Plugin is too old, please update to a more recent version, or set ANDROID_DAILY_OVERRIDE environment variable to

Question

today I just imported a sample app from Android SDK as a module in my project (analytics) and suddenly I got this gradle error when I try to sync it: Plugin is too old

Answer 1

Replace your class path with something ambiguous like this. Its a solution and it works but it may not be a good solution.

classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:+'

The best way is replacing the + with the latest version of gradle

Answer 2

If you want to continue to use the newest development versions then this problem can reoccur each time your version is far enough out of date.

I've been keeping an up-to-date list of the most current development versions as well as the stable version on my answer to this similar question, so that I can fix it each time I get a new warning:

Android Studio 2.0 - Plugin is too old, please update to a more recent version, or set ANDROID_DAILY_OVERRIDE

Answer 3

You can always check the latest gradle plugin version here: https://bintray.com/android/android-tools/com.android.tools.build.gradle

So as of today you should use:

classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.2.2'

accordingly.

Answer 4

I'm using Android Data Binding and I have the same problem today.

To solve it, change:

classpath "com.android.databinding:dataBinder:1.0-rc0"

To:

classpath "com.android.databinding:dataBinder:1.0-rc1"

1.0-rc0 still could be found on jcenter now, I don't know why it couldn't be use.

Answer 5

In the past months, I used a "preview" version of Android Studio. I tried to switch back to the "stable" releases for the software updates but it wasn't enough and I got this famous error you talk of.

Uninstalling my Android Studio 2.2.preview and installing latest stable Android Studio (2.1) fixed it for me :)

Answer 6

Just in case someone is struggling with this, in my case I'm using Gradle 1.4 beta 1 and I NEED to keep it. So in order to make Android Studio works go to the terminal and run this:

launchctl setenv ANDROID_DAILY_OVERRIDE <your-value-on-error-message>

Restart Android Studio and the project will build again.

Kudos to UPDATE 2 here: https://emmanuelbernard.com/blog/2012/05/09/setting-global-variables-intellij/