Could not get unknown property 'compile' for object of type org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.dsl.dependencies.DefaultDependencyHandler

Question

I was about to add google map activity, and my android studio showed this error

Error:Error:line (25)Could not get unknown property \'compile\' for ob

Answer 1

Just Change your line breaks , it will solve your problem

dependencies {
    compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:23.4.0'
    compile 'com.parse.bolts:bolts-tasks:1.3.0'
    compile 'com.parse:parse-android:1.13.0'
    compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:9.2.1'
}

break line after each dependencies.

See answer here : https://stackoverflow.com/a/33991915/4985413

Answer 2

No commas between separate line items, it's not JSON

Answer 3

I got this error when I used the automatic creation of Activity in Studio. Apparently, studio tried to add ConstraintLayout dependency to my build.gradle file and this messed up my build.gradle file.

If this is the case, just use your version control and see what's messed up and correct it.