Could not find method android() for arguments

Question

I've been trying to import a project to Android Studio and this is where I am stuck, there is a similar question on Stack Overflow but it did not provide a solution to my particular error.

This is my error log:

C:\<some location>\build.gradle  Error:(24, 1) A problem occurred evaluating root project '<project name>'. > Could not find method android() for arguments [build_4fli1jm76ubcnxesnhqnhie47$_run_closure3@6e71db85] on root project '<project name>'. Information:BUILD FAILED 

The Gradle sync messages are:

Error:(24, 0) Gradle DSL method not found: 'android()' Possible causes:

The project 'PoojaPeople' 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

I'm not too sure where exactly this method android() is located. If it is the one located in Application's build.gradle file, I still don't exactly know where to go from here. Any help is appreciated.

My build.gradle is

buildscript {     repositories {         maven { url "http://dl.bintray.com/populov/maven" }         mavenCentral()     }      dependencies {         classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.1.0'         // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong         // in the individual module build.gradle files     } } allprojects {     repositories {         maven { url "http://dl.bintray.com/populov/maven" }         mavenCentral()      } } task clean(type: Delete) {     delete rootProject.buildDir }  android {     compileSdkVersion 17     buildToolsVersion '23.0.0' } dependencies {     compile files('app/libs/junit-4.12-JavaDoc.jar') } apply plugin: 'maven' 

Answer 1

You are using the wrong build.gradle file.

In your top-level file you can't define an android block.

Just move this part inside the module/build.gradle file.

android {     compileSdkVersion 17     buildToolsVersion '23.0.0' } dependencies {     compile files('app/libs/junit-4.12-JavaDoc.jar') } apply plugin: 'maven' 

Answer 2

My issue was inside of my app.gradle. I ran into this issue when I moved

apply plugin: "com.android.application" 

from the top line to below a line with

apply from: 

I switched the plugin back to the top and violá

My exact error was

Could not find method android() for arguments [dotenv_wke4apph61tdae6bfodqe7sj$_run_closure1@5d9d91a5] on project ':app' of type org.gradle.api.Project. 

The top of my app.gradle now looks like this

project.ext.envConfigFiles = [         debug: ".env",         release: ".env",         anothercustombuild: ".env", ]   apply from: project(':react-native-config').projectDir.getPath() + "/dotenv.gradle" apply plugin: "com.android.application"