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Android Build a Simple Android App (2014) Getting Started with Android Setting Up an Android Development Environment for Windows

Posted by Cody Emerson
Cody Emerson
3,373 Points

Gradle execution error.

I followed the instructions to install android studio and java. When I create a new project in android studio after the project is built I am prompted Gradle execution error.

This is using the provided zip file. I tried deleting the .gradle file and unzipping it again but the same error occurred. I'm running windows 7.

Harry James
Harry James
14,780 Points
Harry James
Harry James
14,780 Points

Can you provide the full error log here please?

2 Answers

James Pamplona
James Pamplona
10,015 Points
James Pamplona
James Pamplona
10,015 Points

Android Studio was just updated to version 1.0. This has caused a few incompatibilities when opening up older projects. If it's complaining about proguard() method not found, open up the 'build.gradle' under the 'app' directory (not the one at the top level project directory) and change the line 'runProguard false' to 'minifyEnabled false' 

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'

android {
    compileSdkVersion 19
    buildToolsVersion '21.1.0'

    defaultConfig {
        applicationId "com.teamtreehouse.funfacts"
        minSdkVersion 14
        targetSdkVersion 19
        versionCode 1
        versionName "1.0"
    }
    buildTypes {
        release {
//            runProguard false // change this old method
            minifyEnabled false // to this
            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
        }
    }
}

dependencies {
    compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
}
Cody Emerson
Cody Emerson
3,373 Points
Cody Emerson
Cody Emerson
3,373 Points

After the project was built a prompt would say along the lines of "gradle execution error. Fatal error closing program" with no gradle log. So I deleted the .Gradle folder and unzipped the Android studio folder to a new path. It ended up working in my C:/Program Files which is strange because I run eclipse out of my ~/ path perfectly fine.