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How to fix gradle build problems on Android Studio 4 while importing projects?

I am a newbie in Android Studio. Currently, I am using Android Studio 4. While importing a project built on an older version (Github Link of the project), the gradle sync fails. The following error shows up:
Gradle sync failed: Could not run build action using Gradle distribution 'https://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-2.10-all.zip'.
Consult IDE log for more details (Help | Show Log) (13 s 167 ms)
I have tried many ways to fix the issue but was unsuccessful.

You need to update gradle version.
Open https://github.com/udacity/ud839_Miwok/blob/lesson-one/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties and change version from 2.10 to 6.7.
Open https://github.com/udacity/ud839_Miwok/blob/lesson-one/build.gradle#L8 and change plugin version from 2.1.0 to 4.1.0.
Make sure you use Android studio 4.1.0+.

The first approach is to update your gradle from File->project structure->project to the latest version, before resync remember to clean project and sync again if problem still exist look for your classpath in gradle project level and make sure it is equal to the project classpath.

Cordova / Ionic build android Gradle error: Minimum supported Gradle version is 2.14.1. Current version is 2.13

This is a solution to the above error that I want to document. I found other similar posts, but none described how this error can be associated with Cordova or Ionic.
If you are not careful, there can be a mismatch between the version of Gradle that Android Studio uses and the version of Gradle that Cordova / cordova-android specifies in its auto-generated application code. As you know, running
$ cordova platform add android
(or $ ionic platform add android, if you are building an Ionic app) creates the native application code at the-project/platforms/android.
Inside that folder, the file: /the-project/platforms/android/cordova/lib/builders/GradleBuilder.js exports a variable as shown below:
var distributionUrl = process.env['CORDOVA_ANDROID_GRADLE_DISTRIBUTION_URL'] || 'http\\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-x.y-all.zip';
Where x and y depened on which version of Cordova / cordova-android are being used to build the native application code.
When you run
$ cordova build android
The version of Gradle specified in the distributionUrl var is the version used for the build.
Now here comes the tricky part. When you import the project into Android Studio, you will most likely get a message strongly recommending that you upgrade Gradle to a newer version, as shown below:
If you do this, Android Studio will download a new version of Gradle and store it locally and configure the project to use the newly download local Gradle distribution, which is the radio option below the selected “Use default grade wrapper”, which I ended up deselecting because this will cause errors.
This will cause problems because Android Studio and Cordova will now be attempting to build the application with different versions of Gradle and you will get build errors within Android Studio and also with
$ cordova build android
in the command line. The solution with Cordova apps is to always keep the Android Studio project set to "Use default gradle wrapper" and ignore the tempting messages to upgrade. If you do want to use a newer version of Gradle, you can always change the distributionUrl var in the file mentioned above (however Cordova strongly discourages modifying code within the platforms folder since it is easily overwritten). At the time of writing this, I cannot tell is there is a way to set the Gradle version at the
$ cordova platform add android
step, which is when you would want to do it so you are never directly modifiying code inside of the-project/platforms

For me, the following commands solved the problem:
cordova platform remove android
cordova platform add android
ionic build android

I'd love to just leave this as a comment, but I'm apparently not reputable enough...
After reading your documentation, I wasn't able to resolve my issue with your suggestion of keeping the Android Studio to "Use default gradle wrapper". What I did find is that setting the session variable CORDOVA_ANDROID_GRADLE_DISTRIBUTION_URL before building got me a bit further:
root#dev:$ export CORDOVA_ANDROID_GRADLE_DISTRIBUTION_URL="https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-2.14.1-all.zip"
root#dev:$ cordova build android
The next thing I had to do was edit <project>/platforms/android/build.gradle and <project>/platforms/android/CordovaLib/build.gradle and make sure they both pointed to a valid gradle plugin version.
dependencies {
classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.2.0'
}
...and in <project>/platforms/android/CordovaLib/build.gradle I added jcenter in the repositories (because maven.org did not seem to have 2.2.0)
repositories {
mavenCentral();
jcenter()
}
I was able to build then.

Switching back to "Use default gradle wrapper" didn't work for me on my ionic 1 project, but running
ionic platform remove android
ionic platform add android
Worked for me

Another way to fix issue, that also works on Windows:
cordova build android --release --CORDOVA_ANDROID_GRADLE_DISTRIBUTION_URL=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-2.14.1-all.zip

you can change the value in platform/android/cordova/lib/builders/GradleBuilder.js
the value you changed, it will be replaced by the lastest gradle zip when you reinstall android platform, so you don't need to worry about change it
var distributionUrl = process.env['CORDOVA_ANDROID_GRADLE_DISTRIBUTION_URL'] || 'https\\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-2.14.1-all.zip';
or like the others ans
export CORDOVA_ANDROID_GRADLE_DISTRIBUTION_URL="https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-2.14.1-all.zip"

I want to extend #bungler answer.
I got confused with version of gradle & compatible version of android plugin for gradle. Following link has the list of compatibale versions mapping:
Gradle vs Android plugin for gradle - Compatible version list
For current version of gradle 3.3+, compatible version of android plugin is 2.3.3
So final settings will look like following:
For Mac
STEP 1: Add following in env variables:
option a) update env variable:
export CORDOVA_ANDROID_GRADLE_DISTRIBUTION_URL="https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-3.3-all.zip"
or
option b ) you can download the gradle file and place it in <project>/platforms/android/gradle/ and update env variable:
export CORDOVA_ANDROID_GRADLE_DISTRIBUTION_URL="../gradle-3.3-all.zip"
STEP 2: Update following in <project>/platforms/android/CordovaLib/build.gradle
buildscript {
...
dependencies {
classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.3.3'
}
}
This worked for me.

For follow error:
Minimum supported Gradle version is 4.1. Current version is 3.3. If
using t he gradle wrapper, try editing the distributionUrl in
E:\ionic\MyIonicProject\gr adle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.properties to
gradle-4.1-all.zip for gradle 4.1
This command worked for me:
ionic cordova platform update android

In follow up to Chuck Holbrooks answer, with following solution I get an error when trying to add android platform again saying it is already added.
ionic cordova platform remove android
ionic cordova platform add android
My working Solution:
ionic cordova platform remove android
ionic cordova platform check android
ionic cordova platform add android

if you run the following it will fix the problem building APKs from the command line
ionic cordova platform remove android
ionic cordova platform add android
however, after you run/build it in android studio the version mismatch error returns...
instead to fix this, in android studio you should NOT update the project gradle versioning but instead go to
file > project structure > SDK location > Gradle settings...
and then tell it to use Gradle from a specified location which should be
C:/Gradle/gradle-7.4.2 or whatever version you have.
By doing this you will be able to build APKs from the command line using ionic as well as from within android studio.

using existing gradle wrapper while importing projects in android studio

I am using android studio for my android projects.I just got a problem when i imported an android studio project.The problem is that gradle is downloading wrapper 2.4 and i have 2.1.0. Is there a way to use older version by changing setting. I searched about it but i didn't find solutions specific to the problem.what i got is
How to set gradle home while importing existing project in Android studio
How to use gradle zip in local system without downloading when using gradle-wrapper
In my case, i don't have version 2.4 and want to use existing 2.1.0

Try to change the distributionUrl values with your currently version (2.1.0) and then :
./gradlew clean assemble
Remove .idea folder and all .iml files and import the project
as new one.
check this answer too:
https://stackoverflow.com/a/22366006/4409113
And: Force Android Studio to download and install gradle 1.10 or 1.1

Gradle version and gradle-wrapper.properties

How do I download the latest Gradle version automatically within a Android project? Do I manually change the file gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
...
distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-2.4-all.zip
...
And change 2.4 to 2.6 and run gradlew?
When I create a Android project, why is not 2.6 there from start?

How do I download the latest Gradle version automatically within a Android project? Do I manually change the file gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
Yes.
You have to change the gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
For example:
distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-2.5-all.zip
Then, sync the project.
Android Studio will download the new version automatically.
And change 2.4 to 2.6 and run gradlew?
First, sync the project.
When I create a Android project, why is not 2.6 there from start?
The new project is based on a template file.
For this reason, currently any new project is with 2.4 version.
You can change the template, but AS will update it with the next updates.

You can change it manualy, but I don't recommend it.Because the gradle wrapper version related to gradlew and gradlew.bat, they may need to change too.If your want to upgrade your gradle wrapper, run this in Android Studio Terminal if you using Linux:
./gradlew wrapper --gradle-version 2.10
For Windows, change the command to
gradlew wrapper --gradle-version 2.10

If you use macOs,
in android studio go
Android Studio
Preferences
Build, Execution, Deployment
Gradle, and change use gradle from: specified location
go to users/current_user
press commant+shift+dot (for show hidden files)
go to gradle folder
go to wrapper folder
open
Now gradle install all missing files, Good Luck :)

Gradle version 1.6 is required. Current version is 1.8-20130730220035+0000

Just updated Android-Studio to version 0.2.7 an now I get the error message from the title:
In the log window there is link to the grade setup:
No matter which option I use the error message stays the same.
I deleted my ~/.gradle directory and projects **/.gradle directories.
It seems that nothing helps.
Nitpick: compile on the command-line using \opt\gradle\1.6\bin\gradle.bat build works fine.

Go to Preferences > Project Settings > Gradle and choose "Use gradle wrapper" instead of the bundled option
Open your gradle-wrapper.properties and change the distributionUrl to use 1.7 if it is not already (mine was 1.6), i.e. distributionUrl=http\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-1.7-bin.zip

I managed to fix my project through some combination of invalidating Android Studio cache, deleting .idea and .gradle directories and .iml files, restarting Studio, and reimporting the project:
on Mac OSX using Homebrew, brew install gradle then pick local gradle distribution and point to /usr/local/Cellar/gradle/1.7/libexec for gradle home:

You do not want to manage gradle at a system level, it is better handled per project. Android Studio projects already setup gradle wrapper handling when creating new projects but if you have an older one you can add the same file that Android Studio does. Think of this as an gradle bootstrap file that will download the correct gradle version per project. You can also read up on Gradle Wrapper and generate a shell script called gradlew that will provide gradle-free bootstrapping.
In gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties in your project directory make sure you have:
#
#Tue Oct 08 13:40:54 CEST 2013
distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
distributionPath=wrapper/dists
zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
distributionUrl=http\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-1.7-bin.zip
Then when you go into Gradle you can set it to use the gradle wrapper. This is the default when creating new projects in Android Studio.
There are at least three approaches to migration or adding Gradle properly and using the new project structure Google and Android Studio has introduced.
Create a new project and copy over the code
Export from Eclipse to Gradle (deprecated)
Import code into Android Studio (recommended)
Try to manually get everything in order by creating the correct gradle files and reorganizing the project.
For now I'm copying the files over to a new project until the tools get a bit better.

We have two computers, one of which gave that same message after upgrading to Android Studio 0.2.7. We noticed that the computer which could still build had Gradle installed independently of Android Studio.
Installing Gradle 1.6 downloaded from the Gradle web site fixed this issue on the computer that wouldn't build.

My fix was basically what Abe did but I wanted to give a bit more explanation:
Download gradle 1.6 from the gradle website
Extract somewhere on your pc/mac
Open up android studio, go to Preferences -> Gradle (left panel) -> and chooose Local gradle distribution.
Point Gradle home to the location where you extracted gradle.
This fixed the issue for me. Using the gradle wrapper and the bundled gradle distribution both failed

In my case, i updated gradle to the latest version (1.8) and then changed the gradle.build files (for my project and for the libraries i was using) like these:
dependencies {
classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:0.6.1+'
}
The Synchronize files and Refresh/Invalidate cache. This seems to solve the problem. I think that Gradle in order to determine the minimum required version just reads the above value.

Here's what I did to get my project working:
Installed Gradle 1.7 on my OS (OS X users can use brew for this)
Added this to my local.properties file: sdk.dir=/Applications/Android\ Studio.app/sdk
Created gradle wrappers with gradle wrapper command.
Chose "Use gradle wrapper (recommended)" option in Android Studio.