unable to build release apk in android studio 3.0

Question

Error:Execution failed for task ':app:lintVitalRelease'.

Could not resolve all files for configuration ':app:lintClassPath'. Could not find com.android.tools.lint:lint-gradle:26.1.0-alpha04. Searched in the following locations: file:/C:/Users/preet/AppData/Local/Android/sdk/extras/m2repository/com/android/tools/lint/lint-gradle/26.1.0-alpha04/lint-gradle-26.1.0-alpha04.pom file:/C:/Users/preet/AppData/Local/Android/sdk/extras/m2repository/com/android/tools/lint/lint-gradle/26.1.0-alpha04/lint-gradle-26.1.0-alpha04.jar file:/C:/Users/preet/AppData/Local/Android/sdk/extras/google/m2repository/com/android/tools/lint/lint-gradle/26.1.0-alpha04/lint-gradle-26.1.0-alpha04.pom file:/C:/Users/preet/AppData/Local/Android/sdk/extras/google/m2repository/com/android/tools/lint/lint-gradle/26.1.0-alpha04/lint-gradle-26.1.0-alpha04.jar file:/C:/Users/preet/AppData/Local/Android/sdk/extras/android/m2repository/com/android/tools/lint/lint-gradle/26.1.0-alpha04/lint-gradle-26.1.0-alpha04.pom file:/C:/Users/preet/AppData/Local/Android/sdk/extras/android/m2repository/com/android/tools/lint/lint-gradle/26.1.0-alpha04/lint-gradle-26.1.0-alpha04.jar file:/C:/Program Files/Android/Android Studio/gradle/m2repository/com/android/tools/lint/lint-gradle/26.1.0-alpha04/lint-gradle-26.1.0-alpha04.pom file:/C:/Program Files/Android/Android Studio/gradle/m2repository/com/android/tools/lint/lint-gradle/26.1.0-alpha04/lint-gradle-26.1.0-alpha04.jar https://jcenter.bintray.com/com/android/tools/lint/lint-gradle/26.1.0-alpha04/lint-gradle-26.1.0-alpha04.pom https://jcenter.bintray.com/com/android/tools/lint/lint-gradle/26.1.0-alpha04/lint-gradle-26.1.0-alpha04.jar https://jitpack.io/com/android/tools/lint/lint-gradle/26.1.0-alpha04/lint-gradle-26.1.0-alpha04.pom https://jitpack.io/com/android/tools/lint/lint-gradle/26.1.0-alpha04/lint-gradle-26.1.0-alpha04.jar https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/com/android/tools/lint/lint-gradle/26.1.0-alpha04/lint-gradle-26.1.0-alpha04.pom https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/com/android/tools/lint/lint-gradle/26.1.0-alpha04/lint-gradle-26.1.0-alpha04.jar Required by: project :app

Answer 1

Check your build.gradle file, it looks like some of the required repositories are missed.

for example:

allprojects {
    repositories {
        jcenter()
        google()
    }
}