I updated Android Studio 2.0 Preview from 4 to 5 this morning. If I continue to build with:
dependencies {
classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.0.0-alpha3'
}
this will still compile successfully. But if I move up to -alpha5 I get this error:
Error:Execution failed for task ':app:compileReleaseJavaWithJavac'.
java.io.FileNotFoundException: C:....\intermediates\exploded-aar\com.google.android.gms\play-services\8.4.0\jars\classes.jar (The system cannot find the path specified)
From now on, I think Google expects us to not use this:
'com.google.android.gms:play-services:8.4.0'
But rather add the services you need specifically. Find a list of them here
compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-analytics:8.4.0'
compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-appinvite:8.4.0'
compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-maps:8.4.0'
compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-location:8.4.0'
compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-plus:8.4.0'
compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-drive:8.4.0'
Also, you need to apply play service plugin in last line of your application's gradle:
apply plugin: 'com.google.gms.google-services'
I posted a bug here. They came out with a fix very quickly. Now just use alpha6
:
dependencies {
classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.0.0-alpha6'
}