I have recently updated android studio and gradle to the version 3.0.0 following instructions in this link https://developer.android.com/studio/build/gradle-plugin-3-0-0-mig
I temporarily solve this by forcing plugin to use 2.3.3 and gradle wrapper properties file reverted to 3.3
distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-3.3-all.zip
and build.gradle
dependencies {
classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.3.3'
}
comment out the google() from repositories and tell android studio 3.0 to stop reminding you to upgrade gradle plugin to 3.0.0 for your current project.
Edit: To the person above who plagiarised my answer, shame on you!