Gradle project refresh failed after Android Studio update

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Here's the output:

11:57:04 AM Gradle 'KeddreaderProject' project refresh failed: Cause: org.gradle.internal.service.ServiceLocator.([Ljava/lang/ClassLoader;)V:

I've tried to remove .gradle folder, but it doesn't help. What can be the problem?

Edit: I get this error even when I try to import any other project on Ubuntu 13.10. But on Windows everything works (with the the same version of Android Studio) well.

try changing gradle plugin version to 0.6.3 in build.gradle and gradle wrapper to version 1.8 in gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties (change the distributionUrl). then run `./gradlew clean` and `./gradlew build --refresh-dependencies` — Gal Ben-Haim, Nov 09 '13 at 10:44
Build went successful, but problem with refreshing is still here. — s0nerik, Nov 09 '13 at 11:30
I have the same issue, using `./gradlew` or even `gradle` works flawlessly but android-studio complains when building with "org.gradle.tooling.GradleConnectionException: Could not execute build using Gradle installation '/home/rndstr/.gradle/wrapper/dists/gradle-1.8-bin/vruqmccc8532n7gr46qavsii8/gradle-1.8'.: Could not execute build using Gradle installation '/home/rndstr/.gradle/wrapper/dists/gradle-1.8-bin/vruqmccc8532n7gr46qavsii8/gradle-1.8'." and the error mentioned above when trying to sync project — rndstr, Nov 09 '13 at 14:44
@s0nerik I updated this morning (about 1h before I wrote my comment) and IIRC it was from 0.3.2 to 0.3.4 (Linux). Edit: I also created a new project which leads to the same error, so it is not code-related — rndstr, Nov 09 '13 at 18:26
looking in the android-studio log, I can see the following: Gradle project resolve error \n org.gradle.tooling.GradleConnectionException: Could not fetch model of type 'BuildEnvironment' using Gradle distribution 'http://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-1.8-all.zip'. But I can fairly well access that URL — rndstr, Nov 09 '13 at 18:39
@rndstr, in my case this bug appeared in 0.3.3 version and still there. I can only suggest that the problem is here: "Ljava/lang/ClassLoader", seems like a typo. — s0nerik, Nov 09 '13 at 18:52
@s0nerik it's not a typo http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5085889/l-array-notation-where-does-it-come-from — rndstr, Nov 10 '13 at 09:34
@rndstr If it so, then I have no idea what's going wrong in Android Studio. :( — s0nerik, Nov 10 '13 at 09:44
rm android-studio/plugins/gradle/lib/gradle-*-1.8.jar try this guys worked for me — bugraoral, Nov 11 '13 at 09:25
Use the previous release: http://tools.android.com/download/studio/canary/0-3-2 — Industrial-antidepressant, Nov 11 '13 at 10:06

score 26 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 21 '15 at 00:07

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Check the Gradle home path after the update to version 1.5. It should be ../gradle-2.8.

answered Nov 21 '15 at 00:07

Darius

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This worked for me in the Android Studio 2.0 Preview! Thanks! – Andrew Nov 28 '15 at 05:09
Mine was at `C:\Users\\.gradle\wrapper\dists` – Morgoth Dec 30 '17 at 16:58

score 23 · Accepted Answer · edited Dec 09 '16 at 17:55

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Most people do not read the comments so to summarize (Thanks to @Industrial-antidepressant and @wrecker):

As suggested in a bug ticket you should try the following:

Close Android Studio
go to android-studio/plugins/gradle/lib
Delete (or better move them somewhere to have a backup) all gradle-*-1.8 files
Start Android Studio again and rebuild/refresh.

It should work. Make sure to star the above bug ticket to get informed.

Little tip: Try the new compile setting Settings -> Compiler -> Gradle and activate the third in-process build for a speed up. Depending on your project setting you might want to select the first one as well. With that my project build time reduced to 2-4 seconds (before 20+ seconds).

edited Dec 09 '16 at 17:55

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answered Nov 11 '13 at 12:24

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Not working, gives me NoClassDefFoundError: org/gradle/tooling/ProgressListener: org/gradle/tooling/ProgressListener when I click on Rebuild – Marian Klühspies Jan 18 '14 at 15:12
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`NoClassDefFoundError: org/gradle/tooling/model/UnsupportedMethodException` – Iman Marashi Jan 25 '16 at 16:46
@ImanMarashi You put an error line in a comment and expect what? Help? Applause? It is like screaming "hello" in middle earth and expecting Peter Pan to come to help. – WarrenFaith Jan 26 '16 at 08:48
@WarrenFaith I do all your commands, but I still got the error. Understanding this is very simple. To better understand what I see and I guide you to [this link](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/35000287/could-not-initialize-class-org-gradle-tooling-internal-consumer-loader-defaultto). – Iman Marashi Jan 26 '16 at 18:25
This helped, Also clear cache and if possible point the Gradle to the latest. – DearDhruv Apr 11 '16 at 05:49
I deleted them and restarted Android Studio and got NoClassDefFoundError and then restored the deleted files and now project refresh works. – Harsh Feb 17 '17 at 02:45

score 20 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 13 '15 at 08:26

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File -> Invalidate Caches / Restart -> Invalidate and Restart worked for me.

answered Apr 13 '15 at 08:26

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This fixed my issue when I was replacing local aar with remote dependency. Thanks man! – pkk May 26 '15 at 15:44

Bhaumik Belani · Answer 4 · 2020-06-09T05:08:58.220

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I tried everything, nothing worked.then I tried the following steps and it worked

close Android studio
go to "My Documents"
delete the following folders a).android, b).androidstudio1.5, c).gradle
start Android studio and enjoy...

It seems stupid but works...

edited Jun 09 '20 at 05:08

answered Feb 25 '16 at 18:07

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Step 3. `Delete` those folders, please specify the locations as well – Maveňツ Nov 22 '16 at 12:15
its already there. see step 2. those are found in "my document" – Bhaumik Belani Nov 22 '16 at 13:03
@BhaumikBelani you mean "My Documents"?? – Chaine Mar 24 '19 at 07:52
For Linux, it will be in current user home directory...~/ – sgupta Sep 06 '19 at 18:14

score 2 · Answer 5 · answered May 22 '16 at 20:03

This might be too late to answer. But this may help someone.

In my case there was problem of JDK path.

I just set proper JDK path for Android Studio 2.1

File -> Project Structure -> From Left Side Panel "SDK Location" -> JDK Location -> Click to select JDK Path

score 1 · Answer 6 · answered Jun 18 '16 at 09:13

Although this has been answered a long time ago, I had the same problem with an app after updating to

Gradle 2.1.2

The solution I found (on top of the one given by @WarrenFaith was to:

File -> Synchronize

This solved all the errors generated by the Gradle update.

score 1 · Answer 7 · edited Mar 12 '17 at 07:29

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Use this in project.gradle:

buildscript {
    repositories 
    {
        mavenCentral()
    }

    dependencies {
        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.3.0'
    }
}

allprojects {
    repositories {
        mavenCentral()
    }
}

edited Mar 12 '17 at 07:29

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answered Mar 12 '17 at 07:06

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score 1 · Answer 8 · answered Mar 24 '17 at 07:59

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Make sure that nothing is interfering with your app files (specially in Windows), in my case this problem arise due to a text editor that was holding some XML file and Android Studio wasn't able to modify it.

answered Mar 24 '17 at 07:59

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score 0 · Answer 9 · answered Jun 25 '16 at 09:21

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Go to C://Users//
Remove .AndroidStudio2.x
Open Android Studio and config for initialization again.

answered Jun 25 '16 at 09:21

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score 0 · Answer 10 · answered Aug 07 '17 at 20:23

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SDK wasn't downloaded

so turned on the internet connection and after restarting the Android Studio

it showed a pop up to download 800mb data click on yes and issue gets resolved

answered Aug 07 '17 at 20:23

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MEGHA DOBARIYA · Answer 11 · 2023-08-24T23:01:08.903

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Go to Terminal and type clearw Gradle
Press Enter
Goto file menu, choose Invalidate Caches /Restart
Press Yes

edited Aug 24 '23 at 23:01

answered Aug 08 '23 at 05:41

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score -2 · Answer 12 · answered Jul 04 '14 at 16:32

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Close your project, and then import project. That work for me. It's a simply way.

good luck.

answered Jul 04 '14 at 16:32

user3783791

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No, this is not the surefire solution. – IgorGanapolsky Feb 09 '15 at 18:17

score -2 · Answer 13 · answered Nov 27 '18 at 17:07

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Close Android Studio
Go to C:\Users\Username
delete the .gradle folder

That's it you are done

answered Nov 27 '18 at 17:07

Dushyanth Kandiah

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this will make you download all gradle component again which is approx 50-150 Mb per version. – pallav bohara Apr 11 '20 at 12:21
@pallavbohara but this is the easiest way to do it – Dushyanth Kandiah Apr 15 '20 at 11:45

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