Flutter build fails with 'this and base files have different roots' error

Question

flutter build fails Could not create task ':flutter_plugin_android_lifecycle:generateDebugUnitTestConfig'. this and base files have different roots: D:\untitled\build\flutter_plugin_android_lifecycle and C:\Users\RK\AppData\Local\Pub\Cache\hosted\pub.dev\flutter_plugin_android_lifecycle-2.0.15\android.

Could not create task ':flutter_plugin_android_lifecycle:generateDebugUnitTestConfig'. this and base files have different roots: D:\untitled\build\flutter_plugin_android_lifecycle and C:\Users\RK\AppData\Local\Pub\Cache\hosted\pub.dev\flutter_plugin_android_lifecycle-2.0.15\android.

Answer 1

1. You need to run: flutter clean
2. Check and sync gradle files with project
3. Sometimes helps to update the gradle version to 7.0.3 (from 7.0.0)

Answer 2

inside the android not the root directory I did: run flutter clean flutter upgrade flutter pub get flutter pub update