I am using a Mac OS X version 10.11.5 (15F34). I am using Android Studio 2.1.2 (built on May 26, 2016). I downloaded grade-2.13-all.zip and unzip to /usr/local/grade-2.13 and set in an environment variable. It works when I run 'gradle -v' from any location in my terminal
In the 'gradle-wrapper.properties' file I replaced distributionUrl=https://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-2.1.2-all.zip
with
distributionUrl=https://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-2.13-all.zip
Using Android Studio I clicked on File > Project Structure > Project. On screen I set the Gradle version to 2.13 and the Android Plugin Version to 2.13 (I don't think is right but not sure which should be).
I have latest Android SDK as of last early June 2016.
In Android Studio I clicked on Preferences > Build, Execution, Deployment > Build Tools > Gradle On screen I selected the radio button 'Use local gradle distribution' Gradle home: /usr/local/gradle-2.13
However, gradle build or gradle sync fail
I get
Error:Could not find com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.13. Searched in the following locations: file:/Applications/Android Studio.app/Contents/gradle/m2repository/com/android/tools/build/gradle/2.13/gradle-2.13.pom file:/Applications/Android Studio.app/Contents/gradle/m2repository/com/android/tools/build/gradle/2.13/gradle-2.13.jar https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/com/android/tools/build/gradle/2.13/gradle-2.13.pom https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/com/android/tools/build/gradle/2.13/gradle-2.13.jar Required by: :android:unspecified
