Could not find method implementation() for arguments [com.android.support:appcompat-v7:25.4.0] on object…android

Question

I have to compile a project purchased on line. On importing it into android studio..it complained about the gradle version so i updated the distributionUrl to this dis

Answer 1

1.Open the build.gradle file for your application. 2.Make sure that the repositories section includes a maven section with the "https://maven.google.com" endpoint. For example:

allprojects {
    repositories {
        jcenter()
        maven {
            url "https://maven.google.com"
        }
    }
}

Answer 2

In my case i have found out that in app.gradle file

implementationSdkVersion 27

was there instead of

compileSdkVersion 27

so put it like below

 compileSdkVersion 28
defaultConfig {
    applicationId "com.kotlinpractise"
    minSdkVersion 21
    targetSdkVersion 28
    versionCode 1
    versionName "1.0"
    testInstrumentationRunner "android.support.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
}

Answer 3

In case you are still getting the error try changing android/build.gradle of your package in node_modules from implementation to compile. Worked for me. You can use the following command inside your project folder.

sed -i -s "s#implementation#compile#" node_modules/your-react-native-package-name/android/build.gradle

Answer 4

To use implementation() you need to use gradle v.4 and the gradle plugin v.3

Use:

distributionUrl=\
  https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-4.1-all.zip

and

buildscript {
    repositories {
        ...
        // You need to add the following repository to download the
        // new plugin.
        maven {
            url "https://maven.google.com"
        }            
        //google()  //only if you use Android Studio 3.x
    }

    dependencies {
        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.0.0-beta7'
    }
}

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