Error upon importing the application project

[joevotto]

When I import the application project after following the rest of the directions. I get the gradle sync failed error, and I see this in the Messages Gradle Sync Tab: Error:Cannot set the value of read-only property 'outputFile' for ApkVariantOutputImpl_Decorated{apkData=Main{type=MAIN, fullName=debug, filters=[]}} of type com.android.build.gradle.internal.api.ApkVariantOutputImpl.

[coingroup]

See here ---> #14

[brian-ross]

This issue to due to using a newer version of gradle with Android Studio 3 and above. Changing the artifacts.gradle file as indicated in #14 is correct. However, you also may have to update your gradle version of the project. If you don't want to do this, use an older version of Android Studio; earlier than Version 3.