I have a synchronization error in Android Studio. I Use: 1.0.2 version from canary channel. Gradle: I tried with version 2.2.1(downloaded from https://www.g
Sorry for a late answer but I hope it will still be useful. I faced the same problem and deleting .gradle directories didn't help.
Try to reinstall your JDK. In my case I uninstalled my JDK 1.7.0_60 (x64) and JDK 1.8.0_5 (x86). Then I installed JDK 1.8.0_45 (x64) and the problem has gone. HTH.
After updating to Android Studio 2.3 I received this error and the top answer didn't work. Following an answer from here I finally got it fixed.
Go to
gradle → wrapper → gradle.wrapper.properties
And change to distributionUrl to the following:
distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-3.4.1-all.zip
Delete the .gradle
directories both in your home directory and at the top level of your project. Gradle's cache directoires aren't affected by the "Clear caches and restart" option.