Android Studio Gradle version - Gradle version 2.8 is required

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I'm trying to build an Android project but the following error occurred

Error:(10, 1) A problem occurred evaluating project ':app'.
> Failed to apply plugin [id 'com.android.application']
   > Gradle version 2.8 is required. Current version is 2.4. If using the gradle wrapper, try editing the distributionUrl in C:\Users\...\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.properties to gradle-2.8-all.zip

It seem something's wrong with the Gradle version, however I checked the gradle-wrapper-property and it's already 2.10.

Also in File-Project Structure-Project, gradle-version is also 2.10

No idea how this happened, I've also restarted android-studio many times.

is this problem solved? I don't see that you mark any answer as solved — piotrek1543, Jan 08 '16 at 18:48
make sure android studio is using the wrapper gradle not the build in android studio one, preferences->gradle->check "use gradle wrapper" — ir2pid, Jan 26 '16 at 09:04

score 10 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:06

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For those that still need help, an answer on another post did it for me link.

You need to change Settings > Builds,Execution,Deployment > Build Tools > Gradle >Gradle home path

Or set Use default gradle wrapper and edit Project\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.properties files field distributionUrl like this

distributionUrl=https://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-2.10-all.zip

edited May 23 '17 at 12:06

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answered Jan 25 '16 at 18:22

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Change "Settings > Builds,Execution,Deployment > Build Tools > Gradle >Gradle" works. I've tried changing "gradle-wrapper.properties", then doing File -> Invalidate Caches/Restart -> Invalidate and Restart, but the problem persist. – Chlind Mar 22 '16 at 05:51

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 05 '16 at 07:23

I don't think that changing Gradle tools to version 1.5.0 is necessary, but if you're using 2.0-snapshot or beta version of gradle, I recommend you to change it to 1.5.0.

This error:

Error:(10, 1) A problem occurred evaluating project ':app'.
> Failed to apply plugin [id 'com.android.application']
   > Gradle version 2.8 is required. Current version is 2.4. If using the gradle wrapper, try editing the distributionUrl in

C:\Users...\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.properties to gradle-2.8-all.zip

only tells you that your project's Gradle system is a bit outdated and need to be updated to newer version.

Open your project Android Studio and in navigator on the left find file called gradle-wrapper.properties. It should have a content like this:

distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
distributionPath=wrapper/dists
zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-2.4-all.zip

Change the last line with distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-2.8-all.zip

It should work.

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 08 '16 at 10:10

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Go To Android Preference and Just change Project level Settings to Use default gradle wrapper (recommended).

answered Feb 08 '16 at 10:10

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Henry · Answer 4 · 2016-01-05T08:14:13.287

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There is a bug in version checking in older android plugins. To fix this you can either go back to gradle 2.9 or use the newer plugin

buildscript {
    dependencies {
        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:1.5.0'
    }
}

But I see from your error message that it tries to run with gradle 2.4 so this is maybe another problem.

edited Jan 05 '16 at 08:14

answered Jan 05 '16 at 06:47

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I tried to change to this but it says cannot find gradle:1.5.0 I then try to update android-studio from 1.4 to 1.5.1. It worked – Edward Jan 05 '16 at 08:18

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited Jan 07 '16 at 15:30

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Updating the version of android studio from 1.4 to 1.5.1 fixed this problem for me.

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answered Jan 05 '16 at 08:21

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Android Studio Gradle version - Gradle version 2.8 is required

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