Intellij Android Gradle Plugin Unsupported method: Dependencies.getJars() - intellij-idea

Question

I am having issues with my Intellij set up. I am able to build successfully from the command line, but when I try to refresh my build file it never completes and just says 'Gradle project sync in progress...'. When I tail the logs, I get this:
INFO - s.plugins.gradle.GradleManager - Instructing gradle to use java from /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_20.jdk/Contents/Home
INFO - s.plugins.gradle.GradleManager - Instructing gradle to use java from /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_20.jdk/Contents/Home
INFO - .project.GradleExecutionHelper - Passing command-line args to Gradle Tooling API: [--init-script, /private/var/folders/nj/qb8hxhjx6ng8bp5c0070dt3m0000gn/T/ijinit9082569265104558481.gradle]
INFO - indexing.UnindexedFilesUpdater - Indexable files iterated in 2 ms
INFO - indexing.UnindexedFilesUpdater - Unindexed files update started: 0 files to update
INFO - indexing.UnindexedFilesUpdater - Unindexed files update done in 0 ms
ERROR - plication.impl.ApplicationImpl - null
java.lang.AssertionError: null
at com.intellij.openapi.diagnostic.DefaultLogger.error(DefaultLogger.java:66)
at com.intellij.openapi.diagnostic.Logger.error(Logger.java:132)
at com.intellij.util.ui.UIUtil.invokeAndWaitIfNeeded(UIUtil.java:2077)
at com.intellij.openapi.externalSystem.util.ExternalSystemApiUtil.executeOnEdt(ExternalSystemApiUtil.java:377)
at com.intellij.openapi.externalSystem.util.ExternalSystemApiUtil.executeProjectChangeAction(ExternalSystemApiUtil.java:359)
at com.intellij.openapi.externalSystem.util.ExternalSystemUtil$MyMultiExternalProjectRefreshCallback.onSuccess(ExternalSystemUtil.java:760)
at com.intellij.openapi.externalSystem.util.ExternalSystemUtil$2.execute(ExternalSystemUtil.java:434)
at com.intellij.openapi.externalSystem.util.ExternalSystemUtil$3$2.run(ExternalSystemUtil.java:483)
at com.intellij.openapi.progress.impl.ProgressManagerImpl$TaskRunnable.run(ProgressManagerImpl.java:471)
at com.intellij.openapi.progress.impl.ProgressManagerImpl$2.run(ProgressManagerImpl.java:178)
at com.intellij.openapi.progress.ProgressManager.executeProcessUnderProgress(ProgressManager.java:209)
at com.intellij.openapi.progress.impl.ProgressManagerImpl.executeProcessUnderProgress(ProgressManagerImpl.java:212)
at com.intellij.openapi.progress.impl.ProgressManagerImpl.runProcess(ProgressManagerImpl.java:171)
at com.intellij.openapi.progress.impl.ProgressManagerImpl$8.run(ProgressManagerImpl.java:380)
at com.intellij.openapi.application.impl.ApplicationImpl$8.run(ApplicationImpl.java:419)
at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:439)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(FutureTask.java:303)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:138)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:895)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:918)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:695)
at com.intellij.openapi.application.impl.ApplicationImpl$1$1.run(ApplicationImpl.java:149)
Caused by: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
at java.awt.EventQueue.invokeAndWait(EventQueue.java:1126)
at java.awt.EventQueue.invokeAndWait(EventQueue.java:1103)
at javax.swing.SwingUtilities.invokeAndWait(SwingUtilities.java:1326)
at com.intellij.util.ui.UIUtil.invokeAndWaitIfNeeded(UIUtil.java:2074)
... 19 more
Caused by: org.gradle.tooling.model.UnsupportedMethodException: Unsupported method: Dependencies.getJars().
The version of Gradle you connect to does not support that method.
To resolve the problem you can change/upgrade the target version of Gradle you connect to.
Alternatively, you can ignore this exception and read other information from the model.
at org.gradle.tooling.model.internal.Exceptions.unsupportedMethod(Exceptions.java:33)
at org.gradle.tooling.internal.adapter.ProtocolToModelAdapter$InvocationHandlerImpl.invoke(ProtocolToModelAdapter.java:240)
at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy128.getJars(Unknown Source)
at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dependency.Dependency.populate(Dependency.java:99)
at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dependency.Dependency.extractFrom(Dependency.java:88)
at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.customizer.android.DependenciesModuleCustomizer.setUpDependencies(DependenciesModuleCustomizer.java:50)
at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.customizer.android.DependenciesModuleCustomizer.setUpDependencies(DependenciesModuleCustomizer.java:43)
at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.customizer.AbstractDependenciesModuleCustomizer.customizeModule(AbstractDependenciesModuleCustomizer.java:57)
at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.service.AndroidProjectDataService.customizeModule(AndroidProjectDataService.java:149)
at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.service.AndroidProjectDataService.access$100(AndroidProjectDataService.java:58)
at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.service.AndroidProjectDataService$1.execute(AndroidProjectDataService.java:103)
at com.intellij.openapi.externalSystem.util.DisposeAwareProjectChange.run(DisposeAwareProjectChange.java:36)
at com.intellij.openapi.externalSystem.util.ExternalSystemApiUtil$5$1.run(ExternalSystemApiUtil.java:364)
at com.intellij.openapi.application.impl.ApplicationImpl.runWriteAction(ApplicationImpl.java:984)
at com.intellij.openapi.externalSystem.util.ExternalSystemApiUtil$5.run(ExternalSystemApiUtil.java:361)
at com.intellij.openapi.externalSystem.util.ExternalSystemApiUtil.executeOnEdt(ExternalSystemApiUtil.java:374)
at com.intellij.openapi.externalSystem.util.ExternalSystemApiUtil.executeProjectChangeAction(ExternalSystemApiUtil.java:359)
at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.service.AndroidProjectDataService.importData(AndroidProjectDataService.java:94)
at com.intellij.openapi.externalSystem.service.project.manage.ProjectDataManager.importData(ProjectDataManager.java:90)
at com.intellij.openapi.externalSystem.service.project.manage.ProjectDataManager.importData(ProjectDataManager.java:74)
at com.intellij.openapi.externalSystem.service.project.manage.ProjectDataManager.importData(ProjectDataManager.java:98)
at com.intellij.openapi.externalSystem.service.project.manage.ProjectDataManager.importData(ProjectDataManager.java:74)
at com.intellij.openapi.externalSystem.service.project.manage.ProjectDataManager.importData(ProjectDataManager.java:98)
at com.intellij.openapi.externalSystem.util.ExternalSystemUtil$MyMultiExternalProjectRefreshCallback$1$1.run(ExternalSystemUtil.java:766)
at com.intellij.openapi.roots.impl.ProjectRootManagerImpl.mergeRootsChangesDuring(ProjectRootManagerImpl.java:329)
at com.intellij.openapi.externalSystem.util.ExternalSystemUtil$MyMultiExternalProjectRefreshCallback$1.execute(ExternalSystemUtil.java:763)
at com.intellij.openapi.externalSystem.util.DisposeAwareProjectChange.run(DisposeAwareProjectChange.java:36)
at com.intellij.openapi.externalSystem.util.ExternalSystemApiUtil$5$1.run(ExternalSystemApiUtil.java:364)
at com.intellij.openapi.application.impl.ApplicationImpl.runWriteAction(ApplicationImpl.java:984)
at com.intellij.openapi.externalSystem.util.ExternalSystemApiUtil$5.run(ExternalSystemApiUtil.java:361)
at java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch(InvocationEvent.java:199)
at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(EventQueue.java:715)
at java.awt.EventQueue.access$400(EventQueue.java:82)
at java.awt.EventQueue$2.run(EventQueue.java:676)
at java.awt.EventQueue$2.run(EventQueue.java:674)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.security.AccessControlContext$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(AccessControlContext.java:86)
at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:685)
at com.intellij.ide.IdeEventQueue.e(IdeEventQueue.java:697)
at com.intellij.ide.IdeEventQueue._dispatchEvent(IdeEventQueue.java:524)
at com.intellij.ide.IdeEventQueue.dispatchEvent(IdeEventQueue.java:335)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(EventDispatchThread.java:296)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(EventDispatchThread.java:211)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:201)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:196)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:188)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:122)
ERROR - plication.impl.ApplicationImpl - IntelliJ IDEA 13.1.4 Build #IU-135.1230
ERROR - plication.impl.ApplicationImpl - JDK: 1.6.0_65
ERROR - plication.impl.ApplicationImpl - VM: Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM
ERROR - plication.impl.ApplicationImpl - Vendor: Apple Inc.
ERROR - plication.impl.ApplicationImpl - OS: Mac OS X
ERROR - plication.impl.ApplicationImpl - Last Action: ExternalSystem.RefreshAllProjects
Anyone have any ideas, I can't seem to figure out the source of either of the errors I am seeing.

Answer 1

If you want to use v0.13 of the Android Gradle plugin at the time of this writing, you should use Android Studio 0.8.11 or later. While IntelliJ has the Android plugin built-in, it doesn't update as often and isn't the latest version, and support for 0.13 of the Gradle plugin was added very recently.