Gradle build errors after updating Android Studio

Question

I just updated Android Studio, and now when I try to build my app, I get the following Gradle error:

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Answer 1

Try adding a new file in the root of your project called "local.properties" (or modify the existing one). It should contain

sdk.dir= 

followed by the path to the sdk location, in my case

sdk.dir=/Applications/Android Studio.app/sdk

I think Android Studio normally creates one automatically but says that it shouldn't be added to VCS. I put it in my .gitignore and cloned the project on my Mac which resulted in this error. Strangely before 0.1.5 it worked just fine without the file.