The android gradle plugin version 3.0.0-alpha1 is too old

Question

While building a default project (black template) on Android Studio 3.0 Canary 1, I got the below error.

The android gradle plugin version 3.0.0-alpha1 is too old, please update to the latest version. To override this check from the command line please set the 
ANDROID_DAILY_OVERRIDE environment variable to "d27b293f4c7c48dfe922ba160164f3fa511cb3b9" 
Upgrade plugin to version 3.0.0-alpha1 and sync project Open File

What's wrong with the default setting?

Answer 1

Your code may be containing an outdated gradle plugin version (may be alpha1, or something like that) in your project build.gradle file. Update it to the latest alpha4 plugin like below:

dependencies {
    classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.0.0-alpha4'
}