Gradle 3.0 BuildException cannot create directory

Question

I\'m on windows and updated to Android Studio (AS) 3.0 RC1. When I try to built our project with gradle via AS or terminal it stops, the Stacktrace is at the end. The weird

Answer 1

In your gradle file (module level), are you using applicationVariants to rename your apk or things like this ? I had to remove this part in my gradle file to solve this issue.