Android Studio 0.8.2 - Gradle project sync failed

Question

In hindsight I should not have enabled L build stuff.

I am new to programming and I created a new Android Studio project which is throwing the Gradle errror right away.

Errors are:

yellow bar at the top - Gradle project sync failed. Basic functionality (e.g. editing, debugging) will not work properly. Try again Open Event Log Show Log in Finder

messages gradle sync - compileSdkVersion android-L requires compiling with JDK-7. open sdk settings, open file.

tried looking through google and other stack overflow comments but did not find much I could make sense of except for Android Studio - Gradle sync project failed

tried converting URL to 1.10 instead of 1.12 and syncing but that failed after syncing

I need help either getting L working or removing it so that a new studio project can compile to device without errors.

Answer 1

I too faced the same issue and after days of trouble I figured it out. Just check if Java is installed

• Open a Terminal window and type:

java -version

Any version above JDK 6 is OK

• In terminal type

open -a TextEdit ~/.bash_profile

• Copy and paste the following lines of into textedit

export JAVA_HOME=$(/usr/libexec/java_home)

export JDK_HOME=$(/usr/libexec/java_home)

• Save it, close editor and type the following to apply changes

source ~/.bash_profile

Now try gradle sync now, you must be able to complete sync

Answer 2

The most simple solution (at least for me) would be:

Go to SDK manager (with Administrator rights), scroll down till the end, download "Android Support Library".

And it works (don't forget Administrator rights).