Android Studio error Plugin installation error com.android.application

Question

Error: (1, 1) There was a problem evaluating the project ': app'.

Failed to apply plugin [id 'com.android.application'] Failed to create a plugin of type AppPlugin.

Can someone help me solve this problem?

Answer 1

Google is releasing a new build tool and old obsolete ones, I think.

We used: classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.0.0-alpha1'

but a new version was released and this error occurred.

Just replace the previous with the new version: classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.1.0-alpha5'

So check out the latest build tool: http://tools.android.com/tech-docs/new-build-system

Stable build tool for the latest version (I think): classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:1.5.0'