Problem when importing auto-generated LibGDX gradle project into eclipse

Question

I wanted to start learning the LibGDX Framework, and therefore using the Setup app to generate a new project sounded very convenient in the beginning. My problem showed up when i tried to import it as a gradle project into the eclipse IDE. The error message i get is as follows:

Description Resource Path Location Type Could not run build action using Gradle distribution 'https://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-5.4.1-bin.zip'. Build file 'E:\Workspace\Eclipse\LibGDX\test\desktop\build.gradle' line: 27 A problem occurred evaluating project ':desktop'. Could not get unknown property 'classesDir' for main classes of type org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.DefaultSourceSetOutput. build.gradle /test/desktop line 27 Gradle Error Marker

Since I am pretty new to Gradle I dont really now what to do with that.

I have already tried to delete my .grade/wrapper/dist directory and let the LibGDX setup app download it all again. Also the version that was used int the setup app was 4.6 so i tried using that in the import, without success.

When using the gradle version used in the setup app I encountered an other Error message:

Description Resource Path Location Type Could not create an instance of Tooling API implementation using the specified Gradle distribution 'https://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-4.6-bin.zip'. Could not create service of type FileMetadataAccessor using NativeServices.createFileMetadataAccessor(). Could not determine java version from '11.0.3'. test line 0 Gradle Error Marker

If you need more information, dont hesitate to ask for it, I dont really know what you might need.

Thank you in advance!

Answer 1

"classesDir" is deprecated in gradle 5 and replaced with "classesDirs".

If you run into any other issues updating, you may find this link helpful.