Integrating Flurry on Android Studio: Gradle DSL Method not found - 'compile()'

Question

I'm following the instructions for integrating Flurry Analytics using the official tutorial

I run into the problem that has been widely reported:

Error:(4, 0) Gradle DSL method not found: 'compile()' Possible causes:
The project 'My_Project' may be using a version of Gradle that does not contain the method. Open Gradle wrapper file
The build file may be missing a Gradle plugin. Apply Gradle plugin

Here's the gradle file for the FlurryAnalytics-5.5.0 module autogenerated by Studio:

configurations.create("default")
artifacts.add("default", file('FlurryAnalytics-5.5.0.jar'))
dependencies {
    compile files('FlurryAnalytics-5.5.0.jar')
}

I'm aware that a common solution prescribed in such questions as this one is to avoid putting the 'dependencies' closure in the top level build file. However, I don't have any non-gradle dependencies in that file, as is shown below.

build.gradle:

buildscript {
    repositories {
        jcenter()
    }
    dependencies {
        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:1.0.0'
    }
}

allprojects {
    repositories {
        jcenter()
    }
}

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 07 '16 at 08:11

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The compile option is a part of the Android Gradle Plugin.

You need to apply that plugin to your module's build.gradle file if the module is an Android module.

apply plugin: 'com.android.application' // Android Gradle Pllugin

android {
    // Your Android configuration
}

With Jar:

dependencies {
    compile files('FlurryAnalytics-5.5.0.jar') // Your Jar
}

or Maven Dependency:

dependencies {
    compile 'com.flurry.android:analytics:6.2.0' // Latest Jcenter release
}

edited Mar 07 '16 at 08:11

Jared Burrows

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answered Jun 24 '15 at 21:21

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This makes sense. I had wanted to make Flurry a module of its own. What a mistake. Well, thank you! It'd be nice to have Flurry available on one of the Maven repos so we don't have to deal with jars at all :) – kip2 Jun 25 '15 at 01:08
I'm just about to add flurry to my app, and looked for it on http://gradleplease.appspot.com/ which gave me back compile 'io.segment.analytics.android:flurry:1.3.1'. Are you guys really saying that flurry isn't on gradle/maven yet!!?? – Russ Wheeler Aug 03 '15 at 11:05
@RussWheeler It is on Jcenter. – Jared Burrows Mar 07 '16 at 08:12

Integrating Flurry on Android Studio: Gradle DSL Method not found - 'compile()'

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