Android Studio 3.1: Erroneous unresolved references in editor

Solution 1:

  1. Exit Studio.
  2. Delete .idea/ (seems to me that's most important), build/, app/build directories.
  3. Start Studio
  4. Set Settings -> Build -> Gradle settings back (last stable Gradle local distribution in my case).
  5. Clean&rebuild project.

Helps me.

Solution 2:

Delete {projectDir}/.idea/libraries, then go to File -> Sync Project with Gradle Files.