Unexpected char '\' build.gradle

Question

I had recently imported my Eclipse project into Studio. I exported it via gradle export from Eclipse. After importing I am getting this error.

Error:(16, 0) Cause: startup failed:
build file 'D:\Android\Projects\MainDIr\Project\build.gradle': 16: unexpected char: '\' @ line 16, column 34.
               java.srcDirs = ['libs\ormlite-android','libs\ormlite-core','src']
                                    ^

1 error

4 lines in my build.gradle is marked as red. These are referencing to libs folder libraries path. All my libraries are being imported successfully.

main {
            manifest.srcFile 'AndroidManifest.xml'
            java.srcDirs = ['libs\ormlite-android','libs\ormlite-core','src']
            resources.srcDirs = ['libs\ormlite-android','libs\ormlite-core','src']
            aidl.srcDirs = ['libs\ormlite-android','libs\ormlite-core','src']
            renderscript.srcDirs = ['libs\ormlite-android','libs\ormlite-core','src']
            res.srcDirs = ['res']
            assets.srcDirs = ['assets']
        }

Answer 1

unexpected char '\\'

Add / instead of \\ . Then Clean-Rebuild and RUN .

Example

 aidl.srcDirs =  ['libs/ormlite-android','libs/ormlite-core','src']

Answer 2

Use a double backslash \\\\ to escape the backslash

main {
    manifest.srcFile 'AndroidManifest.xml'
    java.srcDirs = ['libs\\ormlite-android','libs\\ormlite-core','src']
    resources.srcDirs = ['libs\\ormlite-android','libs\\ormlite-core','src']
    aidl.srcDirs = ['libs\\ormlite-android','libs\\ormlite-core','src']
    renderscript.srcDirs = ['libs\\ormlite-android','libs\\ormlite-core','src']
    res.srcDirs = ['res']
    assets.srcDirs = ['assets']
}

Answer 3

Using this solve this issue Its Working