Gradle project sync failed - Gradle DSL method not found: android()

Question

i imported a project that uses roboelectric but it seems that build.gradle file is wrong and i do not know how to fix it. I've checked i have gradle 2.2.1 but i've not figured out the problem yet... My log:

Executing tasks: [:]

Configuration on demand is an incubating feature.

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* Where:
Build file '/Users/dev1/Desktop/DESARROLLO/AndroidTestExample-master/Starter/build.gradle' line: 3

* What went wrong:
A problem occurred evaluating root project 'Starter'.
> Could not find method android() for arguments [build_43aogzm0wm94eieabvjhdztqe$_run_closure1@eed01a1] on root project 'Starter'.

* Try:
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BUILD FAILED

Total time: 0.153 secs

And the build.gradle:

buildscript {
repositories {
    mavenCentral()
}
dependencies {
    classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:1.2.3'
}
}
apply plugin: 'android'
sourceSets {
    unitTest {
        java.srcDir file('src/test/java')
        resources.srcDir file('src/test/res')
        }
}

configurations {
unitTestCompile.extendsFrom runtime
unitTestRuntime.extendsFrom unitTestCompile
 }

dependencies {
repositories {
    mavenCentral()
}
    unitTestCompile files("$project.buildDir/classes/release")
unitTestCompile 'junit:junit:4.10'
unitTestCompile 'org.robolectric:robolectric:2.1.+'
unitTestCompile 'com.google.android:android:4.0.1.2'
}
task unitTest(type:Test, dependsOn: assemble) {
    testClassesDir = project.sourceSets.unitTest.output.classesDir
    classpath = project.sourceSets.unitTest.runtimeClasspath
}
check.dependsOn unitTest

android {
compileSdkVersion 19
buildToolsVersion "19.0.0"

}

Answer 1

try to set your buildToolsVersion to 21.1.1 instead of 19.0.0 it is probably the cause of your proplem.

try to update android studio too, if it is not.

hope this will help.