Can I make desktop-only games using libGDX?

Question

I'm kinda new to libGDX and I can't quite get why is the Android module necessary in the gdx-setup-ui?
Isn't libGDX used for making desktop games? And is there a way of creating a desktop project avoiding the Android one (having core + desktop only)?

Answer 1

Checkout this, here you see that you use your core project to put all the non-specific platform code, and the desktop project is the project you run when you want to run for the desktop.