Gradle Errors

Thank you for your response, but unfortunately this didn't work for me.

So that I'm on the same page, what version of Android Studio and the JDK are you running? Also, could you provide both of your build.gradle files(the app and module versions)?

I am running Android Studio 0.8.2 and jdk1.8.0_45.

The build.gradle file in the app folder looks like this:

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'

android { compileSdkVersion 19 buildToolsVersion "20.0.0"

defaultConfig {
    applicationId "com.everiosofsky.funfacts"
    minSdkVersion 14
    targetSdkVersion 19
    versionCode 1
    versionName "1.0"
}
buildTypes {
    release {
        runProguard false
        proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
    }
}

}

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

There's nothing in the other build.gradle file.

I'm not sure if this will help, but I would recommend updating to the latest version of Android Studio. The version you are using is a beta version and did have issues associated with it. I'm also not sure if that version of Android Studio supported Java 8. You can obtain the most recent version of Android Studio here.

I've deleted the .gradle folder and created a new project in the latest version of Android Studio. Still no luck. The build.gradle files in the new project are not empty, however. Here is the new build.gradle in the app folder:

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'

android { compileSdkVersion 19 buildToolsVersion "22.0.1"

defaultConfig {
    applicationId "com.example.everiosofsky.funfacts"
    minSdkVersion 14
    targetSdkVersion 19
    versionCode 1
    versionName "1.0"
}
buildTypes {
    release {
        minifyEnabled false
        proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
    }
}

}

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

And here is the other build.gradle file:

// 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:1.2.3'

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

}

allprojects { repositories { jcenter() } }

I just want to verify that the error message is still the same and hasn't changed at all?

I am getting the same error, only with more detail now. At the bottom under "Failed to sync Gradle project 'Fun Facts'" I see:

Error:Unable to find method 'org.objectweb.asm.ClassReader.getMaxStringLength()I'. Possible causes for this unexpected error include:<ul><li>Gradle's dependency cache may be corrupt (this sometimes occurs after a network connection timeout.) <a href="syncProject">Re-download dependencies and sync project (requires network)</a></li><li>The state of a Gradle build process (daemon) may be corrupt. Stopping all Gradle daemons may solve this problem. <a href="stopGradleDaemons">Stop Gradle build processes (requires restart)</a></li></ul>In the case of corrupt Gradle processes, you can also try closing the IDE and then killing all Java processes.

Both the Android SDK path and the JDK path seem to be correct, so that's not the issue. Thank you for trying to help though!