Gradle fails to find any dependencies from Maven or jcenter

I asked this question on StackOverflow, but haven’t yet found a solution to my problem so I’m pasting it here as well.

I’m using Android Studio 1.0.1 and Gradle 2.2.1, and Gradle can not download any libraries from jcenter or maven central. I specifically need joda time and expandable text view, but it seems that no matter what dependency I add, Gradle refuses to find it. Here’s my build.gradle files:

Project 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:1.0.0’

}

}

allprojects {

repositories {

jcenter()

}

}

Module build.gradle

apply plugin: ‘com.android.application’

android {

compileSdkVersion 21

buildToolsVersion “21.1.1”

repositories {

jcenter()

}

defaultConfig {

applicationId “org.testOrg”

minSdkVersion 16

targetSdkVersion 21

compileOptions {

sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_7

targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_7

}

}

buildTypes {

release {

minifyEnabled true

proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile(‘proguard-android.txt’), ‘proguard-rules.txt’

}

}

packagingOptions{

exclude ‘META-INF/LICENSE’

exclude ‘META-INF/NOTICE’

}

}

dependencies {

compile project(‘:appmsglibrary’)

compile project(‘:library’)

compile project(‘:authenticationActivity’)

compile project(‘:slidinguppanellibrary’)

compile ‘com.android.support:support-v4:21+’

compile ‘com.google.android.gms:play-services:6.1.71+’

compile ‘com.android.support:appcompat-v7:21+’

compile files(‘libs/HockeySDK-3.0.2.jar’)

compile files(‘libs/jackson-annotations-2.4.0.jar’)

compile files(‘libs/jackson-core-2.4.2.jar’)

compile files(‘libs/jackson-databind-2.4.2.jar’)

compile files(‘libs/picasso-2.3.4.jar’)

compile files(‘libs/joda-time-2.4.jar’)

compile ‘com.squareup.picasso:picasso:2.3.2’

}

If I go into the project settings and add dependencies through the GUI, I can search for each one of these so I know that gradle knows they exist at that point. But no matter what I’ve tried, it always fails to sync when I have a remote library added as a dependency. Any thoughts on how to go about fixing this? I’ve tried uninstalling everything (Android Studio, Gradle, SDKs and tools, etc) but still have the same issue. My colleague is working on the same code base and gradle syncs just fine for him.

Result of running gradle from the command line

I ran this command from the project root ‘’‘./gradlew --stacktrace --debug’‘’

18:00:47.862 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]

18:00:47.865 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

18:00:47.867 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]

18:00:47.868 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] * What went wrong:

18:00:47.869 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] A problem occurred configuring root project ‘App-Studio’.

18:00:47.870 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] > Could not resolve all dependencies for configuration ‘:classpath’.

18:00:47.871 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]

Could not resolve com.android.tools.build:gradle:1.0.0.

18:00:47.872 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]

Required by:

18:00:47.872 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]

:App-Studio:unspecified

18:00:47.873 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]

org.slf4j.spi.LocationAwareLogger.log(Lorg/slf4j/Marker;Ljava/lang/String;ILjava/lang/String;[Ljava/lang/Object;Ljava/lang/Throwable;)V

18:00:47.874 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]

18:00:47.876 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] * Exception is:

18:00:47.878 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] org.gradle.api.ProjectConfigurationException: A problem occurred configuring root project ‘App-Studio’.

18:00:47.878 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.configuration.project.LifecycleProjectEvaluator.addConfigurationFailure(LifecycleProjectEvaluator.java:91)

18:00:47.879 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.configuration.project.LifecycleProjectEvaluator.evaluate(LifecycleProjectEvaluator.java:61)

18:00:47.880 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.api.internal.project.AbstractProject.evaluate(AbstractProject.java:504)

18:00:47.881 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.api.internal.project.AbstractProject.evaluate(AbstractProject.java:83)

18:00:47.882 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.execution.TaskPathProjectEvaluator.configureHierarchy(TaskPathProjectEvaluator.java:42)

18:00:47.882 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.configuration.DefaultBuildConfigurer.configure(DefaultBuildConfigurer.java:35)

18:00:47.884 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.initialization.DefaultGradleLauncher.doBuildStages(DefaultGradleLauncher.java:129)

18:00:47.885 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.initialization.DefaultGradleLauncher.doBuild(DefaultGradleLauncher.java:106)

18:00:47.886 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.initialization.DefaultGradleLauncher.run(DefaultGradleLauncher.java:86)

18:00:47.887 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.launcher.exec.InProcessBuildActionExecuter$DefaultBuildController.run(InProcessBuildActionExecuter.java:80)

18:00:47.888 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.launcher.cli.ExecuteBuildAction.run(ExecuteBuildAction.java:33)

18:00:47.889 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.launcher.cli.ExecuteBuildAction.run(ExecuteBuildAction.java:24)

18:00:47.890 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.launcher.exec.InProcessBuildActionExecuter.execute(InProcessBuildActionExecuter.java:36)

18:00:47.891 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.launcher.exec.InProcessBuildActionExecuter.execute(InProcessBuildActionExecuter.java:26)

18:00:47.892 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.launcher.cli.RunBuildAction.run(RunBuildAction.java:51)

18:00:47.893 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.internal.Actions$RunnableActionAdapter.execute(Actions.java:171)

18:00:47.894 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.launcher.cli.CommandLineActionFactory$ParseAndBuildAction.execute(CommandLineActionFactory.java:237)

18:00:47.895 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.launcher.cli.CommandLineActionFactory$ParseAndBuildAction.execute(CommandLineActionFactory.java:210)

18:00:47.896 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.launcher.cli.JavaRuntimeValidationAction.execute(JavaRuntimeValidationAction.java:35)

18:00:47.897 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.launcher.cli.JavaRuntimeValidationAction.execute(JavaRuntimeValidationAction.java:24)

18:00:47.898 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.launcher.cli.CommandLineActionFactory$WithLogging.execute(CommandLineActionFactory.java:206)

18:00:47.899 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.launcher.cli.CommandLineActionFactory$WithLogging.execute(CommandLineActionFactory.java:169)

18:00:47.900 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.launcher.cli.ExceptionReportingAction.execute(ExceptionReportingAction.java:33)

18:00:47.901 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.launcher.cli.ExceptionReportingAction.execute(ExceptionReportingAction.java:22)

18:00:47.902 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.launcher.Main.doAction(Main.java:33)

18:00:47.902 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.launcher.bootstrap.EntryPoint.run(EntryPoint.java:45)

18:00:47.903 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.launcher.bootstrap.ProcessBootstrap.runNoExit(ProcessBootstrap.java:54)

18:00:47.904 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.launcher.bootstrap.ProcessBootstrap.run(ProcessBootstrap.java:35)

18:00:47.905 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.launcher.GradleMain.main(GradleMain.java:23)

18:00:47.905 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.wrapper.BootstrapMainStarter.start(BootstrapMainStarter.java:33)

18:00:47.906 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.wrapper.WrapperExecutor.execute(WrapperExecutor.java:130)

18:00:47.906 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain.main(GradleWrapperMain.java:48)

18:00:47.907 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] Caused by: org.gradle.api.artifacts.ResolveException: Could not resolve all dependencies for configuration ‘:classpath’.

18:00:47.907 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ivyservice.DefaultLenientConfiguration.rethrowFailure(DefaultLenientConfiguration.java:52)

18:00:47.908 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ivyservice.DefaultResolvedConfiguration.rethrowFailure(DefaultResolvedConfiguration.java:36)

18:00:47.909 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ivyservice.SelfResolvingDependencyResolver$FilesAggregatingResolvedConfiguration.rethrowFailure(SelfResolvingDependencyResolver.java:110)

18:00:47.909 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ivyservice.ErrorHandlingArtifactDependencyResolver$ErrorHandlingResolvedConfiguration.rethrowFailure(ErrorHandlingArtifactDependencyResolver.java:180)

18:00:47.910 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.configurations.DefaultConfiguration$ConfigurationFileCollection.getFiles(DefaultConfiguration.java:444)

18:00:47.910 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.configurations.DefaultConfiguration.getFiles(DefaultConfiguration.java:205)

18:00:47.911 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.configurations.DefaultConfiguration_Decorated.getFiles(Unknown Source)

18:00:47.912 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.plugin.use.internal.DefaultPluginRequestApplicator.defineScriptHandlerClassScope(DefaultPluginRequestApplicator.java:142)

18:00:47.912 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.plugin.use.internal.DefaultPluginRequestApplicator.applyPlugins(DefaultPluginRequestApplicator.java:60)

18:00:47.913 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.configuration.DefaultScriptPluginFactory$ScriptPluginImpl.apply(DefaultScriptPluginFactory.java:131)

18:00:47.913 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.configuration.project.BuildScriptProcessor.execute(BuildScriptProcessor.java:39)

18:00:47.914 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.configuration.project.BuildScriptProcessor.execute(BuildScriptProcessor.java:26)

18:00:47.914 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.configuration.project.ConfigureActionsProjectEvaluator.evaluate(ConfigureActionsProjectEvaluator.java:34)

18:00:47.915 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.configuration.project.LifecycleProjectEvaluator.evaluate(LifecycleProjectEvaluator.java:59)

18:00:47.916 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] … 30 more

18:00:47.917 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] Caused by: org.gradle.internal.resolve.ModuleVersionResolveException: Could not resolve com.android.tools.build:gradle:1.0.0.

18:00:47.918 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] Required by:

18:00:47.919 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]

:App-Studio:unspecified

18:00:47.920 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ivyservice.ivyresolve.RepositoryChainDependencyResolver.resolve(RepositoryChainDependencyResolver.java:81)

18:00:47.921 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ivyservice.ivyresolve.RepositoryChainAdapter.resolve(RepositoryChainAdapter.java:69)

18:00:47.921 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ivyservice.clientmodule.ClientModuleResolver.resolve(ClientModuleResolver.java:44)

18:00:47.922 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ivyservice.resolveengine.graph.DependencyGraphBuilder$ModuleVersionResolveState.resolve(DependencyGraphBuilder.java:577)

18:00:47.922 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ivyservice.resolveengine.graph.DependencyGraphBuilder$ModuleVersionResolveState.getMetaData(DependencyGraphBuilder.java:587)

18:00:47.923 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ivyservice.resolveengine.graph.DependencyGraphBuilder$DependencyEdge.calculateTargetConfigurations(DependencyGraphBuilder.java:272)

18:00:47.923 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ivyservice.resolveengine.graph.DependencyGraphBuilder$DependencyEdge.attachToTargetConfigurations(DependencyGraphBuilder.java:246)

18:00:47.924 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ivyservice.resolveengine.graph.DependencyGraphBuilder.traverseGraph(DependencyGraphBuilder.java:156)

18:00:47.925 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ivyservice.resolveengine.graph.DependencyGraphBuilder.resolveDependencyGraph(DependencyGraphBuilder.java:94)

18:00:47.925 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ivyservice.resolveengine.graph.DependencyGraphBuilder.resolve(DependencyGraphBuilder.java:84)

18:00:47.926 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ivyservice.resolveengine.DefaultDependencyResolver$1.execute(DefaultDependencyResolver.java:122)

18:00:47.926 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ivyservice.resolveengine.DefaultDependencyResolver$1.execute(DefaultDependencyResolver.java:88)

18:00:47.927 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.internal.Transformers$4.transform(Transformers.java:136)

18:00:47.928 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ivyservice.DefaultIvyContextManager.withIvy(DefaultIvyContextManager.java:61)

18:00:47.928 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ivyservice.DefaultIvyContextManager.withIvy(DefaultIvyContextManager.java:39)

18:00:47.929 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ivyservice.resolveengine.DefaultDependencyResolver.resolve(DefaultDependencyResolver.java:88)

18:00:47.929 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ivyservice.CacheLockingArtifactDependencyResolver$1.run(CacheLockingArtifactDependencyResolver.java:42)

18:00:47.930 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.internal.Factories$1.create(Factories.java:22)

18:00:47.930 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.cache.internal.DefaultCacheAccess.useCache(DefaultCacheAccess.java:187)

18:00:47.931 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.cache.internal.DefaultCacheAccess.useCache(DefaultCacheAccess.java:175)

18:00:47.932 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.cache.internal.DefaultPersistentDirectoryStore.useCache(DefaultPersistentDirectoryStore.java:106)

18:00:47.932 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.cache.internal.DefaultCacheFactory$ReferenceTrackingCache.useCache(DefaultCacheFactory.java:187)

18:00:47.933 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ivyservice.DefaultCacheLockingManager.useCache(DefaultCacheLockingManager.java:64)

18:00:47.933 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ivyservice.CacheLockingArtifactDependencyResolver.resolve(CacheLockingArtifactDependencyResolver.java:40)

18:00:47.934 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ivyservice.SelfResolvingDependencyResolver.resolve(SelfResolvingDependencyResolver.java:45)

18:00:47.934 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ivyservice.ShortcircuitEmptyConfigsArtifactDependencyResolver.resolve(ShortcircuitEmptyConfigsArtifactDependencyResolver.java:55)

18:00:47.935 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ivyservice.ErrorHandlingArtifactDependencyResolver.resolve(ErrorHandlingArtifactDependencyResolver.java:47)

18:00:47.935 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ivyservice.DefaultConfigurationResolver.resolve(DefaultConfigurationResolver.java:46)

18:00:47.936 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.configurations.DefaultConfiguration.resolveNow(DefaultConfiguration.java:250)

18:00:47.937 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.configurations.DefaultConfiguration.getResolvedConfiguration(DefaultConfiguration.java:240)

18:00:47.937 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.configurations.DefaultConfiguration_Decorated.getResolvedConfiguration(Unknown Source)

18:00:47.938 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.configurations.DefaultConfiguration$ConfigurationFileCollection.getFiles(DefaultConfiguration.java:442)

18:00:47.938 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] … 39 more

18:00:47.939 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] Caused by: java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.slf4j.spi.LocationAwareLogger.log(Lorg/slf4j/Marker;Ljava/lang/String;ILjava/lang/String;[Ljava/lang/Object;Ljava/lang/Throwable;)V

18:00:47.939 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.apache.commons.logging.impl.SLF4JLocationAwareLog.debug(SLF4JLocationAwareLog.java:133)

18:00:47.940 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.apache.http.impl.conn.PoolingClientConnectionManager.requestConnection(PoolingClientConnectionManager.java:186)

18:00:47.940 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultRequestDirector.execute(DefaultRequestDirector.java:447)

18:00:47.941 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.apache.http.impl.client.AbstractHttpClient.execute(AbstractHttpClient.java:906)

18:00:47.941 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.apache.http.impl.client.DecompressingHttpClient.execute(DecompressingHttpClient.java:137)

18:00:47.942 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.apache.http.impl.client.DecompressingHttpClient.execute(DecompressingHttpClient.java:118)

18:00:47.942 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.internal.resource.transport.http.HttpClientHelper.performHttpRequest(HttpClientHelper.java:111)

18:00:47.943 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.internal.resource.transport.http.HttpClientHelper.executeGetOrHead(HttpClientHelper.java:87)

18:00:47.944 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.internal.resource.transport.http.HttpClientHelper.performRequest(HttpClientHelper.java:78)

18:00:47.944 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.internal.resource.transport.http.HttpClientHelper.performRawGet(HttpClientHelper.java:66)

18:00:47.945 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.internal.resource.transport.http.HttpClientHelper.performGet(HttpClientHelper.java:70)

18:00:47.945 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.internal.resource.transport.http.HttpResourceAccessor.getResource(HttpResourceAccessor.java:53)

18:00:47.946 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.internal.resource.transport.http.HttpResourceAccessor.getResource(HttpResourceAccessor.java:36)

18:00:47.946 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.internal.resource.transfer.ProgressLoggingExternalResourceAccessor.getResource(ProgressLoggingExternalResourceAccessor.java:39)

18:00:47.947 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.internal.resource.transfer.DefaultCacheAwareExternalResourceAccessor.getResource(DefaultCacheAwareExternalResourceAccessor.java:72)

18:00:47.948 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.repositories.resolver.DefaultExternalResourceArtifactResolver.downloadStaticResource(DefaultExternalResourceArtifactResolver.java:91)

18:00:47.948 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.repositories.resolver.DefaultExternalResourceArtifactResolver.resolveMetaDataArtifact(DefaultExternalResourceArtifactResolver.java:57)

18:00:47.949 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.repositories.resolver.ExternalResourceResolver.parseMetaDataFromArtifact(ExternalResourceResolver.java:162)

18:00:47.949 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.repositories.resolver.ExternalResourceResolver.resolveStaticDependency(ExternalResourceResolver.java:141)

18:00:47.950 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.repositories.resolver.MavenResolver.doResolveComponentMetaData(MavenResolver.java:82)

18:00:47.950 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.repositories.resolver.ExternalResourceResolver$RemoteRepositoryAccess.resolveComponentMetaData(ExternalResourceResolver.java:391)

18:00:47.951 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ivyservice.ivyresolve.CacheLockReleasingModuleComponentsRepository$LockReleasingRepositoryAccess$2.run(CacheLockReleasingModuleComponentsRepository.java:65)

18:00:47.951 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.internal.Factories$1.create(Factories.java:22)

18:00:47.952 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.cache.internal.DefaultCacheAccess.longRunningOperation(DefaultCacheAccess.java:237)

18:00:47.952 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.cache.internal.DefaultCacheAccess.longRunningOperation(DefaultCacheAccess.java:308)

18:00:47.953 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.cache.internal.DefaultPersistentDirectoryStore.longRunningOperation(DefaultPersistentDirectoryStore.java:114)

18:00:47.953 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.cache.internal.DefaultCacheFactory$ReferenceTrackingCache.longRunningOperation(DefaultCacheFactory.java:179)

18:00:47.954 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ivyservice.DefaultCacheLockingManager.longRunningOperation(DefaultCacheLockingManager.java:56)

18:00:47.954 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ivyservice.ivyresolve.CacheLockReleasingModuleComponentsRepository$LockReleasingRepositoryAccess.resolveComponentMetaData(CacheLockReleasingModuleComponentsRepository.java:63)

18:00:47.955 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ivyservice.ivyresolve.CachingModuleComponentRepository$ResolveAndCacheRepositoryAccess.resolveComponentMetaData(CachingModuleComponentRepository.java:284)

18:00:47.956 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ivyservice.ivyresolve.BaseModuleComponentRepositoryAccess.resolveComponentMetaData(BaseModuleComponentRepositoryAccess.java:38)

18:00:47.956 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ivyservice.ivyresolve.memcache.InMemoryCachedModuleComponentRepository$CachedAccess.resolveComponentMetaData(InMemoryCachedModuleComponentRepository.java:70)

18:00:47.957 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ivyservice.ivyresolve.ComponentMetaDataResolveState.process(ComponentMetaDataResolveState.java:70)

18:00:47.957 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ivyservice.ivyresolve.ComponentMetaDataResolveState.resolve(ComponentMetaDataResolveState.java:62)

18:00:47.958 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ivyservice.ivyresolve.RepositoryChainDependencyResolver.findBestMatch(RepositoryChainDependencyResolver.java:114)

18:00:47.958 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ivyservice.ivyresolve.RepositoryChainDependencyResolver.findBestMatch(RepositoryChainDependencyResolver.java:97)

18:00:47.959 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ivyservice.ivyresolve.RepositoryChainDependencyResolver.resolve(RepositoryChainDependencyResolver.java:70)

18:00:47.959 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] … 70 more

18:00:47.960 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]

18:00:47.960 [LIFECYCLE] [org.gradle.BuildResultLogger]

18:00:47.961 [LIFECYCLE] [org.gradle.BuildResultLogger] BUILD FAILED

18:00:47.962 [LIFECYCLE] [org.gradle.BuildResultLogger]

18:00:47.962 [LIFECYCLE] [org.gradle.BuildResultLogger] Total time: 2.372 secs

Looks like the build is blowing up because of an incompatible version of SLF4J on the build script classpath. Are you adding any other build script dependencies or altering the Gradle classpath in any way?

Not that I’m aware of, but then again I’m fairly new to using Android Studio and Gradle so I could just not know where to look. Where should I look to see if something is altering the Gradle classpath? Thanks for the help

Just to ensure the Gradle distribution is working properly, try creating a simple build file, like so:

apply plugin: ‘java’

repositories {

jcenter()

}

dependencies {

compile ‘commons-collections:commons-collections:3.2.1’

}

Then see if you can execute it. You can put it in the same directory of your project so you can use the gradle wrapper, name it whatever you like. Then execute.

./gradlew -b foo.gradle dependencies

Thanks for the help Mark. I wound up just wiping my machine and starting from scratch. Yep, a little extreme but it also helped me declutter a bit. And now things are working perfectly. My guess is that there was something somewhere on my system that was messing things up. I just ran out of ideas for where to look. Thanks again!