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

android.applicationVariants.all { variant ->
  variant.outputs.all {
      outputFileName = "${variant.name}-${variant.versionName}.apk"

This code will fix the issue.!! There is a minor change to the above answer in this script