How to resolve repository certificate error in Gradle build

Question

I installed latest version of android studio. I had jdk 8 which was already installed. When I opened android studio, I got below error.

Unable to resolve dependency for ':app@debugUnitTest/compileClasspath': Could not resolve com.android.support:appcompat-v7:26.1.0.

Could not resolve com.android.support:appcompat-v7:26.1.0.
Required by:
    project :app
 > Could not resolve com.android.support:appcompat-v7:26.1.0.
    > Could not get resource 'https://dl.google.com/dl/android/maven2/com/android/support/appcompat-v7/26.1.0/appcompat-v7-26.1.0.pom'.
          > Could not GET 'https://dl.google.com/dl/android/maven2/com/android/support/appcompat-v7/26.1.0/appcompat-v7-26.1.0.pom'.
                   > sun.security.validator.ValidatorException: PKIX path building failed: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target
                               > PKIX path building failed: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target
                                              > unable to find valid certification path to requested target  

So I removed JDK 8 and installed JDK 9, added environment variables (in windows 10). Then I restarted my system and started android studio, I still got above error. I even added

repositories {
    maven { url "https://maven.google.com" }
}  

to gradle script. But I'm still getting same error. How do I fix this error?

Answer 1

Below steps may help:

1. Add certificate to keystore-

Import some certifications into Android Studio JDK cacerts from Android Studio’s cacerts.

Android Studio’s cacerts may be located in

{your-home-directory}/.AndroidStudio3.0/system/tasks/cacerts

I used the following import command.

$ keytool -importkeystore -v -srckeystore {src cacerts} -destkeystore {dest cacerts}

2. Add modified cacert path to gradle.properties-

systemProp.javax.net.ssl.trustStore={your-android-studio-directory}\\jre\\jre\\lib\\security\\cacerts
systemProp.javax.net.ssl.trustStorePassword=changeit

Ref : https://www.cresco.co.jp/blog/entry/2014//