Error:Cause: failed to find target with hash string 'Google Inc.:Google APIs:23' in: E:\AndroidStudio\SDK

Question

I have the above error and have no clue why I still have it. I have reinstalled API 23 numerous times and done googling and the only fix I found was to reinstall the API but sti

Answer 1

I got this error when trying to build a project on Windows that was originally built on Ubuntu. If you're not sure which build.gradle file is causing it and the project has multiple modules, do a project search for "compileSdkVersion."

Windows expects: compileSdkVersion 'Google Apis:Google Apis:23'

Ubuntu expects: compileSdkVersion "Google Inc.:Google APIs:23"