Gradle build fails: Unable to find method 'org.gradle.api.tasks.testing.Test.getTestClassesDirs()Lorg/gradle/api/file/FileCollection;'

Question

When i am trying to compile a imported project from github, my gradle build always fails with the following exeption.

Unable to find method \'org.gradle.api.         


        

Answer 1

In the file SampleProject/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties

change

distributionUrl=https://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-5.1.1-all.zip

to

distributionUrl=https://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-4.6-all.zip