Minimum supported Gradle version is 4.1. Current version is 3.3

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I am trying to make android build using command ionic cordova build android but I am facing error like

Minimum supported Gradle version is 4.1. Current version is 3.3. If using t he gradle wrapper, try editing the distributionUrl in D:\BAXA_POS\Development\tr unk\Mobile\baxa_pos\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.properties to gradle-4.1-all.zip

code in build.gradle is

    /*        Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one        or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file        distributed with this work for additional information        regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file        to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the        "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance        with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at           http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0         Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,        software distributed under the License is distributed on an        "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY        KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the        specific language governing permissions and limitations        under the License. */  apply plugin: 'com.android.application'  buildscript {     repositories {         jcenter()         maven {             url "https://maven.google.com"         }     }      // Switch the Android Gradle plugin version requirement depending on the     // installed version of Gradle. This dependency is documented at     // http://tools.android.com/tech-docs/new-build-system/version-compatibility     // and https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-8143     dependencies {         classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.0.1'      } }  // Allow plugins to declare Maven dependencies via build-extras.gradle. allprojects {     repositories {         jcenter()         maven {             url "https://maven.google.com"         }     } }  //task wrapper(type: Wrapper) {  //   gradleVersion = '2.14.1' //}  // Configuration properties. Set these via environment variables, build-extras.gradle, or gradle.properties. // Refer to: http://www.gradle.org/docs/current/userguide/tutorial_this_and_that.html ext {     apply from: 'CordovaLib/cordova.gradle'     // The value for android.compileSdkVersion.     if (!project.hasProperty('cdvCompileSdkVersion')) {         cdvCompileSdkVersion = null;     }     // The value for android.buildToolsVersion.     if (!project.hasProperty('cdvBuildToolsVersion')) {         cdvBuildToolsVersion = null;     }     // Sets the versionCode to the given value.     if (!project.hasProperty('cdvVersionCode')) {         cdvVersionCode = null     }     // Sets the minSdkVersion to the given value.     if (!project.hasProperty('cdvMinSdkVersion')) {         cdvMinSdkVersion = null     }     // Whether to build architecture-specific APKs.     if (!project.hasProperty('cdvBuildMultipleApks')) {         cdvBuildMultipleApks = null     }     // .properties files to use for release signing.     if (!project.hasProperty('cdvReleaseSigningPropertiesFile')) {         cdvReleaseSigningPropertiesFile = null     }     // .properties files to use for debug signing.     if (!project.hasProperty('cdvDebugSigningPropertiesFile')) {         cdvDebugSigningPropertiesFile = null     }     // Set by build.js script.     if (!project.hasProperty('cdvBuildArch')) {         cdvBuildArch = null     }      // Plugin gradle extensions can append to this to have code run at the end.     cdvPluginPostBuildExtras = [] }  // PLUGIN GRADLE EXTENSIONS START // PLUGIN GRADLE EXTENSIONS END  def hasBuildExtras = file('build-extras.gradle').exists() if (hasBuildExtras) {     apply from: 'build-extras.gradle' }  // Set property defaults after extension .gradle files. if (ext.cdvCompileSdkVersion == null) {     ext.cdvCompileSdkVersion = privateHelpers.getProjectTarget() } if (ext.cdvBuildToolsVersion == null) {     ext.cdvBuildToolsVersion = privateHelpers.findLatestInstalledBuildTools() } if (ext.cdvDebugSigningPropertiesFile == null && file('debug-signing.properties').exists()) {     ext.cdvDebugSigningPropertiesFile = 'debug-signing.properties' } if (ext.cdvReleaseSigningPropertiesFile == null && file('release-signing.properties').exists()) {     ext.cdvReleaseSigningPropertiesFile = 'release-signing.properties' }  // Cast to appropriate types. ext.cdvBuildMultipleApks = cdvBuildMultipleApks == null ? false : cdvBuildMultipleApks.toBoolean(); ext.cdvMinSdkVersion = cdvMinSdkVersion == null ? null : Integer.parseInt('' + cdvMinSdkVersion) ext.cdvVersionCode = cdvVersionCode == null ? null : Integer.parseInt('' + cdvVersionCode)  def computeBuildTargetName(debugBuild) {     def ret = 'assemble'     if (cdvBuildMultipleApks && cdvBuildArch) {         def arch = cdvBuildArch == 'arm' ? 'armv7' : cdvBuildArch         ret += '' + arch.toUpperCase().charAt(0) + arch.substring(1);     }     return ret + (debugBuild ? 'Debug' : 'Release') }  // Make cdvBuild a task that depends on the debug/arch-sepecific task. task cdvBuildDebug cdvBuildDebug.dependsOn {     return computeBuildTargetName(true) }  task cdvBuildRelease cdvBuildRelease.dependsOn {     return computeBuildTargetName(false) }  task cdvPrintProps << {     println('cdvCompileSdkVersion=' + cdvCompileSdkVersion)     println('cdvBuildToolsVersion=' + cdvBuildToolsVersion)     println('cdvVersionCode=' + cdvVersionCode)     println('cdvMinSdkVersion=' + cdvMinSdkVersion)     println('cdvBuildMultipleApks=' + cdvBuildMultipleApks)     println('cdvReleaseSigningPropertiesFile=' + cdvReleaseSigningPropertiesFile)     println('cdvDebugSigningPropertiesFile=' + cdvDebugSigningPropertiesFile)     println('cdvBuildArch=' + cdvBuildArch)     println('computedVersionCode=' + android.defaultConfig.versionCode)     android.productFlavors.each { flavor ->         println('computed' + flavor.name.capitalize() + 'VersionCode=' + flavor.versionCode)     } }  android {     sourceSets {         main {             manifest.srcFile 'AndroidManifest.xml'             java.srcDirs = ['src']             resources.srcDirs = ['src']             aidl.srcDirs = ['src']             renderscript.srcDirs = ['src']             res.srcDirs = ['res']             assets.srcDirs = ['assets']             jniLibs.srcDirs = ['libs']         }     }      defaultConfig {         versionCode cdvVersionCode ?: new BigInteger("" + privateHelpers.extractIntFromManifest("versionCode"))         applicationId privateHelpers.extractStringFromManifest("package")          if (cdvMinSdkVersion != null) {             minSdkVersion cdvMinSdkVersion         }     }      lintOptions {       abortOnError false;     }      compileSdkVersion cdvCompileSdkVersion     buildToolsVersion cdvBuildToolsVersion      if (Boolean.valueOf(cdvBuildMultipleApks)) {         productFlavors {             armv7 {                 versionCode defaultConfig.versionCode*10 + 2                 ndk {                     abiFilters "armeabi-v7a", ""                 }             }             x86 {                 versionCode defaultConfig.versionCode*10 + 4                 ndk {                     abiFilters "x86", ""                 }             }             all {                 ndk {                     abiFilters "all", ""                 }             }         }     }     /*      ELSE NOTHING! DON'T MESS WITH THE VERSION CODE IF YOU DON'T HAVE TO!      else if (!cdvVersionCode) {       def minSdkVersion = cdvMinSdkVersion ?: privateHelpers.extractIntFromManifest("minSdkVersion")       // Vary versionCode by the two most common API levels:       // 14 is ICS, which is the lowest API level for many apps.       // 20 is Lollipop, which is the lowest API level for the updatable system webview.       if (minSdkVersion >= 20) {         defaultConfig.versionCode += 9       } else if (minSdkVersion >= 14) {         defaultConfig.versionCode += 8       }     }     */      compileOptions {         sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_6         targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_6     }      if (cdvReleaseSigningPropertiesFile) {         signingConfigs {             release {                 // These must be set or Gradle will complain (even if they are overridden).                 keyAlias = ""                 keyPassword = "__unset" // And these must be set to non-empty in order to have the signing step added to the task graph.                 storeFile = null                 storePassword = "__unset"             }         }         buildTypes {             release {                 signingConfig signingConfigs.release             }         }         addSigningProps(cdvReleaseSigningPropertiesFile, signingConfigs.release)     }     if (cdvDebugSigningPropertiesFile) {         addSigningProps(cdvDebugSigningPropertiesFile, signingConfigs.debug)     } }  dependencies {     compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: '*.jar')     // SUB-PROJECT DEPENDENCIES START     debugCompile(project(path: "CordovaLib", configuration: "debug"))     releaseCompile(project(path: "CordovaLib", configuration: "release"))     // SUB-PROJECT DEPENDENCIES END }  def promptForReleaseKeyPassword() {     if (!cdvReleaseSigningPropertiesFile) {         return;     }     if ('__unset'.equals(android.signingConfigs.release.storePassword)) {         android.signingConfigs.release.storePassword = privateHelpers.promptForPassword('Enter key store password: ')     }     if ('__unset'.equals(android.signingConfigs.release.keyPassword)) {         android.signingConfigs.release.keyPassword = privateHelpers.promptForPassword('Enter key password: ');     } }  gradle.taskGraph.whenReady { taskGraph ->     taskGraph.getAllTasks().each() { task ->         if (task.name == 'validateReleaseSigning' || task.name == 'validateSigningRelease') {             promptForReleaseKeyPassword()         }     } }  def addSigningProps(propsFilePath, signingConfig) {     def propsFile = file(propsFilePath)     def props = new Properties()     propsFile.withReader { reader ->         props.load(reader)     }      def storeFile = new File(props.get('key.store') ?: privateHelpers.ensureValueExists(propsFilePath, props, 'storeFile'))     if (!storeFile.isAbsolute()) {         storeFile = RelativePath.parse(true, storeFile.toString()).getFile(propsFile.getParentFile())     }     if (!storeFile.exists()) {         throw new FileNotFoundException('Keystore file does not exist: ' + storeFile.getAbsolutePath())     }     signingConfig.keyAlias = props.get('key.alias') ?: privateHelpers.ensureValueExists(propsFilePath, props, 'keyAlias')     signingConfig.keyPassword = props.get('keyPassword', props.get('key.alias.password', signingConfig.keyPassword))     signingConfig.storeFile = storeFile     signingConfig.storePassword = props.get('storePassword', props.get('key.store.password', signingConfig.storePassword))     def storeType = props.get('storeType', props.get('key.store.type', ''))     if (!storeType) {         def filename = storeFile.getName().toLowerCase();         if (filename.endsWith('.p12') || filename.endsWith('.pfx')) {             storeType = 'pkcs12'         } else {             storeType = signingConfig.storeType // "jks"         }     }     signingConfig.storeType = storeType }  for (def func : cdvPluginPostBuildExtras) {     func() }  // This can be defined within build-extras.gradle as: //     ext.postBuildExtras = { ... code here ... } if (hasProperty('postBuildExtras')) {     postBuildExtras() } 

Code for gradle-wrapper.properties

        #DATE         distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME         distributionPath=wrapper/dists         zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME         zipStorePath=wrapper/dists         distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-3.3-all.zip 

I have tried everything like changing distributionUrl and changing default gradle version , but everytime I run android build command distributionUrl change itself to old one.Can anyone suggest me something for this, that can work in my case.

Answer 1

I got the solution for my problem after trying so many alternatives and i.e.

For those who use ionic, go to

[project name]/platforms/android/cordova/lib/builders/GradleBuilder.js  

on line 164 you will see the following:

var distributionUrl = process.env['CORDOVA_ANDROID_GRADLE_DISTRIBUTION_URL'] || 'http\\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-2.13-all.zip'; 

This line is used to create your gradle-wrapper.properties, so any changes to the gradle-wrapper.properties won't matter. All you need to do is change the url to the latest version, sync the gradle and the problem is solved.

If you just want to change the gradle version in the Android studio, go to File>settings>project and change the gradle version. After you apply, it will sync the project and you are ready to build.