Gradle is failing on syncing my project in the new Android Studio 2.0

Question

I have just upgraded (i.e., installed a full new version) my Android Studio from 1.5 to 2.0. The upgrade seemed to go smoothly, but I am having trouble with my project when

Answer 1

Ok, I fixed my issue so I wanted to post how I did it in case somebody else runs into this situation.

I was googling around and found a statement regarding working offline with Android Studio that read:

You can, however you won't be able to use any Gradle dependency. Gradle search into the repositories for dependencies using internet, so if you're completely unable to work online. Try not to include anything in the Gradle files, if you do, you'll have to sync it and it'll fail. Bascially just don't touch Gradle files and you'll be good to go.

So, I looked at my gradle files, specifically the build.gradle for the Project (not for the Module). Once there, I noticed a line:

dependencies {
    classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:1.3.0'
}

So, I replaced 1.3.0 with 2.0.0 and the project built just fine.

I hope this helps somebody else in the future. Good luck.