What Is the Real Android Studio Gradle Version

How to determine the version of Gradle?

Option 1- From Studio

In Android Studio, go to File > Project Structure. Then select the "project" tab on the left.

Your Gradle version will be displayed here.

Option 2- gradle-wrapper.properties

If you are using the Gradle wrapper, then your project will have a gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties folder.

This file should contain a line like this:

distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-2.2.1-all.zip

This determines which version of Gradle you are using. In this case, gradle-2.2.1-all.zip means I am using Gradle 2.2.1.

Option 3- Local Gradle distribution

If you are using a version of Gradle installed on your system instead of the wrapper, you can run gradle --version to check.

What is the real Android Studio Gradle Version?

You need to be clear about three things here:

• Gradle
• Android Gradle Plugin
• Gradle Wrapper

Specifically speaking,

• Gradle is a build tool which evolves independently of Android. Theoretically, Gradle can be used to build any kind of project, for example, a typical Java project, Android Project and even iOS project. It can also be integrated with any kind of IDE, for example, Android Studio, NetBeans, or Eclipse.

  By the time of writing, the latest Gradle version is 4.9, and you can always check its current version from Gradle installation guide. One of the great features of Gradle build tool is it supports Custom Plugins.

• Android Gradle Plugin The Android Gradle Plugin is one such Gradle custom plugin. For the typical Android project, the version of this plugin can be configured in the top-level build.gradle.

  buildscript {
      ....
          dependencies {
          classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.1.3'
      }
      ....
  }
  

  For each version of this plugin, it requires a minimum Gradle version as listed in this page gradle-plugin or see below mapping table for a quick information:

  

  For example, Android Gradle Plugin version 3.1.0+ requires a minimal Gradle version 4.4 which can be configured via Android Studio.

• Gradle Wrapper. According to the official document Gradle Wrapper

  The recommended way to execute any Gradle build is with the help of the Gradle Wrapper (in short just “Wrapper”). The Wrapper is a script that invokes a declared version of Gradle, downloading it beforehand if necessary. As a result, developers can get up and running with a Gradle project quickly without having to follow manual installation processes saving your company time and money.

  This wrapper can be configured from gradle-wrapper.properties under your project directory. For example,

  distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-4.4-all.zip
  

  Or from the Android Studio GUI as said in your question:

  .

Minimum supported Gradle version is 6.1.1. Current version is 5.6.4

I faced this error. so I added the line below to build.gradle(project) file ,dependency part:

classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.6.0'

and I changed distributionUrl in gradle-wrapper.properties file to :

https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-5.6.4-all.zip

It solved my problem I hope solve yours too.

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Update 09/21/2020

Finally, I upgrade all of my plugins and libraries and It works perfectly by gradle-6.6.1-all.zip in gradle-wrapper.properties file and classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:4.0.1' in Gradle project in dependencies section.

Be careful if you use greenDAO or sqlcipher to upgrade correctly

How do you find out what versions of gradle is used in Android Studio

On Windows you can navigate to C:\Users\<user>\.gradle\wrapper\dists and you can see which gradle versions have been downloaded

Android Studio gradle wrong version

Fixed it by restarting the computer.

Restarting the IDE is not good enough. After restarting computer and going into Android Studio's terminal, typing in gradle -version shows the correct version. That's when I know it'd work. Sure enough, gradle commands now work.

Answered this just to show how genius the IDE written by geniuses is.

How to use the latest gradle version in Android Studio

com.android.tools.build:gradle is android's plugin for gradle. It is not the same as gradle distribution. See here for release/version information of gradle android plugin: https://maven.google.com/web/index.html?q=gradle#com.android.tools.build:gradle

To change the gradle version that the plugin uses, edit the file:

<Project>/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties

and change this line to the gradle verison you want:

distributionUrl=http\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-2.12-all.zip

Then rebuild your project.

Do keep in mind that the android plugin version you're using may not have been tested with this brand new gradle version and could potential cause unexpected issues.

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android gradle plugin to Gradle version compatibility as of Feb2020

Plugin version      Required Gradle version
--                  --
1.0.0 - 1.1.3       2.2.1 - 2.3
1.2.0 - 1.3.1       2.2.1 - 2.9
1.5.0               2.2.1 - 2.13
2.0.0 - 2.1.2       2.10 - 2.13
2.1.3 - 2.2.3       2.14.1+
2.3.0+              3.3+
3.0.0+              4.1+
3.1.0+              4.4+
3.2.0 - 3.2.1       4.6+
3.3.0 - 3.3.2       4.10.1+
3.4.0 - 3.4.1       5.1.1+
3.5.0 - 3.5.3       6.0.1+
3.6.0+              6.0.1+

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