ANDROID STUDIO 3.0 upgrade : Error:Could not resolve all files for configuration ':app:xxxxxxxDebugCompileClasspath'

Question

I found this warning after upgrading the latest android studio stable version

Error:Could not resolve all files for configuration \':app:xxxxxxxDebugCompil

Answer 1

change dependency declaration

from

compile files('libs/commons-lang-2.4.jar')

to

implementation files('libs/commons-lang-2.4.jar')

Answer 2

I had the same problem, build -> clean project worked for me.

Answer 3

Change the classpath of Project Gradle to:

 classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.1.0-alpha01'

OR

change distributionUrl of gradle-wrapper.properties to

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

Hope it helps you