gradle - Could not find method google() for arguments [] on repository container [duplicate]

The google() repo is a shortcut to look in Google's Maven repository for dependencies. It was introduced with gradle v.4.0.

It requires (currently)

• Gradle v.4
• Android Studio 3.x.
• Gradle plugin for Android 3.x

Try to use in gradle-wrapper.properties use:

distributionUrl=\
  https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-4.1-rc-1-all.zip

As gradle plugin for Android use:

classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.0.0-beta1'

In any case (also with Android Studio 2.3, gradle plugin 2.3.3 and gradle v3.3) you can use the same maven repo using { url 'https://maven.google.com'}. It is the same.

Just use for example:

buildscript {
    repositories {
        maven {
            url 'https://maven.google.com'
        }
        jcenter()
        maven { url 'https://maven.fabric.io/public' }
    }
 //
}

If you use Android studio 2.3.3, then try adding this in your project level gradle

allprojects {
  repositories {
    jcenter()
    maven {
        url 'https://maven.google.com'
    }
}

this worked for me.

You also can use google() instead but you need Gradle 4.x+, Android Studio 3.x+ , Gradle plugin 3.x+