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ERROR: Gradle DSL method not found: 'freeImplementation()'

I had this error when I build and sync my old Android project on updated to the latest version of android studio.
ERROR: Gradle DSL method not found: 'freeImplementation()'
Possible causes:
The project 'Naqda_mobile' may be using a version of the Android Gradle plug-in that does not contain the method (e.g. 'testCompile' was added in 1.1.0).
Upgrade plugin to version 3.4.2 and sync project
The project 'Naqda_mobile' may be using a version of Gradle that does not contain the method.
Gradle settings
The build file may be missing a Gradle plugin.
Apply Gradle plugin

Downgrade Gradle from 3.3 to 2.14.1

Long story short: My android phone keeps disconnecting from ADB. I was told to update android studio, did that. I open my project in Intellij and try to run on android and I get an error:
BUILD FAILED
Total time: 48.986 secs
Error: /Users/me/Desktop/comp/Development/comp-ionic/platforms/android/gradlew: Command failed with exit code 1 Error output:
FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.
* What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ':compileDebugJavaWithJavac'.
> java.lang.NullPointerException (no error message)
My first thought is that my gradle is the wrong version. For this specific app, I need to use gradle version 2.14.1.
When I type gradle -v I'm getting version 3.3.
Is there a way to delete/downgrade gradle from 3.3 to 2.14.1?
Or is this another problem?

If you're using the gradle wrapper, then there'll be a folder in your project named "gradle" with a subfolder named "wrapper", inside that, there are 2 files:
- gradle-wrapper.jar
- gradle-wrapper.properties
Open "gradle-wrapper.properties" and change the place where it says "3.3" to "2.14.1". Then sync gradle, and it will automatically download 2.14.1.
If you're using the new 2.3 Android Studio, you HAVE to use gradle wrapper 3.3, as its the minimum supported gradle wrapper version. If so, then you'll have to download Android Studio 2.2, or fix whatever issue you have in your project that needs gradle wrapper version 2.14.1.
To get more information about whatever the issue is, try running this:
./gradlew clean assemble -stacktrace
That will clean your project, try and compile it, and if/when it fails, it will show you a stacktrace of the error.

What you should do is to change the gradle build tools version to the one that matches your gradle version. According to here you can set the gradle to 2.14.1 by changing build tools to lower than 1.0.0.
buildscript {
repositories {
jcenter()
}
dependencies {
classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:1.0.0'// For gradle 2.2.1 - 2.3
// NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
// in the individual module build.gradle files
}
}
Notice: if you keep checking the mentioned link you'll see Higher is better for gradle.

For me, Android Studio > File > Invalidate Caches / Restart did the trick.

I got the same problem when upgrading to Android Studio 2.3.1. There is something funky about Gradle 3.3 (It fails by "java.lang.NullPointerException: null value in entry: destinationDir=null at com.google.common.collect.CollectPreconditions.checkEntryNotNull(CollectPreconditions.java:33)").
Good news: seems like the current most recent version (3.5) works.
Go to File|Project Structure|Project, and use these versions:
Gradle version=3.5
Android Plugin version=2.3.1

I update the Android Studio version to 3.3 Canary 4, then update the gradle plugin, and the project stops working.
I do not know how to restore my AS to the previous state, nighter the gradle plugin.
But just with this command, the project now works, for me: gradlew clean assemble -stacktrace, in terminal tab in AS.

Gradle DSL method not found: 'packageNameSuffix()'

I have a problem with the Gradle in Android Studio
Error :
Error:(37, 0) Gradle DSL method not found: 'packageNameSuffix()'
Possible causes:The project 'FilHarmonie' may be using a version of Gradle that does not contain the method.
Gradle settingsThe build file may be missing a Gradle plugin.
Apply Gradle plugin
Where is the problem ?

This was changed to applicationIdSuffix several months ago, with the old name removed in November. Here is some documentation regarding the differences between packageName and applicationId.

Error:(31, 0) Gradle DSL method not found: 'jniDebugBuild()'

Today I have updated my Android Studio and I keep getting this error no matter what I do. I imported a project from github everything was running smoothly until I updated now I keep getting this error:
Error:(31, 0) Gradle DSL method not found: 'jniDebugBuild()'
Possible causes:The project 'my_application' may be using a version of Gradle that does not contain the method.
Open Gradle wrapper fileThe build file may be missing a Gradle plugin.
Apply Gradle plugin
Can anyone help out?

The name of this property has changed in v0.14.0 and later of the Android Gradle plugin, so build files created for earlier versions need to be updated. Look through all the build.gradle files in the project, and when you see jniDebugBuild, change it to jniDebuggable.
You may run into other things that need to be renamed; the list of remappings is in the release notes at http://tools.android.com/tech-docs/new-build-system.

Getting error "Gradle version 1.10 is required. Current version is 1.12." when executing "gradle wrapper"?

I'm trying to execute gradle wrapper for an Android project, and this error is raised:
A problem occurred evaluating root project 'myapp'.
> Gradle version 1.10 is required. Current version is 1.12. If using the gradle wrapper, try editing the distributionUrl in /Users/dude/myapp/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties to gradle-1.10-all.zip
My wrapper task in build.gradle looks like this:
task wrapper(type: Wrapper) {
gradleVersion = "1.12"
}
I recently updated to Gradle v1.12 via Homebrew. Is it not supported or something? If so, where can I check this sort of thing?

A particular version of the Gradle Android plugin requires a particular version of Gradle (at least for now), and it seems that your version of the Gradle Android plugin requires Gradle 1.10. You might find more information on this in the documentation for the Gradle Android plugin.
PS: The wrapper task above creates the files necessary to run Gradle with the (generated) gradlew script, which is the preferred way to run Gradle (no manual install, every build can specify in its gradle-wrapper.properties which Gradle version it needs).

The version of Android gradle plugin needs to be compatible with the version of Gradle. Checkout the version compatibility mapping table here：
http://tools.android.com/tech-docs/new-build-system/version-compatibility

I had the same problem. It turned out that the old Android Studio created gradle related files one level above my application folder. In my case, the path was in ~/git/, and my project was at ~/git/myproject. I used Android Studio RC2 now, and no matter how I changed the config within the project, gradle still wanted to use the old 1.10 version. Therefore, I re-checked out the project a new path, and updated the gradle version reference within the project, then it compiled.