Gradle build fails due to lint classpath error on Android

Question

I have an Android app whose build fails when I run the following command: ./gradlew clean build -Pbuild=dev --stacktrace

Here is the error I receive:

> Task :app:lint FAILED

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* What went wrong:
A problem was found with the configuration of task ':app:lint'.
> No value has been specified for property 'lintClassPath'.

App module build.gradle file:

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'

apply plugin: 'kotlin-android'

apply plugin: 'kotlin-android-extensions'

apply plugin: 'kotlin-kapt'

apply plugin: 'io.fabric'

apply plugin: "androidx.navigation.safeargs"

// For Epoxy
kapt {
    correctErrorTypes = true
}

android {
    kotlinOptions {
        jvmTarget = '1.6'
    }
    compileSdkVersion 28
    defaultConfig {
        applicationId "..."
        minSdkVersion 21
        targetSdkVersion 28
        versionCode 8
        versionName "0.4"
        testInstrumentationRunner "androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
        vectorDrawables.useSupportLibrary = true
    }
    buildTypes {
        debug {
            if (project.hasProperty('ApiKey')) {
                buildConfigField('String', 'API_KEY', ApiKey)
            } else {
                buildConfigField('String', 'API_KEY', "\"mock-key\"")
            }
        }
        release {
            minifyEnabled true
            shrinkResources true
            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
            if (project.hasProperty('ApiKey')) {
                buildConfigField('String', 'API_KEY', ApiKey)
            } else {
                buildConfigField('String', 'API_KEY', "\"mock-key\"")
            }
        }

    }

    def build_param = "${build}"

    if (build_param != "dev") {
        //exclude production build
        android.variantFilter { variant ->
            if (variant.buildType.name == 'dev') {
                variant.setIgnore(true)
            }
        }
    } else {
        //exclude all except production build
        android.variantFilter { variant ->
            if (variant.buildType.name != 'dev') {
                variant.setIgnore(true)
            }
        }
    }

    compileOptions {
        sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
        targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
    }
    androidExtensions {
        experimental = true
    }
}

dependencies {
    implementation fileTree(include: ['*.jar'], dir: 'libs')
    implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk8:$kotlin_version"

    // Android
    def lifecycle_version = "2.0.0"
    implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.1.0-alpha02'
    implementation 'androidx.constraintlayout:constraintlayout:2.0.0-alpha3'
    implementation 'androidx.legacy:legacy-support-v4:1.0.0'
    implementation "androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-extensions:$lifecycle_version"
    implementation 'com.google.android.material:material:1.0.0'
    implementation "androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-extensions:$lifecycle_version"
    implementation 'androidx.core:core-ktx:1.0.1'
    implementation 'androidx.preference:preference:1.0.0'
    implementation 'androidx.legacy:legacy-preference-v14:1.0.0'

    def room_version = "2.1.0-alpha04"
    implementation "androidx.room:room-runtime:$room_version"
    implementation "androidx.room:room-rxjava2:$room_version"
    kapt "androidx.room:room-compiler:$room_version"

    def nav_version = "1.0.0-rc02"
    implementation "android.arch.navigation:navigation-fragment-ktx:$nav_version"
    implementation "android.arch.navigation:navigation-ui-ktx:$nav_version"

    // Networking
    implementation 'com.squareup.retrofit2:retrofit:2.5.0'
    implementation 'com.squareup.retrofit2:adapter-rxjava2:2.5.0'
    implementation 'com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:3.13.1'
    implementation 'com.squareup.okhttp3:logging-interceptor:3.13.1'
    implementation 'com.squareup.retrofit2:converter-moshi:2.4.0'
    implementation 'com.squareup.moshi:moshi-adapters:1.8.0'
    // DI
    def koin_version = "1.0.2"
    implementation "org.koin:koin-android:$koin_version"
    implementation "org.koin:koin-androidx-scope:$koin_version"
    implementation "org.koin:koin-androidx-viewmodel:$koin_version"
    // Rx
    implementation 'io.reactivex.rxjava2:rxjava:2.2.7'
    implementation 'io.reactivex.rxjava2:rxandroid:2.1.1'
    implementation 'io.reactivex.rxjava2:rxkotlin:2.3.0'
    implementation 'com.jakewharton.rxbinding2:rxbinding:2.2.0'
    implementation 'com.jakewharton.rxrelay2:rxrelay:2.1.0'
    // Image Loading
    implementation 'com.github.bumptech.glide:glide:4.8.0'
    kapt 'com.github.bumptech.glide:compiler:4.8.0'
    // Tests
    testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.12'
    testImplementation 'org.mockito:mockito-core:2.24.5'
    androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test:runner:1.1.1'
    androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.espresso:espresso-core:3.1.1'
    // UI
    implementation 'com.pierfrancescosoffritti.androidyoutubeplayer:core:9.0.1'
    implementation 'com.airbnb.android:epoxy:3.2.0'
    kapt 'com.airbnb.android:epoxy-processor:3.2.0'
    implementation 'com.github.VladimirWrites:Lemniscate:1.4.4'
    // Firebase
    implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-core:16.0.7'
    implementation 'com.crashlytics.sdk.android:crashlytics:2.9.9'
}

apply plugin: 'com.google.gms.google-services'

Project level build.gradle file:

// Top-level build file where you can add configuration options common to all sub-projects/modules.

buildscript {
    ext.kotlin_version = '1.3.21'
    repositories {
        jcenter()
        maven {
            url 'https://maven.fabric.io/public'
        }
        google()
    }
    dependencies {
        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.3.1'
        classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:$kotlin_version"
        classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:4.2.0'
        classpath "android.arch.navigation:navigation-safe-args-gradle-plugin:1.0.0-rc02"
        classpath 'io.fabric.tools:gradle:1.27.0'
    }
}

allprojects {
    repositories {
        jcenter()
        maven {
            url 'https://maven.google.com/'
        }
        maven {
            url 'https://jitpack.io'
        }
        google()
    }
}

task clean(type: Delete) {
    delete rootProject.buildDir
}

I am not sure how to fix this. Downgrading the Android Gradle plugin does not solve the issue, and there are no issues related to this anywhere on Github or Stackoverflow.

Does anyone have any idea how to fix this?

Answer 1

In my case this error was triggered because ANDROID_HOME environment variable wasn't set