To use firebase I need to use the The Google Services Gradle Plugin however I m not under android studio. I already downloaded from maven the google-services-3.0.0.jar but what to do with it? is their any way to make it running outside android studio ? else what exactly this plugin do ? is it possible to do it manually ?
It is possible.
Gradle is just a build tool. Android studio uses Gradle to describe, build and run your project. Gradle plugin is something you add to your build.gradle script. While it's theoretically possible to use it outside Gradle, it's not meant to be used that way.
You can still use the Gradle script in any IDE that supports Gradle, or simply run it from the command line.
The only thing you need in your Gradle project is the following line:
apply plugin: 'com.google.gms.google-services'
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I'm using Ubuntu 18.04
Android Studio Version 3.6.3
I think I have two installed Gradle locations If I'm not wrong
One of them installed using sdkman, when I use terminal to locate the Gradle
which gradle
Also, I've found (I don't remember if I installed Gradle in another way instead of sdkman) in my home directory, this is the one which Android Studio is using (I think) and make issues when opening a project
I think I need to use sdkman as it's easier to update the Gradle version etc.
So, my question is should I remove the gradle from: "/home/khaledomara/.gradle". If so, what is the best method to do that and what path should I put in the settings of Android studio?
Should it be "/home/khaledomara/.sdkman/candidates/gradle/current/bin/gradle"?
You only have one Gradle installed - the ~/.gradle directory is where a running Gradle process stores data and it can be safely deleted (assuming you don't have a gradle.properties or similar with any settings you want to save - but there is no need to delete it).
It is not a bad idea to do a gradle init in your Android Studio project - this will give your project its own Gradle that you can upgrade at your leisure without having to rely on the globally installed Gradle.
I've just updated Android Studio to 2.2 and now my Kotlin project won't build. The gradle synch works fine, but when attempting to build I'm immediately presented with an error that reads:
Error:Execution failed for task ':app:compileDebugKotlin'.
> Could not initialize class com.intellij.ide.highlighter.JavaFileType
I've checked that my Kotlin plugin is up to date. This error sounds like something to do with the IDE and highlighting Java code? Any help would be appreciated.
Open Tools | Kotlin | Configure Kotlin Plugin Updates in the main menu,
then choose Check for Updates. Be sure that yo're using Stable channel.
Close Android Studio, go to your project's directory, and delete build and app/build folders. Run Android Studio. Deleted folders would be recreated.
Hope it will help
In my case the kotlin plugin was not updated as #piotrek1543 said in other answer.
In addition to that the build.gradle had an old Kotlin version number 1.0.1-2 and the IntelliJ said in a warning on top of to switch to the current bundled version 1.0.4.
Now with the kotlin version like this the error is gone:
ext.kotlin_version = '1.0.4'
When I open the ARSimpleProj in Android Studio and try to update the gradle version I get this message:
Failed to update the version of the Android Gradle plugin.
Please click 'OK' to perform a textual search and then update the build files manually.
After this, I'm getting this error:
Error:(58, 0) Gradle DSL method not found: 'android()'
Possible causes:
* The project 'ARSimpleProj' may be using a version of the Android Gradle plug-in that does not contain the method (e.g. 'testCompile' was added in 1.1.0). Fix plugin version and sync project
* The project 'ARSimpleProj' may be using a version of Gradle that does not contain the method. Open Gradle wrapper file
* The build file may be missing a Gradle plugin. Apply Gradle plugin.
I tried removing the android->buildToolsVersion and dependencies tag from the top-level, build.gradle file (as indicated in the AS_Migration document) but still it doesn't work.
I finally make it work. When opening the project on the Android Studio, I select "Remind me later" to the Android Gradle Plugin Update recommendation. After this, I could execute and install the application on my cell phone.
Make sure you are using JDK 1.7 in Project Structure. I had problems when using the JDK 1.8 with ARToolkit for Android.
I want to study the source code of android-smspopup .But when I download the source code and import this into android studio, the android studio pop up a dialog with a title"Import Gradle Project" and a blank to fill named Gradle home. Does any one know why this happens? And what to fill in Gradle home?
The source code doesn't include the Gradle wrapper files, which it should; the Gradle wrapper is responsible for automatically downloading the correct version of Gradle so you don't have to go through this trouble. I would recommend that you copy the Gradle wrapper over from another project into this source tree and use it. In another project that you've created with the New Project wizard, copy these files to the root directory of the project:
gradlew
gradlew.bat
gradle (directory)
When you open up the project in Android Studio it's likely to complain about the version of the Android Gradle plugin and offer to fix it for you; let it do that. If you're running the latest version of Android Studio (0.4.6 as of this writing), it's fairly smart about getting the versions of Gradle and the plug-in right, but in older versions it could get a little confused and have to ask you multiple times.
NOTE: instead of copying the wrapper files over, you can instead install a compatible version of Gradle and put the installation directory in when it asks for Gradle home. That will work, but be aware that Android Studio is very finicky about what version of Gradle it's compatible with; usually it requires a specific version that isn't forward-compatible, so for example, if it wants 1.10, 1.11 won't work. As you upgrade Android Studio you'll have to upgrade Gradle as well and it will be a bit of a drag; if you use the wrapper it's easier to make that change.
By the time Android Studio hits 1.0, it will sort out the version issues with Gradle, and it won't be so picky about version numbers, but in the short term, it's a limitation.
I've got a project that used to be in Eclipse. I've since moved it from there into Android Studio, though it's not using the Gradle build system yet.
I've setup my gradle files so that I can do gradlew build from the command-line and it will generate an APK for me.
My question now is how do I get Android studio to build using the gradle files that I've got setup instead of the using the "old" way?
For what it's worth, I'm on Windows 7.
Not sure how you are compiling the project with Android Studio without actually using Gradle because AFAIK Android Studio always uses Gradle under the hoods to build sources.
Anyway, if you have your Gradle config file ready you only have to import it to a new project in Android Studio (File > Import Project... and then select the build.gradle or settings.gradle)