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Android studio can not recognise an old version of gradle file

I am trying to open a project i created and developed long time ago using android studio. but every time i try to open and run the project i receive the following errors. that project was working normally without any errors in gradle files.
please let me know how to fix it
error:
ERROR: Failed to resolve: com.android.support:appcompat-v7:26.0.1
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Affected Modules: app
ERROR: Failed to resolve: com.android.support:recyclerview-v7:26.0.1
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Affected Modules: app
ERROR: Failed to resolve: com.android.support:support-annotations:28.0.0
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Affected Modules: app
WARNING: Configuration 'compile' is obsolete and has been replaced with 'implementation' and 'api'.
It will be removed at the end of 2018. For more information see: http://d.android.com/r/tools/update-dependency-configurations.html
Affected Modules: app
WARNING: Configuration 'testCompile' is obsolete and has been replaced with 'testImplementation'.
It will be removed at the end of 2018. For more information see: http://d.android.com/r/tools/update-dependency-configurations.html
Affected Modules: app
WARNING: Configuration 'androidTestCompile' is obsolete and has been replaced with 'androidTestImplementation'.
It will be removed at the end of 2018. For more information see: http://d.android.com/r/tools/update-dependency-configurations.html
Affected Modules: app
WARNING: The specified Android SDK Build Tools version (26.0.2) is ignored, as it is below the minimum supported version (28.0.3) for Android Gradle Plugin 3.3.2.
Android SDK Build Tools 28.0.3 will be used.
To suppress this warning, remove "buildToolsVersion '26.0.2'" from your build.gradle file, as each version of the Android Gradle Plugin now has a default version of the build tools.
Remove Build Tools version and sync project
Affected Modules: app
gradle project:
// Top-level build file where you can add configuration options common to all sub-projects/modules.
buildscript {
repositories {
jcenter()
maven {
url 'https://github.com/uPhyca/stetho-realm/raw/master/maven-repo'
}
maven {
url "https://jitpack.io"
}
google()
}
dependencies {
classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.3.2'
// NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
// in the individual module build.gradle files
}
}
allprojects {
repositories {
jcenter()
}
}
task clean(type: Delete) {
delete rootProject.buildDir
}
gradle app:
apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
android {
compileSdkVersion 26
buildToolsVersion "26.0.2"
defaultConfig {
applicationId "com.example.pc_amr.retrofit_3"
minSdkVersion 15
targetSdkVersion 26
versionCode 1
versionName "1.0"
testInstrumentationRunner "android.support.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
}
buildTypes {
release {
minifyEnabled false
proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
}
}
}
dependencies {
compile fileTree(include: ['*.jar'], dir: 'libs')
androidTestCompile('com.android.support.test.espresso:espresso-core:2.2.2', {
exclude group: 'com.android.support', module: 'support-annotations'
})
compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:26.0.1'
compile 'com.android.support.constraint:constraint-layout:1.0.2'
testCompile 'junit:junit:4.12'
compile 'com.squareup.okhttp3:logging-interceptor:3.4.0'
compile 'com.squareup.retrofit2:retrofit:2.3.0'
compile 'com.squareup.retrofit2:converter-gson:2.1.0'
compile 'com.squareup:otto:1.3.8'
compile 'com.google.code.gson:gson:2.6.2'
compile 'com.android.support:recyclerview-v7:26.0.1'
compile 'com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:3.9.0'
compile 'com.google.code.gson:gson:2.8.1'
compile 'com.solidfire.code.gson:gson:2.6.2'
compile 'com.google.code.gson:gson-parent:2.8.1'
compile 'com.solidfire.code.gson:gson-parent:2.6.2'
compile 'com.android.support:support-annotations:28.0.0'
}

Maven repository is missing, so do it as follows, in porject level gradle file
allprojects {
repositories {
// If you're using a version of Gradle lower than 4.1, you must instead use:
maven {
url 'https://maven.google.com'
}
// An alternative URL is 'https://dl.google.com/dl/android/maven2/'
jcenter()
}
}

android studio the '-d' option with a directory destination is ignored because '-Xbuild-file' is specified

I am new to android development and just created my first "hello world" project in android studio 3.2 ( canary ) following this tutorial. https://developer.android.com/jetpack/docs/getting-started
and then I just did Build- > make project project tried to build and gave me following error.
Could not get unknown property 'archLifecycleVersion' for root project 'JetpackHelloWorld' of type org.gradle.api.Project.
but I was able to solve that error with help of answers on a question I posted.
android jetpack project gives archlifecycleversion build error
after that error was solved I tried to build again and now I have the following error.
the '-d' option with a directory destination is ignored because '-Xbuild-file' is specified
Update
Build.gradle (app folder level )
apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
apply plugin: 'kotlin-android'
apply plugin: 'kotlin-android-extensions'
android {
compileSdkVersion 27
defaultConfig {
applicationId "com.example.touseef.jetpackhelloworld"
minSdkVersion 17
targetSdkVersion 27
versionCode 1
versionName "1.0"
testInstrumentationRunner "android.support.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
}
buildTypes {
release {
minifyEnabled false
proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
}
}
}
dependencies {
implementation fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
implementation"org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jre7:$kotlin_version"
implementation 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:27.1.1'
implementation 'com.android.support.constraint:constraint-layout:1.1.0'
implementation 'android.arch.lifecycle:extensions:1.1.1'
testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.12'
androidTestImplementation 'com.android.support.test:runner:1.0.2'
androidTestImplementation 'com.android.support.test.espresso:espresso-core:3.0.2'
}
build.gradle (project level)
// Top-level build file where you can add configuration options common to all sub-projects/modules.
buildscript {
ext.kotlin_version = '1.2.41'
repositories {
google()
jcenter()
}
dependencies {
classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.2.0-alpha14'
classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:$kotlin_version"
// NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
// in the individual module build.gradle files
}
}
allprojects {
repositories {
google()
jcenter()
}
}
task clean(type: Delete) {
delete rootProject.buildDir
}
Run is disabled
as you can see in the screenshot, run option of the app is disabled and it asks me to edit configuration if I click on the drop down, what kind of configurations I am supposed to do in a empty project?

I had the same issue while building the project with Kotlin version 1.2.61, it worked after updating the version to 1.2.71 from 1.2.61
The classpath dependencies are(inside project level build.gradle) :
dependencies {
classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.3.0-alpha10'
classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:4.0.0'
classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:1.2.71"
classpath "android.arch.navigation:navigation-safe-args-gradle-plugin:1.0.0-alpha06"
classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-android-extensions:1.2.71"
// NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
// in the individual module build.gradle files
}

For some reason the problem is that in settings of Kotlin compiler activated incremental compilation. If you disable these options - you will not receive the warning.

Android Studio 3 gradle sync issue

i'm working on a project with Android Studio but i have no idea about the Android Studio..
can't solve the gradle sync error for hours. my build.gradle is like this: (not the wrong one, it's the app build.gradle)
buildscript {
repositories {
mavenCentral()
mavenLocal()
}
dependencies {
classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.0.0'
}
}
repositories {
mavenCentral()
mavenLocal()
}
apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
android {
compileSdkVersion 23
buildToolsVersion '23.0.1'
defaultConfig {
applicationId 'com.kofax.sdk.samples.easysnap'
minSdkVersion 14
targetSdkVersion 23
versionCode 1
versionName '1.0'
}
sourceSets {
main {
jniLibs.srcDirs = ['libs']
}
}
buildTypes {
release
}
packagingOptions {
exclude 'META-INF/LICENSE.txt'
exclude 'META-INF/NOTICE.txt'
exclude 'META-INF/DEPENDENCIES'
exclude 'META-INF/LICENSE'
exclude 'META-INF/NOTICE'
}
lintOptions {
abortOnError false
}
}
configurations.all {
resolutionStrategy.cacheChangingModulesFor 0, 'seconds'
}
dependencies {
def sdkRef
project.getRootProject().allprojects.each { proj ->
if (proj.name.toLowerCase().equals('sdk')) {
sdkRef = proj;
return true;
}
}
if (sdkRef) {
println "SDK present in project; using project reference as dependency"
compile sdkRef
} else {
println "SDK is not present in project; dependency reference"
repositories {
flatDir { dirs 'libs' }
}
compile (name: 'sdk-release', ext: 'aar')
}
compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:23.1.0'
}
i tried to clean project it's not about it, is it about the plugins or the missing filesor libs?
i've keep getting this error:
Error:org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.DefaultTaskInputs$TaskInputUnionFileCollection cannot be cast to org.gradle.api.internal.file.collections.DefaultConfigurableFileCollection
Possible causes for this unexpected error include:Gradle's dependency cache may be corrupt (this sometimes occurs after a network connection timeout.)
Re-download dependencies and sync project (requires network)The state of a Gradle build process (daemon) may be corrupt. Stopping all Gradle daemons may solve this problem.
Stop Gradle build processes (requires restart)Your project may be using a third-party plugin which is not compatible with the other plugins in the project or the version of Gradle requested by the project.In the case of corrupt Gradle processes, you can also try closing the IDE and then killing all Java processes.
Please help...

If you work on Android Studio 3.0. Change "2.0.0" to "3.0.0" in your project gradle :
buildscript {
dependencies {
classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.0.0'
}
}
In your gradle-wrapper.properties :
distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-4.1-all.zip
In your app gradle : "compile" become "implementation" :
dependencies {
implementation 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:27.0.0'
}
You should read that :
https://developer.android.com/studio/build/gradle-plugin-3-0-0-migration.html

Android plugin 3.0.0 requires Gradle version 4.1 or higher. If you're opening an existing project using Android Studio 3.0 or later, follow the prompts to automatically update an existing project to the compatible version of Gradle.
To update Gradle manually, edit the URL in gradle-wrapper.properties to the following: distributionUrl=\https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-4.1-all.zip
And include the maven repo and change the plugin version in your project-level build.gradle file as follows:
buildscript {
repositories {
...
// You need to add the following repository to download the
// new plugin.
google()
}
dependencies {
classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.0.0'
}
}

Gradle Could not find method compile() for arguments

i have a hello world full screen android studio 1.5.1 app that i added a gradle/eclipse-mars subproject to. no other files were modified except for adding include ':javalib' to settings.gradle. adding a project lib dependency:
project(':app') {
dependencies {
compile project(':javalib') // line 23
}
}
to the root build build file and running gradle from the command line , gets:
Where:
Build file 'D:\AndroidStudioProjects\AndroidMain\build.gradle' line: 23
What went wrong:
A problem occurred evaluating root project 'AndroidMain'.
Could not find method compile() for arguments [project ':javalib'] on org.grad
le.api.internal.artifacts.dsl.dependencies.DefaultDependencyHandler_Decorated#46
3ca82f.
adding the java plugin to the root build file did not help.
i don't think it's in the wrong place.
both the root project and the added subproject have the gradle wrapper.
any pointers will be appreciated.
thanks
edit: for clarification, the root build file is:
// Top-level build file where you can add configuration options common to all sub-projects/modules.
buildscript {
repositories {
jcenter()
}
dependencies {
classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:1.5.0'
// NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
// in the individual module build.gradle files
}
}
allprojects {
repositories {
jcenter()
}
task hello << { task -> println "I'm $task.project.name" }
}
project(':app') {
dependencies {
//compile project(':javalib') // causes problems
}
}
task clean(type: Delete) {
delete rootProject.buildDir
}
and the app build file is:
apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
android {
compileSdkVersion 23
buildToolsVersion "23.0.1"
defaultConfig {
applicationId "acme.androidmain"
minSdkVersion 22
targetSdkVersion 23
versionCode 1
versionName "1.0"
}
buildTypes {
release {
minifyEnabled false
proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
}
}
}
dependencies {
compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
//compile project(':javalib') // use :javalib:jar?
//testCompile project(':javalib')
testCompile 'junit:junit:4.12'
compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:23.1.1'
compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:23.1.1'
}
edit: the whole purpose of this exercise is to get core java code into an android project. currently the core code is a standalone gradle/eclispe project. i have a batch in the android project that does a gradle -p standaloneprojectdir/ jar and copied the jar into libs/.
i just though there would be an easier way other than to publish the jar and get it from a repository since this all done on my pc.
it would be nice to have all the code live and just do a build :(
edit: as per RaGe's suggestion, here is a virgin android studio project and a virgin gradle/eclipse project. no editing has been done to these files. you mission should you choose to accept it is to get the android app to easily access the java project classes (i.e. new Library(); in MainActivity.onCreate() will compile and run). i don't care where the java project lives. ideally, both sources would be live in both ide's.
atempting this fails also. says: > Could not find :virginjavaproject, but directory does exist.
edit: what actually worked was RaGe's pull request to the virgin android project.

You already have
compile project(':javalib')
in your :app project, you don't have to also inject the dependency from your root build.gradle. If you still want to do it from the root build.gradle, the correct way to do it is:
configure(':app') {
dependencies {
compile project(':javalib') // causes problems - NOT ANYMORE!
}
}
the virgin android studio head is what worked.

We have 2 files named "build.gradle".
make sure you have copied your "compile code" in the build.gradle file that is inside "app" folder

As stated by #peter-niederwieser:
The build script is mixing up buildscript dependencies (i.e. dependencies of the build itself; typically this means Gradle plugins) with regular dependencies (i.e. dependencies of the code to be compiled/run). The latter need to go into dependencies { ... }, not into buildscript { dependencies { ... } }. Everything but the classpath dependencies are regular dependencies.
Also have a look at this: Could not find method compile() for arguments Gradle.

Simply paste this on build.gradle(Project:"Your prject name")
// Top-level build file where you can add configuration options common to all sub-projects/modules.
buildscript {
repositories {
jcenter()
}
dependencies {
classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.1.2'
// NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
// in the individual module build.gradle files
}
}
allprojects {
repositories {
jcenter()
}
}
task clean(type: Delete) {
delete rootProject.buildDir
}

I had this problem but with my own library. The way to correctly compile was:
compile project(path: ':MyLib')

configuration issue. "Configuration with name 'default' not found"

I am relatively new to Android development and VERY new to Android Studio (much more experienced with Eclipse + android plugin). I am trying to edit a github project, but I can't seem to get it to even compile! I have been reading up, and my error seems to have to do with the build.gradle/locations of libraries themselves.
My error is:
Error:Configuration with name 'default' not found.
It also says "Gradle project sync failed, but I think its related to the above error…whatever that means.
My outer build.gradle is:
// Top-level build file where you can add configuration options common to all sub- projects/modules.
buildscript {
repositories {
jcenter()
}
dependencies {
classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:0.12.+'
// NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
// in the individual module build.gradle files
}
}
allprojects {
repositories {
jcenter()
}
}
And my inner build.gradle file is:
buildscript {
repositories {
maven { url 'http://download.crashlytics.com/maven' }
}
dependencies {
classpath 'com.crashlytics.tools.gradle:crashlytics-gradle:1.+'
}
}
apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
apply plugin: 'crashlytics'
repositories {
maven { url 'http://download.crashlytics.com/maven' }
}
android {
compileSdkVersion 20
buildToolsVersion '20.0.0'
packagingOptions {
exclude 'META-INF/DEPENDENCIES'
exclude 'META-INF/NOTICE'
exclude 'META-INF/LICENSE'
}
defaultConfig {
applicationId "com.wisely.loyalty"
minSdkVersion 14
targetSdkVersion 18
versionCode 17
versionName "1.0"
}
buildTypes {
release {
runProguard false
proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
}
}
}
dependencies {
compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
compile project(':facebook')
compile project(':cwac')
// You must install or update the Support Repository through the SDK manager to use this dependency.
// You must install or update the Support Repository through the SDK manager to use this dependency.
// You must install or update the Support Repository through the SDK manager to use this dependency.
// You must install or update the Support Repository through the SDK manager to use this dependency.
// You must install or update the Support Repository through the SDK manager to use this dependency.
compile group: 'org.apache.httpcomponents' , name: 'httpclient-android' , version: '4.3.5'
compile('org.apache.httpcomponents:httpmime:4.3.5') {
exclude module: "httpclient"
}
compile 'com.android.support:support-v13:20.0.0'
compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:5.0.+'
compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:20.0.0'
compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:20.0.0'
compile 'com.google.code.gson:gson:2.2.4'
compile 'com.nostra13.universalimageloader:universal-image-loader:1.9.2'
compile 'com.makeramen:roundedimageview:1.3.0'
compile 'com.crashlytics.android:crashlytics:1.+'
}
EDIT:
General file hierarchy
root
.idea
app
libs
cwac
fb
utils
src
… all source files
gradle
build.gradle
settings.gradle
External Libraries
Android API 20 Platform
JDK
EDIT: Settings.gradle:
include ':app', ':facebook', ':cwac', ':utils'
project(':facebook').projectDir = new File('app/libs/facebook')
project(':cwac').projectDir = new File('app/libs/cwac')
project(':utils').projectDir = new File('app/libs/utils')
Progress Update:
I've tried moving the library files around in the directory to no avail. I also tried using my eclipse environment which just seemed to have even more issues. I really need to get this project configured properly!
UPDATE #2:
I have a strong feeling that this has to do with the gradle version since the file configuration seems fine, and its likely my computer that is lacking something. I am new to using gradle. Is there a way to update it? Or is it simply updated through the support libraries in the sdk manager?

Add your library folder in your root location of your project and copy all the library files there. For ex YourProject/library then sync it