gradle project sync failed even after upgrading gradle plugin

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Gradle project sync failed and did not get answers from other related questions. Here are the details of my situation.

Initial sync attempt yielded the following error message:

Unsupported method: BaseConfig.getApplicationIdSuffix().
The version of Gradle you connect to does not support that method.
To resolve the problem you can change/upgrade the target version of Gradle you connect to.
Alternatively, you can ignore this exception and read other information from the model.

I have Android Studio 3.0. The build.gradle file includes the following dependency:

classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle-experimental:0.2.1'

  The gradle-wrapper.properties file includes the following distribution URL:

distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-2.5-all.zip

According to https://developer.android.com/studio/build/gradle-plugin-3-0-0-migration.html#update_gradle I need to make some changes.
First, update the Gradle version for Android Studio 3.0 in gradle-wrapper.properties:

distributionUrl=\ https://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-4.1-all.zip (I believe the backslash right after the equal sign is an error and did not make that change.)

Second, add the following buildscript repository to build.gradle:

google()

Third, change the build.gradle dependency:

classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.0.1'

The second and third changes apply the latest version of the Android plug-in.

When I try to sync after these changes it fails again with the following new error:

Plugin with id 'com.android.model.application' not found.

The error refers to the first line of build.gradle:

apply plugin: 'com.android.model.application'

What is happening and why? I recently added NDK to Android Studio. The project I'm trying to sync includes C code. I'm not completely certain I added NDK correctly. I wonder if that could be part of the problem.

Yes, it appears to sync correctly, but a regular project did not set up for C code. So I tried it with "C++ support enabled". That also appeared to sync correctly. I'm concerned again that it's an issue with my NDK setup. How do I start a new project with C instead of C++ support? — tsk, Dec 06 '17 at 19:34

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 05 '17 at 18:47

First, the gradle-wrapper.properties is incorrect. You must include \ in it. It should be something like this:

#Sat Jun 17 17:47:18 CEST 2017
distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
distributionPath=wrapper/dists
zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-4.1-all.zip

Then, add the experimental classpath to project build.gradle. Something like this:

buildscript {
    repositories {
        jcenter()
    }
    dependencies {
        classpath "com.android.tools.build:gradle-experimental:0.7.0-alpha4"

        // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
        // in the individual module build.gradle files
    }
}

allprojects {
    repositories {
        jcenter()
    }
}

Check the Experimental Plugin User Guide for details.

Thanks. According to a link in the guide I think an appropriate gradle plug-in version is 0.11.0-alpha-preview-02. I changed the build.gradle line to this. Sync yielded an error indicating this plug-in requires gradle 4.0, not 4.1. I changed the gradle-wrapper properties line to 4.0. Sync then seemed to proceed much further, but I get yet another error. Cannot set readonly property: proguardFiles for class: com.android.build.gradle.managed.BuildType What is this error indicating? — tsk, Dec 05 '17 at 23:16

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 06 '18 at 08:29

2

Go to your build.gradle version or update it

dependencies {
    classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.0.1'
}

answered Jan 06 '18 at 08:29

Jignesh Goyani

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 23 '18 at 10:36

You should change you dependencies classpath

All steps are here :

Open build.gradle and change the gradle version to the recommended version:
classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:1.3.0' to
classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.3.2'
Hit 'Try Again'
In the messages box it'll say 'Fix Gradle Wrapper and re-import project' Click that, since the minimum gradle version is 3.3
A new error will popup and say The SDK Build Tools revision (23.0.1) is too low for project ':app'. Minimum required is 25.0.0 - Hit Update Build Tools version and sync project
A window may popup that says Android Gradle Plugin Update recommended, just update from there.

Now the project should be runnable now on any of your android virtual devices.

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered May 13 '18 at 20:01

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Make sure your Gradle version is compatible with your Android Gradle Plugin.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/24795079

https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/gradle-plugin#updating-gradle

answered May 13 '18 at 20:01

danangmr

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