Error:(1, 0) Plugin with id 'com.android.application' not found

This is my first attempt at Android Studio. I installed 0.8.0 and updated to 0.8.2. As soon as a project is created I get the error message:

> Error:(1, 0) Plugin with id 'com.android.application' not found

C:\Users\Bob\AndroidStudioProjects\HelloAgain6\app\build.gradle

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'

android {
compileSdkVersion 20
buildToolsVersion "20.0.0"

defaultConfig {
applicationId "com.example.bob.helloagain6"
minSdkVersion 15
targetSdkVersion 20
versionCode 1
versionName "1.0"
}
buildTypes {
release {
runProguard false
proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
}
}
}

dependencies {
compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
}

and C:\Users\Bob\AndroidStudioProjects\HelloAgain6\build.gradle

// Top-level build file where you can add configuration options common to all sub-projects/modules.

buildscript {
repositories {
jcenter()
}
dependencies {
classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:0.12.+'

// NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
// in the individual module build.gradle files
}
}

allprojects {
repositories {
jcenter()
}
}

This can happen if you miss adding the Top-level build file.

Just add **build.gradle** to top level.

It should look like this
-----------------------------------------------

// Top-level build file where you can add configuration options common to all sub-projects/modules.
buildscript {
repositories {
mavenCentral()
}
dependencies {
classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:0.xx.y'
}
}

allprojects {
repositories {
mavenCentral()
}
}

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I was using IntelliJ IDEA 13.1.5 and faced with the same problem after I changed versions of Picasso and Retrofit in `dependencies` in `build.gradle` file. I tried use many solutions, but without result.
Then I cloned my project from remote git (where I pushed it before changing versions of dependencies) and it worked! After that I just closed current project and imported old project from Gradle file to IntelliJ IDEA again and it worked too! So, I think it was strange bug in intersection of IDEA, Gradle and Android plugin. I hope this information can be useful for IDEA-users or anyone else.

This just happened to me using ***Android Studio 1.3.2***, however, since I had just created the project, I deleted it and created it again.<br/>
It seems that it had not been properly created by Android Studio the first time, not even the project folders where as expected.

I am writing this not as a solution meant for many, but for ***some people who may commit a simple mistake like specifying the wrong url for importing projects from SVN***. It is intended for those guys :)

This happened to me when I imported the project from SVN -> automatic prompt by Studio to open the project -> It asked for Gradle location -> D:\Software\Android\gradle-2.5 -> Then the error.

The same project in a different SVN branch works fine with the Gradle plugin and Gradle which I have configured in Studio. I tried changing Android Gradle plugin and Gradle to get it working on the erring branch without any success.

Finally, I figured out that it was my following mistake:
I tried importing a specific Application alone instead of importing the application along with dependent library projects.
The url which I used for import initially had the Application porject's name at the end. Once I removed it, and specified the parent directory which contained both application project and its dependent project, everything went smooth :)

module app build.gradle file

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'

model{


android {
compileSdkVersion 23
buildToolsVersion "23.0.2"

defaultConfig.with {
applicationId "com.iamsafe"
minSdkVersion 15
targetSdkVersion 23





}
buildTypes {
debug {
minifyEnabled = false
useProguard = true
proguardFiles.add(file('proguard-rules.txt'))


}
}



}

}



dependencies {
compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:23.0.2'
compile files('libs/asmack-android-8-0.8.10.jar')
compile files('libs/commons-io-2.0.1.jar')
compile files('libs/httpclient-osgi-4.2.1-sources.jar')
compile files('libs/httpcore-4.3.2.jar')
compile files('libs/httpmime-4.1.2.jar')
}


project build.gradle

// Top-level build file where you can add configuration options common to all sub-projects/modules.
buildscript {
repositories {
jcenter()
}
dependencies {
classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.10'
}
}

allprojects {
repositories {
jcenter()
}
}

If you run a the module task with android plugin 1.2.3 in module directory , the problem appears. Try this:

../gradlew -b ../build.gradle -c ../settings.gradle :module:xxx

Go to your grade file where you can see this:

buildscript {
repositories {
jcenter()
}
dependencies {
classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.1.0'


// NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
// in the individual module build.gradle files
}
}
And change `classpath` to this:

buildscript {
repositories {
jcenter()
}
dependencies {
// classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.1.0'
classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle-experimental:0.7.0-alpha1'

// NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
// in the individual module build.gradle files
}
}

Root-gradle file:

buildscript {
repositories {
jcenter()
}
dependencies {
classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:x.x.x'
}
}

allprojects {
repositories {
jcenter()
}
}

Gradle-wrapper.properties file:

distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
distributionPath=wrapper/dists
zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-x.x-all.zip

Make sure your two build.gradle and settings.gradle files are in the correct directories as stated in

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Then open "as existing project" in Visual Studio

Gradle is very finicky about this.