Build failed with an exception in android studio

Question

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

• Where: Build file 'C:\Users\richard\StudioProjects\bb\android\app\build.gradle' line: 2

• What went wrong: Plugin [id: 'com.android.application'] was not found in any of the following sources:

• Gradle Core Plugins (plugin is not in 'org.gradle' namespace)
• Plugin Repositories (plugin dependency must include a version number for this source)

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BUILD FAILED in 5s Exception: Gradle task assembleDebug failed with exit code 1

Answer 1

Add the following line at the top of your build.gradle file:

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'

And then sync gradle.