How do I resolve a “'generateDebugSources' not found in project” error?

Question

I was trying to add a dependency to my application and I accidentally modified the wrong build.gradle file and now my application no longer builds correctly.

This is my

Answer 1

I had this same issue and luckily I had made a recent backup and I figured out that the build.gradle file was missing from the App Folder. I copied that back into my project under the /AppName/app/build.gradle and the error went away.

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'


android {
    compileSdkVersion 25
    buildToolsVersion "25.0.2"

    defaultConfig {
        applicationId "com.company.appname"
        minSdkVersion 15
        targetSdkVersion 25
        versionCode 25
        versionName "2.0"
    }
    buildTypes {
        release {
            minifyEnabled false
            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
        }
    }
}

dependencies {
    compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
    testCompile 'junit:junit:4.12'
    compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:25.1.0'
    compile project(':BaseGameUtils')
    compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:10.0.1'
    compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-plus:10.0.1'
    compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-ads:10.0.1'
    compile 'com.google.firebase:firebase-ads:10.0.1'
}
apply plugin: 'com.google.gms.google-services'