I am getting error: Configuration 'compile' is obsolete and has been replaced with 'implementation'. It will be removed at the end of 2018

Question

I got this error after an update of Android Gradle plugin and Android Studio.

I have checked this question (Android Studio build.gradle warning message), but I am not ab

Answer 1

Explaination:

since the compile is been obsolete in 2018 you must change this configuration as follows: 1. open build.gradle(module:app) app file and make following changes in it. 2. replace compile with api wherever api ref. like: volley, GitHub dependancy.strong text is used and 3. replace compile with implementation incase of using android libraries like play-services-maps,appcompat-v7 etc.

example: old way

  dependencies {
     testCompile'junit:junit:4.12'
    compile 'com.android.volley:volley:1.1.0' 

Change it to:

 dependencies {
    testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.12'
    implementation 'com.android.volley:volley:1.1.0'

if the issue still persists:

open build.gradle (Project: yourproject) file and change the google gms services to the latest

dependencies {
        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.2.1'


        // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
        // in the individual module build.gradle files
    }

Also if the gradle sync is still failing:

Open gradle-wrapper.properties file and replace it with following:

distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
distributionPath=wrapper/dists
distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-4.6-all.zip
zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
zipStorePath=wrapper/dists