Android Studio运行GitHub项目报错：找不到compile()方法求助

问题详情 #

运行GitHub下载的SmartNote源码时，编译报错：

• 错误位置：C:\Users\HP\Downloads\SmartNote-master\SmartNote-master\app\build.gradle第23行
• 错误提示：评估项目':app'时出现问题。在类型为org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.dsl.dependencies.DefaultDependencyHandler的对象上，无法找到适用于参数[directory 'libs']的compile()方法。

已修改根目录build.gradle，将Gradle插件版本升级到7.0.0，仓库替换为google()和mavenCentral()，但问题仍存在。当前app模块build.gradle的依赖配置如下：

dependencies {
compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
androidTestCompile('com.android.support.test.espresso:espresso-core:2.2.2', {
    exclude group: 'com.android.support', module: 'support-annotations'
})
compile project(':swipemenulib')
compile 'com.android.support.constraint:constraint-layout:1.0.2'
compile 'com.github.mcxtzhang:all-base-adapter:V1.5.2'
compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:25.3.1'
compile 'com.nightonke:boommenu:2.1.0'
compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:25.3.1'
compile 'com.android.support:design:25.3.1'
compile 'com.android.support:recyclerview-v7:25.3.1'
compile 'de.hdodenhof:circleimageview:2.1.0'
compile 'com.andrognito.patternlockview:patternlockview:1.0.0'
compile 'com.andrognito.patternlockview:patternlockview-reactive:1.0.0'
compile 'org.litepal.android:core:1.4.1'
compile 'uk.co.chrisjenx:calligraphy:2.3.0'
testCompile 'junit:junit:4.12'
}

报错堆栈核心信息：

org.gradle.api.GradleScriptException: A problem occurred evaluating project ':app'.
...
Caused by: org.gradle.internal.metaobject.AbstractDynamicObject$CustomMessageMissingMethodException: Could not find method compile() for arguments [directory 'libs'] on object of type org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.dsl.dependencies.DefaultDependencyHandler.
... 148 more

解决方法 #

Gradle 7.0+版本已废弃compile、androidTestCompile、testCompile这些依赖配置关键字，需要替换为对应的新关键字：

• compile → implementation
• androidTestCompile → androidTestImplementation
• testCompile → testImplementation

修改后的app模块build.gradle依赖部分如下：

dependencies {
implementation fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
androidTestImplementation('com.android.support.test.espresso:espresso-core:2.2.2', {
    exclude group: 'com.android.support', module: 'support-annotations'
})
implementation project(':swipemenulib')
implementation 'com.android.support.constraint:constraint-layout:1.0.2'
implementation 'com.github.mcxtzhang:all-base-adapter:V1.5.2'
implementation 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:25.3.1'
implementation 'com.nightonke:boommenu:2.1.0'
implementation 'com.android.support:support-v4:25.3.1'
implementation 'com.android.support:design:25.3.1'
implementation 'com.android.support:recyclerview-v7:25.3.1'
implementation 'de.hdodenhof:circleimageview:2.1.0'
implementation 'com.andrognito.patternlockview:patternlockview:1.0.0'
implementation 'com.andrognito.patternlockview:patternlockview-reactive:1.0.0'
implementation 'org.litepal.android:core:1.4.1'
implementation 'uk.co.chrisjenx:calligraphy:2.3.0'
testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.12'
}

替换完成后，点击Android Studio工具栏的Sync Project with Gradle Files按钮同步项目，然后重新编译即可解决该错误。

内容的提问来源于stack exchange，提问作者Oluwatorera Ayoola