Could not find method implementation() for arguments [com.android.support:appcompat-v7:25.4.0] on object…android

Question

I have to compile a project purchased on line. On importing it into android studio..it complained about the gradle version so i updated the distributionUrl to this dis

Answer 1

To use implementation() you need to use gradle v.4 and the gradle plugin v.3

Use:

distributionUrl=\
  https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-4.1-all.zip

and

buildscript {
    repositories {
        ...
        // You need to add the following repository to download the
        // new plugin.
        maven {
            url "https://maven.google.com"
        }            
        //google()  //only if you use Android Studio 3.x
    }

    dependencies {
        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.0.0-beta7'
    }
}

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