How to fix “Failed to resolve: com.google.gson:gson:2.8.5” in Android studio

Question

I am creating an android application using android studio. I want to use the following dependence \'com.google.gson:gson:2.8.5\'. I add it into my build.gradle of my app but

Answer 1

The groupID should be com.google.code.gson instead of com.google.gson.

implementation 'com.google.code.gson:gson:2.8.5'

Change it to the above, resync the project, and the error should go away.

Answer 2

Alternatively: gradle doesn't play nice with what you need here. I would try replacing the line implementation 'com.google.gson:gson:2.8.5' with this:

compile group: 'com.google.code.gson', name: 'gson', version: '2.8.5'

Answer 3

Try this -

implementation 'com.android.support:multidex:1.0.1'
implementation 'com.google.code.gson:gson:2.8.0'

And in project gradle -

classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:4.2.0'