Could not find method compile() for arguments Gradle

Question

Looked around for this solution for much too long now, and I\'m not sure if I missed it or just misstyped something, but my Gradle script will not compile. I am migrating to

Answer 1

Just for the record: I accidentally enabled Offline work under Preferences -> Build,Execution,Deployment -> Gradle -> uncheck Offline Work, but the error message was misleading