Android gradle build Error:(10, 0) Gradle DSL method not found: 'compile()'

Question

I updated a plugin of Android studio. Now when I try to open an existing project I got an error.

Error:(10, 0) Gradle DSL method not found: 'compile()' 
Possible causes:The project 'TuteSample' may be using a version of Gradle that does not contain the method.
The build file may be missing a Gradle plugin.

This is my build.gradle

// Top-level build file where you can add configuration options common to all sub-projects/modules.buildscript {
repositories {
    jcenter()
}
dependencies {
    classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:1.2.3'

    compile "com.android.support:appcompat-v7:21.0.+"

    // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
    // in the individual module build.gradle files    }
}allprojects {
repositories {
    jcenter()
}
}

Answer 1

Make sure about it that your dependencies should be put into the individual module's build.gradle files instead of at the top most level build.gradle file. Placed your dependencies as:

dependencies {
    compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
    compile "com.android.support:appcompat-v7:21.0.+"
}

Add compile "com.android.support:appcompat-v7:21.0.+" into Module build.gradle would be:

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'

android {
    compileSdkVersion 19
    buildToolsVersion "23.0.1"

    defaultConfig {
        applicationId "your_package_name"
        minSdkVersion 11
        targetSdkVersion 19
        versionCode 1
        versionName "1.0"
    }

        compileOptions {
        sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_7
        targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_7
       }
    }
   dependencies {
        compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
        compile "com.android.support:appcompat-v7:21.0.+"
    }

Top level build.gradle would be:

repositories {
    jcenter()
}
dependencies {
    classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:1.2.3'

    // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
    // in the individual module build.gradle files    }
}allprojects {
repositories {
    jcenter()
}
}

Answer 2

Copy the compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:21.0.+' from project build.gradle into module bulid.gradle . like this file

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'

android {
    compileSdkVersion 19
    buildToolsVersion "23.0.2"

    defaultConfig {
        applicationId "xxxx"
        minSdkVersion 10
        targetSdkVersion 23
        versionCode 1
        versionName "1.0"
    }
    buildTypes {
        release {
            minifyEnabled false
            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
        }
    }
}

dependencies {
    compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
    testCompile 'junit:junit:4.12'
    compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:21.0.+'
}