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

Not mentioned here, so maybe it can help some people. Got this error and solved it by doing a gradle sync (somehow, android studio was not suggesting it).

Answer 2

Check your settings.gradle. Your module gradle has to be include in your settings.gradle.

include ':app'

You must to change that include for the name of the module of your application. If not, try to remove that include, and restart the Android studio :)