How Do I resolve this error Could not get unknown property 'publishedGroupId' for project ':lokdonencrypt' of type org.gradle.api.Project."

Question

I am trying to upload an android library to Jcenter, I have successfully created an account, created a repo, package and version. Now I am modifying the build.gradle files for the module and I keep getting this error

Caused by: groovy.lang.MissingPropertyException: Could not get unknown property 'publishedGroupId' for project ':lokdonencrypt' of type org.gradle.api.Project.

How do I resolve this

build.gradle(Module:lokencrypt)

apply plugin: 'com.android.library'
apply plugin: 'com.github.dcendents.android-maven'
apply plugin: 'com.jfrog.bintray'



android {
    compileSdkVersion 29
    buildToolsVersion "30.0.2"

    defaultConfig {
        minSdkVersion 21
        targetSdkVersion 29
        versionCode 1
        versionName "0.0.1"
        publishedGroupId "com.lokdonencryption.lokdonencryptionmodule:lokdonencrypt"

        testInstrumentationRunner "androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
        consumerProguardFiles "consumer-rules.pro"
    }

   /* task androidJavadocsJar(type: Jar, dependsOn: androidJavadocs) {
        from androidJavadocs.destinationDir
        classifier = 'javadoc'
    }

    task androidSourcesJar(type: Jar) {
        from android.sourceSets.main.java.srcDirs
        classifier = 'sources'
    }*/


    ext {
        bintrayRepo = 'maven' // Name of the Bintray repo you created
        bintrayName = ' com.lokdonencryption.lokdonencryptionmodule:lokdonencrypt' // Bintray package name

        publishedGroupId = 'com.lokdonencryption.lokdonencryptionmodule:lokdonencrypt' // Group ID of the SDK which will be added in implementation line of gradle
        artifact = 'lokdonencrypt' // Artifact ID of the SDK which will be added in implementation line of gradle
        libraryVersion = '0.0.1' // Version of the library you created in Bintray

        libraryName = 'lokdonencrypt' // It is generally the module name
        libraryDescription = 'LokDon mobile encryption (ECSMID ) for developers'

        siteUrl = 'https://github.com/UncleSamTech/LokdonEncryptionModule'
        gitUrl = 'https://github.com/UncleSamTech/LokdonEncryptionModule.git'

        developerId = 'cbusiness'
        developerName = 'Lokdon'
        developerEmail = 'cbusinessforum@gmail.com'

        licenseName = 'The Apache Software License, Version 2.0'
        licenseUrl = 'http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt'
        allLicenses = ["Apache-2.0"]

        //Bintray Credentials
        Properties properties = new Properties()
        properties.load(project.rootProject.file('local.properties').newDataInputStream())

        bintrayUsername = properties.getProperty('BINTRAY_USERNAME')
        bintrayUserOrg = properties.getProperty('BINTRAY_ORG')
        bintrayApiKey = properties.getProperty('BINTRAY_API_KEY')

       

    }

    buildTypes {
        release {
            minifyEnabled false
            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android-optimize.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
        }
    }
    compileOptions {
        sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
        targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
    }
}

dependencies {
    implementation fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])

    implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.2.0'
    implementation 'com.google.android.material:material:1.2.1'
    testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.+'
    androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.ext:junit:1.1.2'
    androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.espresso:espresso-core:3.3.0'
    implementation 'commons-io:commons-io:+'
    implementation 'org.apache.commons:commons-io:1.3.2'

    implementation 'commons-codec:commons-codec:1.8'
    implementation 'com.amazonaws:aws-android-sdk-s3:2.7.+'
    implementation 'com.amazonaws:aws-android-sdk-cognito:2.7.+'
}

apply from: 'bintray.script'

build.gradle(Module:app)

    plugins {
    id 'com.android.application'
}

android {
    compileSdkVersion 29
    buildToolsVersion "30.0.2"

    defaultConfig {
        applicationId "com.lokdonencryption.lokdonencryptionmodule"
        minSdkVersion 21
        targetSdkVersion 29
        versionCode 1
        versionName "0.0.1"
        //publishedGroupId "com.lokdonencryption.lokdonencryptionmodule:lokdonencrypt"

        testInstrumentationRunner "androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
    }

    buildTypes {
        release {
            minifyEnabled false
            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android-optimize.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
        }
    }

    compileOptions {
        sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
        targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
    }
}

dependencies {
    implementation fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
    implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.2.0'
    implementation 'com.google.android.material:material:1.2.1'
    implementation 'androidx.constraintlayout:constraintlayout:2.0.4'
    testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.+'
    androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.ext:junit:1.1.2'
    androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.espresso:espresso-core:3.3.0'
    implementation project(":lokdonencrypt")
    implementation 'commons-io:commons-io:+'
    implementation 'commons-codec:commons-codec:1.8'
    implementation 'org.apache.commons:commons-io:1.3.2'
    implementation 'com.amazonaws:aws-android-sdk-s3:2.7.+'
    implementation 'com.amazonaws:aws-android-sdk-cognito:2.7.+'
//    implementation 'com.amazonaws.util.EncodingSchemeEnum.BASE64'


}

Answer 1

Okay, so I am answering my question. The error is an exception thrown which is a MissingPropertyException which means I didn't add a property

The fix was that I copied this block of code below in the wrong build.gradle file

Before

the code was in the build.gradle file of the new module I created as seen below

 ext {
        bintrayRepo = 'maven' // Name of the Bintray repo you created
        bintrayName = ' com.lokdonencryption.lokdonencryptionmodule:lokdonencrypt' // Bintray package name

        publishedGroupId = 'com.lokdonencryption.lokdonencryptionmodule:lokdonencrypt' // Group ID of the SDK which will be added in implementation line of gradle
        artifact = 'lokdonencrypt' // Artifact ID of the SDK which will be added in implementation line of gradle
        libraryVersion = '0.0.1' // Version of the library you created in Bintray

        libraryName = 'lokdonencrypt' // It is generally the module name
        libraryDescription = 'LokDon mobile encryption (ECSMID ) for developers'

        siteUrl = 'https://github.com/UncleSamTech/LokdonEncryptionModule'
        gitUrl = 'https://github.com/UncleSamTech/LokdonEncryptionModule.git'

        developerId = 'cbusiness'
        developerName = 'Lokdon'
        developerEmail = 'cbusinessforum@gmail.com'

        licenseName = 'The Apache Software License, Version 2.0'
        licenseUrl = 'http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt'
        allLicenses = ["Apache-2.0"]

        //Bintray Credentials
        Properties properties = new Properties()
        properties.load(project.rootProject.file('local.properties').newDataInputStream())

        bintrayUsername = properties.getProperty('BINTRAY_USERNAME')
        bintrayUserOrg = properties.getProperty('BINTRAY_ORG')
        bintrayApiKey = properties.getProperty('BINTRAY_API_KEY')

       

    }

To solve it

I simply copied it and put it in the build.gradle file of the project level module and the error disappeared.

Check the snapshot below and see the changes