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Could not find builder.jar (com.android.tools.build:builder:3.1.0)

I wanted to Setting up android studio, i have installed the latest version(3.1.0) of it and i downloaded and installed the latest version of gradle(4.6) and created a new object. but gradle project sync failed. and shown up the error :
Could not find builder.jar (com.android.tools.build:builder:3.1.0).
Searched in the following locations:
https://dl.google.com/dl/android/maven2/com/android/tools/build/builder/3.1.0/builder-3.1.0.jar
screenshot
I Couldn't find such problem with the others.
is it related to android sdk or gradle version?
is there any solution to download it manually and place it in the
location??if it's possible , where is the location ,that i can put the
builder-3.1.0.jar file.

Go to File>Setting>Build,Execution,Deployment>Gradle>Android Studio>>
and
Check mark this:: Enable Embedded repository
and Click Ok.
Then,
Rebuild the Project.
or
go to Terminal and type "gradlew cleanBuildCache" to clear the cache. The cache is in USERNAME.ANDROID\BUILD CACHE Directory.
And Rebuild.

Try deleting ~/.gradle folder and building the project again. Gradle will download that.

Accepted answer did not work for me, so I changed the class path line in gradle (project : project name) and issue is gone.
classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.1.2'

I have tried all of the suggestions and none of them worked!
if you are facing the same issue i suggest you to do what solved my problem , i have found out the problem may caused because:
most likely at one time this dependency version was available, and so it’s now available on your Mac/PC in the filesystem (cache), and Gradle won’t try to download it (as it’s already downloaded). But then the version was removed / is no longer available, so it will no longer work on any new Mac/PC (as the dependency version can’t be downloaded).
hopefully if you have a backup before this problem happen these steps might help you to fix this issue
1) Backup or push the file you have changed to git (I suggest just your code files not anything related to gradles or android files)
2) delete C:\Users\ (your User)\ .gradle\caches
3) Do a clean git clone of the repository, into a new directory
4) Open new copy of your project with Android Studio and let Android studio sync gradles again

Check the version of Android Studio you are using...i was Android Studio 3.1 when it gave me the problem....i downgraded my Android Studio version to 3.0.1 and the problem solved.

I battled with the same problem for a very long time. But I was able to resolve it. You can try this:
Go FIle > Settings > Build, Execution, Deployment> Build Tools > Gradle then check the option Offline Work . You will notice that it points to a local gradle directory on your computer i.e C:Users/User_name/.gradle. Click Apply then OK. Run your project again, it should work.
Below is a screenshot:Screenshot of the Fix

go to SDK manager and download other SDK platform

Android Studio 2.3 error: "Gradle sync failed: Cause: services.gradle.org"

After I open a new project in Android Studio 2.3, I receive an error such as:
Gradle sync failed: Cause: services.gradle.org
Googling just gave me a log file on an issue tracker page. I have tried uninstalling/reinstalling. I am not behind a proxy and I've already set:
Use default gradle wrapper
Restarting Gradle sync stops at
Refreshing Gradle project
I can't find anything to fix this problem.
I am running Android Studio on Windows 8.1 with JRE 1.8.0

I Guess This Can Help You.....
https://gradle.org/install
// for manual installation
to get the gradle distribution visit
https;//gradle.org/release
STEPS
1 Dowmload the gradle
2 unzip the pack.
3 create a new folder in your C drive and name it gradle
4 place the unzipped pack into the folder you created
5 Now set the path for your gradle in Android Studio to the just created folder
6 Add the path of your gradle to the System Varaibles.
7 Computer, right click >Properties>Advance System Settings>Enviroment
Varaibles>System Varaibles.Path>Edit.
Hope its Helpful

I also faced the same problem. You have two ways to solve this.
First one is to connect to the Internet and download a new version of Android Studio and the required packages.
Note: You should have "proxies" and "offline work" options enabled.
The second way is to go to file > settings > build > gradle and do the following:
Uncheck the "offline work" option.
Use local gradle distribution and then set the path.
Note: When you have "no proxy" option checked with "offline work" then you have to provide path for every new project.

I had the same problem. so i followed this https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/userguide_single.html#installation
finally i got it !!
Android Stidio v 3.0.1

I have this issue and have tried reinstalling to no avail.
What I found was useful is to look in my home directory (on Ubuntu) and open the .gradle folder and open the matching sub folder and delete the lck file and then manually download the desired gradle version (url distributionUrl value) and place the downloaded file in the folder that had the lck file.
Have attributed this problem to using usb tethering for internet..

Android Gradle's dependency cache may be corrupt and gradle build not working

I am trying to import this project, even I tried to import other few projects too, I am getting below error.
https://github.com/ashdavies/data-binding
I have spent my 5 hours on it, even I tried many solutions on google but nothing gonna worked for me.
I tried following solutions, nothing worked.
1) delete .gradle directory
2) Restart IDE,
3) I tested with com.android.tools.build:gradle-experimental:0.7.0-alpha1
I am frustrated because of this Gradle and these issues.
Gradle Version : Gradle-2.13, I do not want to change this version.
Android Studio Version : Stable 2.1.1
Note : My other project is working fine and I can build it too.

You can try different workarounds for this problem :
1- Clean project and Rebuild it.
2- Before importing the project, remove the contents of the Build folders.
Then replace the contents of your gradle-wrapper.properties file with the following lines, to make it use a local distribution for building the project :
distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
distributionPath=wrapper/dists
zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
distributionUrl=file\:/opt/gradle/gradle-2.13-all.zip
in which, the last line prevents android studio to download or use a corrupted gradle cache.

Go to any browser
type gradle and press enter
you can specify any version you want after the
gradle keyword
i am downloading gradle 3.3
https://services.gradle.org/distributions
click on this link which is in description directly if you want
click on gradle 3.3 all.zip
wait for the download to complete
once the download is complete
extract the file to the location
c://user/your pc name /.gradle/wrapper/dists
wait till extraction it takes 5 mins to complete
Now open your project in android studio
9.go to file > settings >bulid ,exec,deployment > gradle
now change use default gradle to
use local gradle distributn
select the location where you had extracted gradle 3.3.zip
C:\Users\your pc name.gradle\wrapper\dists\gradle-3.3
click on OK
Now build starts again and
you can see now the build is successful and error is resolved
or
watch tutorial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u92_73vfA8M

In my case, it was happening because i haven’t set the JDK path in environment variable.
Please check from your Android studio studio that your JDK path is correct.
Go to Project Structure> SDK Location and check JDK Path. Give it the correct JDK path and also set the JAVA_HOME environment variable.

You can try this solution as i was facing this issue showing Error2 Gradle's dependency cache may be corrupt and gradle build not working and resolved it. Already answered this question on stack. You can reffer to this answer link
It includes firstly downloading latest graddle version from official site then replacing that unzipped file with home/yourUser/.graddle/wrapper/dists containg older version file on Mac.

Because your gradle path for project is incorrect.
Go to
->Settings
->Gradle
and select "use default gradle settings"
and than sync project. and issue will be resolved.

delete .gradle, .idea and gradle folder from the project and then invalidate cache and restart.
problem will be resolved.
Thanks :)

Sometimes it's a cache issue and sometimes due to interruption in download.
Step 1:
Try to download gradle distribution manually
https://services.gradle.org/distributions/
and then go to project settings -> gradle -> and use the file which you've downloaded
Step 2:
If step#1 still not working, then it may be a cache issue. If you are a mac user, go to your finder user folder, show hidden items by pressing [Command + Shift + .] , Go to gradle folder and

In my case is that gradle-5.1.1-all.zip download failed, so I go to zipStoreBase+zipStorePath(configured in gradle-wrapper.properties, eg: E:\gradle-home\wrapper\dists), and delete the gradle-5.1.1-all directory, and let android studio to download that zip file again.

Android Studio 0.8.2 URI has an authority component

I am getting "Gradle project sync failed." when I start up Android Studio. When I try to clean the project, I get "Failed to complete Gradle execution Cause: URI has an authority component"
I've tried several things already and am still stuck. I moved my config files out of my user folders and put them in my root directory where I have Android Studio. (C:/Studio). I've also tried to invalidate caches but that still didn't help. I'm on a networked VDI so I'm not sure if that might have something to do with it. Below is the message I'm getting from Gradle sync. Any ideas what can be going wrong here?
Gradle Sync Message:
Error:Unable to start the daemon process.
This problem might be caused by incorrect configuration of the daemon.
For example, an unrecognized jvm option is used.
Please refer to the user guide chapter on the daemon at http://gradle.org/docs/1.12/userguide/gradle_daemon.html
Please read below process output to find out more:
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: URI has an authority component
at java.io.File.(File.java:423)
at org.gradle.api.internal.classpath.EffectiveClassPath.findAvailableClasspathFiles(EffectiveClassPath.java:41)
at org.gradle.api.internal.classpath.EffectiveClassPath.(EffectiveClassPath.java:32)
at org.gradle.api.internal.classpath.DefaultModuleRegistry.(DefaultModuleRegistry.java:61)
at org.gradle.api.internal.classpath.DefaultModuleRegistry.(DefaultModuleRegistry.java:55)
at org.gradle.launcher.bootstrap.ProcessBootstrap.runNoExit(ProcessBootstrap.java:41)
at org.gradle.launcher.bootstrap.ProcessBootstrap.run(ProcessBootstrap.java:32)
at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.bootstrap.GradleDaemon.main(GradleDaemon.java:22)

The only cause I've seen of this is if your home directory is on a network share (it has a Windows path of the form (\\UNC_PATH\... instead of something like C:\ for a local file). Gradle doesn't properly support that right now. There's a bug in Android Studio's bug database to track it:
https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=56444
and it references a bug in Gradleware's bug database:
https://issues.gradle.org/browse/GRADLE-2941
The Android Studio bug report lists this as a workaround:
I also faced same issue. Reason I figured out that may be when I
installed Android Studio with option -- Install to current User. This
step installed .gradle folder in the organization Network Path
[\{network}\users{USERID}.gradle]
Resolution step: [On Windows 7 Machine]
Copied .gradle folder from path on network [\{network}\users{USERID}.gradle] to [C:\Users{USERID}.gradle]
In Android Studio v-(Beta) 0.8.6 [File --> Settings] changed Gradle Settings
Global Gradle settings
Service directory path: C:/Users/{USERID}/.gradle
Gradle VM options: -Dhttp.proxyHost={dummyHost} -Dhttp.proxyPort={dummyPort} -Dhttp.proxyUser={dummyUser} -Dhttp.proxyPassword={dummyPassword}
I had also given Gradle VM options because it tried to download
Gradle-0.12+-all.jar before compiling.

if you don't have a strong internet connectivity make sure you select the offline mode from the console. Selecting offline mode could solve the issue.

Java/Eclipse - No more R file ever

I'm on Eclipse for hours now and I didn't found a solution yet for my problem even after many searches on internet: I have no more R.java file on my projects.
On just created or on my old projects, i don't have R file anymore and I tried so many solutions (uninstall, re-install Eclipse, clean my project, check all my XMLs, fix problem with android tool and so on ...)
Please someone can tell me what to do in this case?

Hey If you just updated to ADT Rev 22 :
I had the problem too. There is a new component in the Tools folder called "Android SDK Build-tools" that needs to be installed.
Step 1
Open the Android SDK Manager
Step 2
Select the newly added Build Tools and install. (If problem stays then go to Project Properties => Java Build Path => Order and Export and check Android Private Libraries, then clean and build project.
It may be necessary to repeat the process, restart the SDK Manager after the update and make sure it looks like this (all tools installed):
More info:https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/android-developers/rCaeT3qckoE%5B1-25-false%5D

Perhaps in Project Properties -> Java Build Path -> Libraries you don't have:
Android 4.2.2 (or other version)
Android Dependencies ?
If so, then right click project - > Android tools -> fix android properties
and see if this library showed up.

Thank you all for saving me! I've spent the whole afternoon on search this error.
Finally, my project works.
By the way, I also encountered one problem which i wanna share with you:
After upgrading, even if my project has not errors anymore. During runtime, it seems it couldn't find the classes from the jars placed in \libs.
Go into Project=>properties => Java build path= > Order and Export.
Please make sure all your jars are checked.

If this problem occurs suddenly in a well working project,
the first step is to find whether the problem occurs only in the current project or in all other projects.
if all other projects in the current workspace are working then 90% problem is with XML / mainfestfile/resourse file that you edited recently.
This error is not shown as red mark we have to find out what we have done recently in these files.

try this
sudo apt-get install lib32stdc++6 lib32z1 lib32z1-dev
it solved my problem

Close your eclipse and after refreshing system, try to open Eclipse again. I think you are using Emulator along with the eclipse. It may be because of the low Memory problem (RAM) of your system. I used to face the same problem when I use Emulator

whenever there is any mistakes in any of the xmls the R goes missing when a build or clean happens so check for any xml errors in your project unless you fix it you cant get back your R on clean or build. fix the xml files and perform a clean you will have the R generated. Also check in File->properties->Builders and see if everything is checked

I was using Eclipse Indigo and nothing I tried worked. I ended up downloading Juno SR2, reinstalling the ADT, and now everything works again.

Reinstall everything and it'll work.. i.e. go back to Google SDK or w.e. you're using and download it.
Update it to latest in SDK Manager.
Go into Eclipse-Project-Prefs-Java build path-order/export TICK EVERYTHING.

problem: No R file get generated.
guess: Try cleaning project if it is old one. Else create new project with no R get generated and with no compile errors but this: no project.apk
In this case you have to check your SDK for the built-tools. May not be installed after updating SDK.
Thus download them if not download here, then put them under directory: SDK/built-tools folder. Lastly, and most important, is to Run the SDK As Administrator. This guarantees refreshing SDK with all packages appearing in it.
Install the SDK-Built-Tools or any missing packages according to the above link and you're done.
hope this helps.

Try one thing, create a new Android Project and transfer all those files which are in the previous project. That worked for me.

In my case there is error due to "&" inside strings.xml file(but error not shown) for declaring string for a array type. Now the problem has been solved as I changed "&" to "and".
So, please make sure that you do not have such silly use of symbols, and clean the project.

I have had the same kind of problem, however Rechecking all XML files in the Resources folder was helpful in my case. I found syntax error in my XML files. Cleaning and building the project again can be helpful sometimes too.

I had the dreaded not more R.java.
Some of the things I've used in the past:
Clean / rebuild (the first thing we all try)
Restart eclipse (optionally reboot pc/mac)
Update both SDK/ADT eclipse plugin to latest version
Create new eclipse workspace and import project
Enable Verbose AAPT build output Eclipse menu>Preferences>Android>Build
Port project to Android Studio / Gradle (this helped my actually see the AAPT error i was getting Error Code:138)
Delete recent XML changes - Ultimately I found deleting recent menu.xml files I'd added and commenting out where they were referenced fixed the issue and I finally got R.java.

I got the error recently and had found no fault in any layout or value file. After a lot of tries I add another Activity and the R.java was build and the error disappeared. I don't know why this occur, but it takes me hours.