I went ahead and downloaded the project from the link you provided: http://javapapers.com/android/android-chat-bubble/
Since this is an old tutorial, you simply need to upgrade the software, gradle, the android build tools and plugin.
Make sure you have the latest Gradle and Android Studio:
build.gradle:
buildscript {
repositories {
jcenter()
}
dependencies {
classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.1.2'
}
}
allprojects {
repositories {
jcenter()
}
}
app/build.gradle:
apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
android {
compileSdkVersion 23
buildToolsVersion '23.0.3'
defaultConfig {
minSdkVersion 9
targetSdkVersion 23
versionCode 1
versionName '1.0'
}
}
dependencies {
compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:23.2.1'
}
Then run gradle:
gradle installDebug