Cannot solve 'This version of the Android Support plugin for IntelliJ IDEA cannot open this project, please retry with version 4.1 or newer.'

Question

I'm using:

com.android.tools.build:gradle:4.1.0

and wrapper:

distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.5-all.zip

But still on all syncs IntelliJ IDEA gives me:

I've once found a workaround, using an old gradle version and older build tools it was working. But this cannot be "true", anyone else facing such issues?

Answer 1

IntelliJ IDEA 2020.3 does not support Android gradle Plugin 4.1 version yet. You have two options: either downgrade AGP and use IDEA: com.android.tools.build:gradle:4.0.2

or switch to Android Studio 4.1+

Android Plugin 4.1 will be available in IDEA starting from the very first EAP of 2021.1. version EAP should start this week.