Failed to resolve: com.google.firebase:firebase-core:11.0.0

Question

I've seen this question asked and replies along the lines of re-syncing the project and updating the SDK. I am right at the beginning of a new project and trying to set up authentication with firebase and I'm getting the following errors

Does android studio just hate me?

Error:Failed to resolve: com.google.firebase:firebase-core:11.0.0 Open File
Show in Project Structure dialog Error:Error:line (29)Failed to resolve: com.google.firebase:firebase-auth:11.0.0 Show in File
Show in Project Structure dialog

Answer 1

Go to Tools > Android > SDK Manager click on SDK Tools and update the following:

• Google Repository
• Android SDK Platform-Tools