找不到Gradle DSL方法：'compile（）'-依赖项已在模块级别build.gradle中

Question

Yes, I m having this Gradle DSL method not found: 'compile()' problem again.

I checked that I have :

buildscript {
    repositories {
        jcenter()
    }
    dependencies {
        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.1.0'

        // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
        // in the individual module build.gradle files
    }
}

... in the {root}/build.gradle file

and having ...

dependencies {
    // App's dependencies, including test
    compile "com.android.support:appcompat-v7:$rootProject.supportLibraryVersion"
    compile "com.android.support:cardview-v7:$rootProject.supportLibraryVersion"
    compile "com.android.support:design:$rootProject.supportLibraryVersion"
    compile "com.android.support:recyclerview-v7:$rootProject.supportLibraryVersion"
    compile "com.android.support:support-v4:$rootProject.supportLibraryVersion"
    compile "com.google.guava:guava:$rootProject.guavaVersion"
    compile "com.github.bumptech.glide:glide:$rootProject.glideVersion"
    ...
}

... in the app/build.gradle file.

In fact, I am trying to get the Google example from here to work. It is not working out of box, having this issue.

The gradle version is: 2.1.0

The gradle wrapper version is: distributionUrl=https://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-2.10-all.zip

Thanks in advance, this is burning me.

Answer 1

May be your syntax is wrong in build.gradle (App Level) for adding Dependencies. In android studio, gradle supports Groovy based language. Just try to remove double colon(""). For ex :

Try this -

compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:$rootProject.supportLibraryVersion'

instead of

compile "com.android.support:appcompat-v7:$rootProject.supportLibraryVersion"

Answer 2

Try replacing compile " "

with ' '

Answer 3

Thanks @OnkarNene and @YashJain for your suggestion, unfortunately it's not solving the problem.

compile ' ' and compile " " are BOTH VALID syntax.

compile " " allows you to use :${variableName} for variable look-up and replacement.

I found my solution from this post . The reason for this problem is when I upgrade my Android Studio, it somehow mixed up my existing repository (sorry, still not fully understand how Android Studio / Gradle / Gradle Wrapper's repository works), I solve the problem by force clean the repository, then gradle builds again.

Many thanks ~