Could not find com.android.tools.build:gradle:4.4

Question

I just migrated gradle from 3.0.1 to 4.4. Now Android Studio showing gradle build failed showing below errors.

Caused by: org.gradle.internal.resolv

Answer 1

Guess you mixed up Gradle and Android Gradle Plugin regarding their versions?

The latest Android Gradle Plugin is v4.0.0 as of April 2020, which maps to Gradle v6.1.1.

Answer 2

You mixed up with plugin version and distributionUrl. Plugin version should be classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.0.1' or com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.1.0. Read Android Plugin for Gradle Release Notes.

buildscript {
    repositories {
        jcenter()
        google()
    }
    dependencies {
        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.0.1'
    }
}

And distributionUrl to GradleWrapper.

distributionUrl = https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-4.4-all.zip

Currently latest Version 3 gradle plugin available on android for which you have to use classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.1.0'.
To be up to date see Configure Your Build.