Gradle build failing after update to Android studio 2.3 Canary 3

Question

I've recently updated the android studio version of my project from 2.3 Canary 2 to 2.3 Canary 3. Since then the gradle build is failing every time with this error:

Error:Unable to find method 'org.gradle.api.tasks.Sync.getInputs()Lorg/gradle/api/internal/TaskInputsInternal;'. Possible causes for this unexpected error include:

• Gradle's dependency cache may be corrupt (this sometimes occurs after a network connection timeout.) Re-download dependencies and sync project (requires network)
• The state of a Gradle build process (daemon) may be corrupt. Stopping all Gradle daemons may solve this problem. Stop Gradle build processes (requires restart)
• Your project may be using a third-party plugin which is not compatible with the other plugins in the project or the version of Gradle requested by the project.

In the case of corrupt Gradle processes, you can also try closing the IDE and then killing all Java processes.

I've searched google and not found solutions like this exactly but those that are similar are not working. Does anyone know how to fix it?

Answer 1

The solution is to select "Use default gradle wrapper (recommended)" option in the build gradle panel like the image below. Now you can build with gradle 3.2 (in your gradle-wrapper.properties) and android gradle:2.3.0-alpha3 or beta1 as the time of writing

Don't forget to invalidate cache if you have some trouble using File -> Invalidate Cache / Restart

Answer 2

I had the same problem, fixed with checking gradle home path. This cannary build is no more working with gradle-2.14.1

The below link shows, point gradle path to gradle 3.2 directory.

Answer 3

The problem is the last version of tools 2.3.0-alpha3. Try to use the 2.3.0-alpha2 in project build.gradle

classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.3.0-alpha2'