# Trying to get 3.3 working android studio and other bugs

**URL:** <https://discuss.gradle.org/t/trying-to-get-3-3-working-android-studio-and-other-bugs/21200>\
**Category:** Help/Discuss\
**Created:** [January 18, 2017, 2:32am UTC](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/trying-to-get-3-3-working-android-studio-and-other-bugs/21200 "2017-01-18T02:32:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![bubbely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@bubbely](https://discuss.gradle.org/u/bubbely)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2017, 2:32am UTC](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/trying-to-get-3-3-working-android-studio-and-other-bugs/21200/1 "2017-01-18T02:32:11Z")

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> Error:Could not find com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.3.0.  
> Searched in the following locations:  
> file:/Applications/Android Studio.app/Contents/gradle/m2repository/com/android/tools/build/gradle/3.3.0/gradle-3.3.0.pom  
> file:/Applications/Android Studio.app/Contents/gradle/m2repository/com/android/tools/build/gradle/3.3.0/gradle-3.3.0.jar  
> [https://jcenter.bintray.com/com/android/tools/build/gradle/3.3.0/gradle-3.3.0.pom](https://jcenter.bintray.com/com/android/tools/build/gradle/3.3.0/gradle-3.3.0.pom)  
> [https://jcenter.bintray.com/com/android/tools/build/gradle/3.3.0/gradle-3.3.0.jar](https://jcenter.bintray.com/com/android/tools/build/gradle/3.3.0/gradle-3.3.0.jar)  
> Required by:  
> :AndroidLoginAndRegistration:unspecifiedError:Could not find com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.3.0.  
> Searched in the following locations:  
> file:/Applications/Android Studio.app/Contents/gradle/m2repository/com/android/tools/build/gradle/3.3.0/gradle-3.3.0.pom  
> file:/Applications/Android Studio.app/Contents/gradle/m2repository/com/android/tools/build/gradle/3.3.0/gradle-3.3.0.jar  
> [https://jcenter.bintray.com/com/android/tools/build/gradle/3.3.0/gradle-3.3.0.pom](https://jcenter.bintray.com/com/android/tools/build/gradle/3.3.0/gradle-3.3.0.pom)  
> [https://jcenter.bintray.com/com/android/tools/build/gradle/3.3.0/gradle-3.3.0.jar](https://jcenter.bintray.com/com/android/tools/build/gradle/3.3.0/gradle-3.3.0.jar)  
> Required by:  
> :AndroidLoginAndRegistration:unspecified

I used sdk to install gradle and I run into this error … heres 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:3.3.0’  
> }  
> }

> allprojects {  
> repositories {  
> mavenCentral()  
> }  
> }

If I try using an older version, I get this error…

Error:java.lang.NullPointerException (no error message)

classpath ‘com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.2.3’

Here is the stacktrace  
[https://hastebin.com/eroyumibut.sql](https://hastebin.com/eroyumibut.sql)

Please help me with one or the other.

If i try 2.14.1 i get this error

Error:Could not find com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.14.1.  
Searched in the following locations:  
file:/Applications/Android Studio.app/Contents/gradle/m2repository/com/android/tools/build/gradle/2.14.1/gradle-2.14.1.pom  
file:/Applications/Android Studio.app/Contents/gradle/m2repository/com/android/tools/build/gradle/2.14.1/gradle-2.14.1.jar  
[https://jcenter.bintray.com/com/android/tools/build/gradle/2.14.1/gradle-2.14.1.pom](https://jcenter.bintray.com/com/android/tools/build/gradle/2.14.1/gradle-2.14.1.pom)  
[https://jcenter.bintray.com/com/android/tools/build/gradle/2.14.1/gradle-2.14.1.jar](https://jcenter.bintray.com/com/android/tools/build/gradle/2.14.1/gradle-2.14.1.jar)  
Required by:  
:AndroidLoginAndRegistration:unspecified

HELP!!

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**Author:** ![Sam-Midday](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/46a35a/32.png) [@Sam-Midday](https://discuss.gradle.org/u/Sam-Midday)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2017, 5:32pm UTC](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/trying-to-get-3-3-working-android-studio-and-other-bugs/21200/2 "2017-03-04T17:32:41Z")

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Try This -  
Go To File\> Project Structure \> Project \> And change the gradle version to the one you were using before.  
Change build.gradle(Project : app\_name) \> classpath ‘com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.3.0’ to the one you used in gradle version settings.  
Let me Know if it worked.  
Take Care.

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**Author:** ![shankhar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/gradle/user_avatar/discuss.gradle.org/shankhar/32/6021_2.png) [@shankhar](https://discuss.gradle.org/u/shankhar)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2017, 2:21pm UTC](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/trying-to-get-3-3-working-android-studio-and-other-bugs/21200/3 "2017-03-10T14:21:41Z")

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Hi,

Recently I have updated Android Studio to 2.3 and it asked to have Gradle 3.3, even I apply the above changes, I am getting similar error.

I tried to download and unpack Gradle 3.3 and gave that in ENV var also, but no luck.

> Error:Could not find com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.3.  
> Searched in the following locations:  
> file:/C:/Program Files/Android/Android Studio/gradle/m2repository/com/android/tools/build/gradle/3.3/gradle-3.3.pom  
> file:/C:/Program Files/Android/Android Studio/gradle/m2repository/com/android/tools/build/gradle/3.3/gradle-3.3.jar  
> [https://jcenter.bintray.com/com/android/tools/build/gradle/3.3/gradle-3.3.pom](https://jcenter.bintray.com/com/android/tools/build/gradle/3.3/gradle-3.3.pom)  
> [https://jcenter.bintray.com/com/android/tools/build/gradle/3.3/gradle-3.3.jar](https://jcenter.bintray.com/com/android/tools/build/gradle/3.3/gradle-3.3.jar)  
> Required by:  
> project :

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**Author:** ![Sam-Midday](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/46a35a/32.png) [@Sam-Midday](https://discuss.gradle.org/u/Sam-Midday)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2017, 5:18pm UTC](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/trying-to-get-3-3-working-android-studio-and-other-bugs/21200/4 "2017-03-10T17:18:19Z")

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Dont use 3.3 yet, instead use gradle 2.3 in your Settings(Project Structure \> Project).  
And also in your build.gradle as I’ve explained in my previous reply. Try it and tell me if it worked…

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**Author:** ![EssenKh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/67e7ee/32.png) [@EssenKh](https://discuss.gradle.org/u/EssenKh)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2017, 2:44am UTC](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/trying-to-get-3-3-working-android-studio-and-other-bugs/21200/5 "2017-03-12T02:44:26Z")

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@Sam-Midday I have the same error with 3.3 and i use 2.3 i got this error:

`Error:Cause: https://downloads.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-2.3.0-all.zip`

Thank you

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**Author:** ![shankhar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/gradle/user_avatar/discuss.gradle.org/shankhar/32/6021_2.png) [@shankhar](https://discuss.gradle.org/u/shankhar)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2017, 2:04am UTC](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/trying-to-get-3-3-working-android-studio-and-other-bugs/21200/6 "2017-03-13T02:04:43Z")

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Thanks after trying many things it worked out. The issue was Android Studio 2,3 and it’s default gradle version is 3.3.

I accidentally updated SDK build tools to latest one 25.0 .0, after Android Studio popped up message to update and Gradle plugin version to 2.3.0 for which [required gradle version is 3.3+](https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/gradle-plugin.html#updating-gradle).

I did the below changes to fix the issue:

1. Installed older SDK build tools 19.1.0 to use previous Gradle versions
2. File\> Project Structure \> Project \> And change the gradle version to 2.3.0
3. Changed build.gradle(Project: app\_name) \> classpath ‘com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.3.0’ to ‘com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.1.2’

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**Author:** ![NahimRgz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71e660/32.png) [@NahimRgz](https://discuss.gradle.org/u/NahimRgz)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2017, 1:35am UTC](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/trying-to-get-3-3-working-android-studio-and-other-bugs/21200/7 "2017-05-01T01:35:22Z")

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Thank you very much, i had this problem a lot of time

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**Author:** ![chijuelo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/gradle/user_avatar/discuss.gradle.org/chijuelo/32/8380_2.png) [@chijuelo](https://discuss.gradle.org/u/chijuelo)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2020, 6:15pm UTC](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/trying-to-get-3-3-working-android-studio-and-other-bugs/21200/8 "2020-03-23T18:15:22Z")

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hi i would like to download the gradle-3.3.0.jar and gradle-3.3.0.pom but at the link [https://jcenter.bintray.com/com/android/tools/build/gradle/3.3/gradle-3.3](https://jcenter.bintray.com/com/android/tools/build/gradle/3.3/gradle-3.3). pom gives me 404 error not found, thanks in advance

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**Author:** ![amirhaghajani](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee59a6/32.png) [@amirhaghajani](https://discuss.gradle.org/u/amirhaghajani)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2022, 2:09pm UTC](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/trying-to-get-3-3-working-android-studio-and-other-bugs/21200/9 "2022-07-16T14:09:26Z")

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In my case, path\_provider package need gradle 3 and I was getting this error.

```
Could not resolve all artifacts for configuration ':path_provider_android:classpath'
Could not find gradle-3.3.0.jar (com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.3.0)

```

These changes solved my problem.

1- In android\build.gradle I changed gradle version from 4.1.0 to 3.6.4

```
classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.6.4'

```

2- In android\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.properties I changed distribution url from gradle-6.7-all.zip to gradle-6.1.1-all.zip

```
distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.1.1-all.zip

```
