Error running android: Gradle project sync failed. Please fix your project and try again

Question

Android Studio (1.2 RC0) keeps telling me Error running android: Gradle project sync failed. Please fix your project and try again. How can I find out what th

Answer 1

Just ignore the error and try running the project anyway. It will fail, but this time you will get a link in the error description. Clicking the link will trigger the automatic update/download of the outdated/missing component.

In my scenario, the project failed to launch two times, each time another API/SDK component being the culprit.

In my case I was just trying to launch a sample project I downloaded, having no clue what API level was being targeted or where to look for this information.