Conflict with dependency 'com.android.support:support-annotations' in project ':app'. Resolved versions for app (26.1.0) and test app (27.1.1) differ.

Question

I am new to Android App Development. When I tried to create a new project,Android Project...the following message popped up..

Error:Execution failed for task \':app:

Answer 1

Based on your screenshot i found two working solutions:

First solution: add to dependencies of your gradle module this line

compile 'com.android.support:support-annotations:27.1.1'

and sync your project

Note: if you are using Android studio 3+ change compile to implementation

Second solution: Configure project-wide properties found in the documentation https://developer.android.com/studio/build/gradle-tips.html#configure-project-wide-properties

in project gradle add this line:

// This block encapsulates custom properties and makes them available to all
// modules in the project.
ext {
    // The following are only a few examples of the types of properties you can define.
    compileSdkVersion = 26
    // You can also use this to specify versions for dependencies. Having consistent
    // versions between modules can avoid behavior conflicts.
    supportLibVersion = "27.1.1"
}

Then to access this section change compileSdkVersionline to be

compileSdkVersion rootProject.ext.compileSdkVersion

and at dependencies section change the imported library to be like this:

compile "com.android.support:appcompat-v7:${rootProject.ext.supportLibVersion}"

and sync your project

Note: if you are using Android studio 3+ change compile to implementation

For the difference between compile and implementation look at this What's the difference between implementation and compile in gradle