API 'variant.getExternalNativeBuildTasks()' is obsolete and has been replaced with 'variant.getExternalNativeBuildProviders()

Question

Using Android Studio 3.3 Canary 11 with the gradle plugin version 3.3.0-alpha11. It throws the following error when trying to sync gradle

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Answer 1

Changing source compatibility in module build.gradle file to Java 8 fixes the issue

compileOptions {
    sourceCompatibility 1.8
    targetCompatibility 1.8
}

Be sure to rebuild the project after adding those lines