The Gradle Nightmare in Android Studio This is a relatively common message in Android Studio if you dare to touch Gradle: 11:13 PM Gradle sync failed: Minimum supported Gradle version is 3.3. Current version is 2.2. If using the gradle wrapper, try editing the distributionUrl in C:\Users\Acer Aspire\AndroidStudioProjects\MyApplication\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.properties to gradle-3.3-all.zip Consult IDE log for more details (Help | Show Log) I have installed Gradle in c:\gradle and configured Android Studio File->Settings->Build, Excution ..->Gradle to point to this installation. If you try to rebuild the project, you still get: Error:Could not find com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.5.0. Searched in the following locations: file:/C:/Program Files/Android/Android Studio2/gradle/m2repository/com/android/tools/build/g...