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Jimil Shah
Jimil Shah

Reputation: 59

Android Studio/Kotlin : Gradle error - cannot find compile() method for arguments [com.android.support:recyclerview-v7:$support_version]

I am using Android Studio 3.0 Canary 6. I've been having some trouble with the build.gradle (Project) file.

The build.gradle file is as follows : 

// Top-level build file where you can add configuration options common to all sub-projects/modules.

    buildscript {
        ext.kotlin_version = '1.1.3-2'
        ext.support_version = '26.0.1'
        repositories {
            google()
            jcenter()
        }
        dependencies {
            classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.0.0-alpha6'
            classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-
                plugin:$kotlin_version"
            compile "com.android.support:appcompat-v7:$support_version"
            compile "com.android.support:recyclerview-v7:$support_version"

        // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
        // in the individual module build.gradle files
        }
    }

    allprojects {
        repositories {
            google()
            jcenter()
            mavenCentral()
        }
    }

    task clean(type: Delete) {
        delete rootProject.buildDir
    }

The error that I get is :

Error:Error:line (13)Could not find method compile() for arguments [com.android.support:appcompat-v7:26.0.1] on object of type org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.dsl.dependencies.DefaultDependencyHandler. Please install the Android Support Repository from the Android SDK Manager. Open Android SDK Manager.

Please help me solve the error.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1722

Answers (2)

Gabriele Mariotti
Gabriele Mariotti

Reputation: 364471

You can't use these lines in your top level file:

 compile "com.android.support:appcompat-v7:$support_version"
 compile "com.android.support:recyclerview-v7:$support_version"

Remove them and use them in the module file.

Upvotes: 1

Bob
Bob

Reputation: 13865

Remove the compile dependencies from the top level build.gradle and put it in your app level build.gradle dependencies, which would be available under app/src in Project view.

dependencies {
    compile "com.android.support:appcompat-v7:26.0.1"
    compile "com.android.support:recyclerview-v7:26.0.1"
}

The app level dependencies (which mostly starts with compile) should be put under app level build.gradle file, and not under top level build.gradle.

Actually, the build.gradle file is written using Groovy language and compile is a method invocation. In Groovy, we can leave the parenthesis for top-level expressions. And that's why you are getting an error like:

Could not find method complie()

Upvotes: 1

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