Flutter Android Unable to resolve class GradleException @ line 11, column 15

Question

For some reason I'm getting a gradle error in my project. In the app level build.gradle I'm getting this error Unable to resolve class GradleException @ line 11, column 15. with the red squiggly underling 'GradleException' in this block:

if (flutterRoot == null) {
    throw new GradleException("Flutter SDK not found. Define location with flutter.sdk in the local.properties file.")
}

Answer 1

if (flutterRoot == null) {
    throw new GradleException("Flutter SDK not found. Define location with flutter.sdk in the local.properties file.")
}

#remove the new keyword