Android Studio: building trying to find version not stated in build.gradle

Question

I'm trying to use an old version of appcompat-v7. My build.gradle has the following lines:

dependencies {
    compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:21.0.0'
    compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
    testCompile 'junit:junit:4.12'
    compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:8.4.0'
}

The full build.gradle is below:

import com.android.build.gradle.AppExtension

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'

final def extension = android {
    compileSdkVersion 21
    buildToolsVersion "21.1.2"

defaultConfig {
    applicationId "com.example."
    minSdkVersion 15
    targetSdkVersion 21
    versionCode 1
    versionName "1.0"
}

buildTypes {
    release {
        minifyEnabled false
        proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
        }
    }
}
extension

dependencies {
    compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:21.0.0'
    compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
    testCompile 'junit:junit:4.12'
    compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:8.4.0'
}

However, when running it gives me the error:

Error:A problem occurred configuring project ':app'.

Could not resolve all dependencies for configuration ':app:_debugCompile'. Could not find com.android.support:appcompat-v7:23.0.0. Searched in the following locations: [removed links] file:/C:/Users/j/AppData/Local/Android/sdk/extras/android/m2repository/com/android/support/appcompat-v7/23.0.0/appcompat-v7-23.0.0.pom file:/C:/Users/j/AppData/Local/Android/sdk/extras/android/m2repository/com/android/support/appcompat-v7/23.0.0/appcompat-v7-23.0.0.aar file:/C:/Users/j/AppData/Local/Android/sdk/extras/google/m2repository/com/android/support/appcompat-v7/23.0.0/appcompat-v7-23.0.0.pom file:/C:/Users/j/AppData/Local/Android/sdk/extras/google/m2repository/com/android/support/appcompat-v7/23.0.0/appcompat-v7-23.0.0.aar Required by: WaitroseStock:app:unspecified Could not find com.android.support:appcompat-v7:23.0.0. Searched in the following locations: https://jcenter.bintray.com/com/android/support/appcompat-v7/23.0.0/appcompat-v7-23.0.0.pom https://jcenter.bintray.com/com/android/support/appcompat-v7/23.0.0/appcompat-v7-23.0.0.aar file:/C:/Users/j/AppData/Local/Android/sdk/extras/android/m2repository/com/android/support/appcompat-v7/23.0.0/appcompat-v7-23.0.0.pom file:/C:/Users/j/AppData/Local/Android/sdk/extras/android/m2repository/com/android/support/appcompat-v7/23.0.0/appcompat-v7-23.0.0.aar file:/C:/Users/j/AppData/Local/Android/sdk/extras/google/m2repository/com/android/support/appcompat-v7/23.0.0/appcompat-v7-23.0.0.pom file:/C:/Users/j/AppData/Local/Android/sdk/extras/google/m2repository/com/android/support/appcompat-v7/23.0.0/appcompat-v7-23.0.0.aar Required by: WaitroseStock:app:unspecified > com.google.android.gms:play-services:8.4.0 > com.google.android.gms:play-services-cast:8.4.0 > com.android.support:mediarouter-v7:23.0.0

This is because I have deleted version 23 so it doesn't confuse itself with that newer version and cause errors. Why is it still looking for v23 when I have requested v21?

I believe I have. Edited comment with the full build.gradle. — Josh Laird
Right click on your module, Open Module Settings, Properties and Dependencies are set to v21 or v23 ? — bastien pinaquy
Dependencies is set to v21. Properties was empty. I have changed Compile Sdk Version to API 21, build tools version to 21.1.2. Same error I have also deleted all build-tools that aren't 21.1.2 from the SDK Manager and double-checked the location on my hard disk. — Josh Laird

Vishal Chauhan Vishal Chauhan · Accepted Answer · 2016-03-02T13:59:02

Try this...

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'

android {
compileSdkVersion 21
buildToolsVersion '21.1.2'

defaultConfig {
applicationId "your package name"
minSdkVersion 15
targetSdkVersion 21
versionCode 1
versionName "1.0"
}

buildTypes {
release {
    minifyEnabled false
    proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
    }
}
}

dependencies {
compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
testCompile 'junit:junit:4.12'
compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:21.0.0'
compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:8.4.0'
}

Restart your android studio and rebuild the project. Hope this will help you...

Android Studio: building trying to find version not stated in build.gradle

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