }
}

but task prodX is dependent on target antY, since i made importAntBuild to run at last this will again cause the problem.

this is the first time i am working on a gradle project, correct me if my understanding is wrong, any help is appreciated.

PS : all of this cycle was working fine with gradle 2.3, this issue is observed after i upgraded it to gradle 7.4