Failed to resolve variable '${animal.sniffer.version}' when migrate to AndroidX

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I'm using Android Studio 3.2 Beta5 to migrate my project to AndroidX. When I rebuild my app I got these errors:

ERROR: [TAG] Failed to resolve variable '${animal.sniffer.version}'

ERROR: [TAG] Failed to resolve variable '${junit.version}'

Full clean & rebuild did not work! Anyone know how to fix this?

gradle.properties

android.enableJetifier=true
android.useAndroidX=true

build.gradle

buildscript {
    repositories {
        google()
        jcenter()
        mavenCentral()
        maven { url 'https://maven.fabric.io/public' }
        maven { url "https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots" }
    }
    dependencies {
        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.2.0-beta05'

        classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:4.0.1'
        classpath "io.realm:realm-gradle-plugin:5.3.1"
        classpath 'io.fabric.tools:gradle:1.25.4'
        classpath 'com.google.firebase:firebase-plugins:1.1.5'
    }
}

allprojects {
    repositories {
        google()
        jcenter()
        mavenCentral()
        maven { url "https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots" }
    }
}

task clean(type: Delete) {
    delete rootProject.buildDir
}

app/build.gradle

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
apply plugin: 'realm-android'
apply plugin: 'io.fabric'
apply plugin: 'com.google.firebase.firebase-perf'

android {
    compileSdkVersion 28
    buildToolsVersion "28.0.0"
    defaultConfig {
        applicationId "com.iceteaviet.fastfoodfinder"
        minSdkVersion 16
        targetSdkVersion 28
        versionCode 1
        versionName "1.0"
        multiDexEnabled true
    }

    buildTypes {
        release {
            minifyEnabled false
            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
        }
        debug {
        }
    }
    aaptOptions {
        cruncherEnabled = false
    }
}

dependencies {
    implementation fileTree(include: ['*.jar'], dir: 'libs')
    testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.12'

    implementation 'com.jakewharton:butterknife:9.0.0-SNAPSHOT'

    implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.0.0-rc01'
    implementation 'com.google.android.material:material:1.0.0-rc01'
    implementation 'androidx.legacy:legacy-support-v4:1.0.0-rc01'
    implementation 'androidx.cardview:cardview:1.0.0-rc01'

    implementation 'com.google.maps.android:android-maps-utils:0.5'
    implementation 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-maps:15.0.1'
    implementation 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-location:15.0.1'
    implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-core:16.0.1'
    implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-database:16.0.1'
    implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-auth:16.0.1'
    implementation 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-auth:15.0.1'

    implementation 'com.github.bumptech.glide:glide:4.7.1'

    implementation 'com.google.code.gson:gson:2.8.5'
    implementation 'com.squareup.retrofit2:retrofit:2.4.0'
    implementation 'com.squareup.retrofit2:converter-gson:2.4.0'

    implementation 'org.greenrobot:eventbus:3.1.1'

    implementation 'de.hdodenhof:circleimageview:2.2.0'

    implementation 'io.realm:realm-android-library:5.3.1'

    implementation 'com.facebook.android:facebook-android-sdk:4.34.0'

    implementation 'io.reactivex.rxjava2:rxandroid:2.0.2'
    implementation 'io.reactivex.rxjava2:rxjava:2.0.2'

    implementation 'androidx.multidex:multidex:2.0.0'

    implementation 'com.crashlytics.sdk.android:crashlytics:2.9.4'
    implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-perf:16.0.0'

    implementation 'com.jakewharton.timber:timber:4.7.1'

    annotationProcessor 'com.jakewharton:butterknife-compiler:9.0.0-SNAPSHOT'
    annotationProcessor 'com.github.bumptech.glide:compiler:4.7.1'
}

apply plugin: 'com.google.gms.google-services'

Finally found the solution, please find the answer here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/52308912/10224384 — Nabster, Sep 13 '18 at 07:51
Possible duplicate of https://stackoverflow.com/questions/52294319/why-is-butterknife-9-0-0-snapshot-not-resolving — Nabster, Sep 13 '18 at 07:52
@Nabster hey hey my question was posted a month ago while this question was posted 20 hours ago! — nhoxbypass, Sep 13 '18 at 08:12
Same problem here with Android Studio 3.2 stable version. Invalidate cache restart only temporarily fixed this issue — Al Cabone, Sep 25 '18 at 13:58

score 115 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 07 '18 at 15:30

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I fix this with two steps

1) File -> Invalidate Caches / restart...

2) Build -> Clean project

answered Sep 07 '18 at 15:30

Beto

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Somehow worked for couple of rebuilds but Im getting same error again now.. – Al Cabone Sep 25 '18 at 13:58
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for me Clean Project have been just enough – f4bo Feb 01 '19 at 13:59
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Also Clean Project was all that required for me. Thanks @f4bo for the tip. – John Bentley Feb 19 '19 at 01:19
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It works. I only clean project. This answer should be set as accepted answer. @nhoxbypass – azwar_akbar Jul 04 '19 at 03:21

score 33 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 11 '19 at 13:59

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I got the same error after updating my build.gradle file with AndroidX Test dependencies. Turns out I forgot to remove the old junit dependency. So for me, the fix was simply to remove the following dependency:

dependencies {
    ...
    testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.12'
}

answered Feb 11 '19 at 13:59

A Droid

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This was the problem for me. – Brill Pappin Apr 24 '19 at 19:51
Yep fixed it. I ran into the issue with the Udacity Kotlin course guess it game – Aswin Mohan Apr 27 '19 at 05:42
Could you please explain why this is the case? – Riz-waan Oct 09 '19 at 23:59

score 17 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 27 '18 at 14:56

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Adding Java 8 support to build.gradle file fixed issue for me

android {
     ...

     //Add the following configuration in order to target Java 8.
     compileOptions {
         sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
         targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
     }
}

answered Dec 27 '18 at 14:56

Dhaval Patel

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leanback not found. im building a TV app and it goes red on anything regarding on leanback support v17 – ralphgabb Jan 10 '19 at 01:25
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invalidate caches and restart android studio – Dhaval Patel Jan 10 '19 at 08:05
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no its not, I figured you gotta use the androidx package. – ralphgabb Jan 10 '19 at 23:30
I guess adding Java 8 support forces Android Studio to invalidate it's caches and thus achieves the same result as a side-effect... Hmmmm, alright... – varun Apr 27 '19 at 10:43

score 14 · Answer 4 · answered Oct 31 '18 at 16:40

It seems to be Glide the problem.

I had the same error and I just updated the Glide's dependencies to 4.8 and there is no build errors.

Kotlin :

// Glide
def glide_version = "4.8.0"
implementation "com.github.bumptech.glide:glide:$glide_version"
kapt "com.github.bumptech.glide:compiler:$glide_version"

Java :

// Glide
def glide_version = "4.8.0"
implementation "com.github.bumptech.glide:glide:$glide_version"
annotationProcessor "com.github.bumptech.glide:compiler:$glide_version"

Be sure to have enabled in your gradle.properties :

android.useAndroidX=true
android.enableJetifier=true

Source : https://github.com/bumptech/glide/issues/3124

Hope this will help you!

This error also appears to me without having Glide as a dependency — Fabian Streitel, Feb 10 '19 at 14:34

score 7 · Answer 5 · edited Sep 27 '19 at 01:11

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Fixed it by going to the main directory and typing flutter clean

edited Sep 27 '19 at 01:11

Jee Mok

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answered Sep 27 '19 at 00:31

beeftosino

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Great, what if you're not using flutter ;) – Kevin Galligan Oct 16 '19 at 15:24
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@KevinGalligan Then use Flutter ;) – Nephew of Stackoverflow Dec 05 '19 at 11:05

pamobo0609 · Answer 6 · 2019-03-21T08:05:46.663

If you're using Kotlin, the issue will popup if don't use the kapt version for any annotation processor you use in the project.
As @Vince mentioned the case with Glide, this could happen with Dagger2, Butterknife, etc.
If you're using both Java and Kotlin you'll need to keep both dependencies, as follows (were $glideVersion is a predefined version of Glide):

implementation "com.github.bumptech.glide:glide:$glideVersion"

kapt "com.github.bumptech.glide:compiler:$glideVersion"

If you're on a Kotlin only project, the kapt dependency should work alone.

EDIT
Another thing you should have in mind is if you're already using Androidx. Androidx is a great refactor but when migrating it can cause some of your dependencies to collapse. Mainstream libraries are already updated to Androidx, however, some of them are not and even won't.
If the issue doesn't go away with my provided solution above this edit, you can take a look at your dependencies and make sure they use Androidx as well.

EDIT 2
As @Ted mentioned, I researched back and he's right kapt does handle java files as well. kapt alone will do the trick, no need to keep both kapt and annotationProcessor dependencies.

kapt can also handle java files, so no need to use them both, just only kapt is OK. — Ted, Mar 21 '19 at 05:55

score 4 · Answer 7 · answered Mar 17 '19 at 12:53

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Removing the testInstrumentationRunner worked for me:

defaultConfig {
...
...
//        testInstrumentationRunner "androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
    }

answered Mar 17 '19 at 12:53

M. Usman Khan

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fantastic solution! Fixed it for me – beastlyCoder Sep 25 '19 at 19:02

Raj · Answer 8 · 2018-08-29T14:54:50.413

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Try removing this line:

maven { url "https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots" }

from the buildscript / repositories section of your build.gradle file.

When I added that line, I got the error you described. When I removed it, no longer. That line should only be in the allprojects / repositories section.

edited Aug 29 '18 at 14:54

answered Aug 28 '18 at 18:14

Raj

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I believe Jake Wharton already added support for AndroidX in 9.0.0 snapshot. See: https://github.com/JakeWharton/butterknife/issues/1280 – nhoxbypass Aug 29 '18 at 08:23

score 2 · Answer 9 · answered Oct 13 '18 at 08:58

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Try set android.enableJetifier=false in gradle.properties. Then Invalidate Caches / Restart ... in Android Studio

answered Oct 13 '18 at 08:58

Minh Pham

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It's not recommended since there could be third-party libraries which weren't upgraded to AndroidX yet! As the documentation says: "android.enableJetifier: When set to true, the Android plugin automatically migrates existing third-party libraries to use AndroidX by rewriting their binaries. The flag is false by default if it is not specified." https://developer.android.com/jetpack/androidx/ – gabhor Nov 22 '18 at 19:52

score 2 · Answer 10 · edited Dec 05 '18 at 22:38

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The fix is in 4.2.0, use the higher version of google gms jar.

Try changing:

classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:4.0.1'

by this version:

classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:4.2.0'

Hope this works...

edited Dec 05 '18 at 22:38

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answered Dec 05 '18 at 19:03

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This worked for me along with updating dependencies. – glisu Mar 13 '19 at 02:57

score 1 · Answer 11 · answered Oct 10 '19 at 03:00

If you are using dagger or butterknife, please make sure to update it to the latest version. Or, if you have another injection library used in your project, you can try to check it if it support androidx or no.

I've found same error, the problem is on my dagger and butterknife. Have fixed it by updating it to newest version.

score 1 · Answer 12 · answered Nov 29 '19 at 12:07

Android version: 4.10.2

I solved this issue with three simple steps: First i added below this in pubspec.yml: (with two spaces of identation)

module:
  androidX: true

Adding this two lines below in gradle.properties, i have this in android/gradle.properties, in the project folder.

android.useAndroidX=true
android.enableJetifier=true

And after this i wrote with the terminal:

flutter clean

Maybe you will have to stop the device and run again.

score 0 · Answer 13 · answered Dec 19 '18 at 02:34

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I fixed this by updating the firebase dependencies to the latest.

answered Dec 19 '18 at 02:34

Gab Ledesma

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Ahsan Malik · Answer 14 · 2020-09-06T06:26:19.973

I faced this error after adding butterknife to my project.

In order to resolve this error you should use Java8.

I would recommend this answer.

How I resolved it:

1.add following code in build.gradle (module: app)

android {
  ...
  // Configure only for each module that uses Java 8
  // language features (either in its source code or
  // through dependencies).
  compileOptions {
    sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
    targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
  }
}

clean prject and run.

score -1 · Answer 15 · answered Mar 05 '19 at 10:54

I fixed it by refreshing the cahche (Instead of invalidating it - which also clears the local history):

in gradle.properties file, comment the line org.gradle.caching=true.
Clean, Rebuild.
in gradle.properties file, un-comment the line org.gradle.caching=true.
Clean, Rebuild.

Thats it!

score -1 · Answer 16 · edited Jun 22 '19 at 16:16

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Go to file and click on Invalidate caches and restart.

After it restarts then you increase the minimum SDK version in your app's build.gradle file.

edited Jun 22 '19 at 16:16

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answered Jun 22 '19 at 15:43

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