Building android project with gradle

Question

Im trying to build a simple android app using gradle build tools. but im getting an error like this

No signature of method: org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.dsl.dependencies.DefaultDependencyHandler.compile() is applicable for argument types: (java.lang.String) values: [org.gradle.api.plugins:gradle-android-plugin:1.2.0-SNAPSHOT] Possible solutions: module(java.lang.Object)

ang here's a simple configuration of build.gradle

buildscript {
 repositories {
     mavenCentral()
  }
  dependencies {
    compile 'org.gradle.api.plugins:gradle-android-plugin:1.2.0-SNAPSHOT'
  }
}


apply plugin: 'android'

repositories {
   mavenCentral()
} 


processResource {
    expand (project.properties)
}

task configureDebug << {
    jar.classifier = "debug"
}

task configureRelease << {
    proguard.enabled = true
}

Answer 1

When applying a plugin you want tell you build script to use it in its classpath. It is not required for compilation so just change the configuration compile to classpath. More more information see 51.5.1. Using your plugin in another project in the Gradle user guide.

buildscript {
    repositories {
        mavenCentral()
    }

    dependencies {
        classpath 'org.gradle.api.plugins:gradle-android-plugin:1.2.0-SNAPSHOT'
    }
}

EDIT: At the moment the plugin does not support r20 of the Android SDK. For more information see this issue.

Answer 2

Make sure you are writing the dependency block on your application build.gradle "YourProjectName->yourprojectname->build.gradle" in android studio hierarchy .