Android Studio Error : Could not find Android Buld Tools

Question

So, My Friend who is in University wanted me to check out his Application, He sent me the Project File and When I tried to Run it I was greeted with an Error Message that Detailed.

Could not Find com.android.tools.build:aapt2:3.3.2-5309881.

Any Help would be Highly Appreciated (:

Required by: project: app

Answer 1

AAPT2 moved to Google's Maven repository, to use AAPT2, make sure that you have a google() dependency in your build.gradle file, as shown here:

  buildscript {
      repositories {
          google() // here
          jcenter()
      }
      dependencies {
          classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.3.2'
      }
  } 

  allprojects {
      repositories {
          google() // and here
          jcenter()
  }

See: https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/#aapt2_gmaven