Could not find method include() for arguments [:app] on root project Android Studio

Question

I am trying to import an android project to Android studio,after importing and then clicking on the green run button :

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

Where:

Build file '/home/myusername/prjcts/nomadx/settings.gradle' line: 1

What went wrong: A problem occurred evaluating root project 'nomadx'.

Could not find method include() for arguments [:app] on root project 'nomadx'.

The content of the file settings.gradle

include ':app'

would help to show -at least- the contents of your settings.gradle file — roomsg, Nov 12 '14 at 11:52
I assumed the ":" in the beginning of your import was the reason & would suggest to remove it (include 'app'). However, it does work on my machine (gradle 2.1 on my machine) with the ":". Using plain gradle though, not using Android studio — roomsg, Nov 12 '14 at 12:28
Ops, the gradle shows me on the console : build Successful . but when Importing the project into the Android studio it shows me the same problem : — Mohamed ALOUANE, Nov 12 '14 at 12:40
OK, it's an android studio issue then. Sorry, cannot help on this one... — roomsg, Nov 12 '14 at 13:37
It certainly looks like a bug, but I guess it's not gradle to blame. Maybe post a message on ADT (..) forum (or add 'android- studio' tag on this post) — roomsg, Nov 13 '14 at 09:40
The issue still exists in android studio 4.1.3. I create a new application from the wizard, but it can not run and pop the issue. So does this a bug? — navylover, Mar 30 '21 at 01:23

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 12 '14 at 12:36

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I solved the problem ; for those who have the same issue : You should build the gradle with the Terminal/console not with Android studio :

./gradlew assembleRelease

answered Nov 12 '14 at 12:36

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@shriduttkothari updating your AS should solve the issue – Mohamed ALOUANE Dec 06 '16 at 17:00

alchemy · Answer 2 · 2022-12-03T03:30:32.660

After getting this error on first setup: capacitor.settings.gradle' as it does not exist

..I used two commands from that page: npx cap sync android and npm install --save @capacitor/core @capacitor/cli. I'm not sure which one fixed that error, but it gave me the one on this page. I didnt want to build Gradle again when Android Studio should have it, so I restarted it and it started downloading a bunch of Gradle stuff to: /home/user/.gradle. It then prompted me to upgrade Gradle.

I then got a similar error to the OP Could not find method include() for arguments [:app] on root project 'android' of type org.gradle.api.Project..

So finally running the above ./gradlew assembleRelease, this error was shown: To build this project, accept the SDK license agreements and install the missing components using the Android Studio SDK Manager. All licenses can be accepted using the sdkmanager command line tool: sdkmanager.bat --licenses

I installed SDK sudo snap install android-sdk but didnt have it. Installed with sudo apt install sdkmanager and then sudo sdkmanager --licences (y) to accept.. and got the same error. Found sdkmanager under Tools in AStudio. Tried to update there, but failed. Opened with sudo android-studio, had to select /home/user/.config/Google/AndroidStudioX.Y

Could not find method include() for arguments [:app] on root project Android Studio

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