Android Studio 报错"gradle xxx is required. current version is xxx"

gradle-wrapper.properties: 可以设置Gradle版本

  distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-2.8-all.zip

build.gradle: 设置Android Plug-in for Gradle的版本

  buildscript {

      repositories {

          mavenCentral()

      }

      dependencies {

          classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:1.2+'

      }

  }

Gradle和Android Plug-in for Gradle必须匹配，否则报错"gradle xxx is required. current version is xxx"

  具体版本请参考: http://tools.android.com/tech-docs/new-build-system/version-compatibility

Gradle plugin  1.0.0 - 1.1.3 works with Gradle  2.2.1 - 2.3.

It does not work with Gradle 2.4+

Gradle plugin  1.2+ works with Gradle  [2.2.1, 3.0[

Newer versions of the Plugin may require a newer version of Gradle to benefit from advanced features.

However the current 1.2+ should work with  [2.2.1, 3.0[

(We cannot guaranteed compatibility with 3.x as it may introduce breaking changes: Gradle 1.x -> 2.0 introduced Groovy breaking changes)

Android Studio	Android Gradle Plugin	Gradle
1.0.0+	1.0.0 - 1.1.3	2.2.1 - 2.3
1.0.0+	1.2+	2.2.1+

Post 1.0 DSL compatibility

The DSL changed a lot before 1.0, but it should be stable now.

If/When we need to change things we will have long deprecation periods, likely longer than 6 months, possibly 12 months.

Preview Compatibility

This table indicate compatibility for pre-1.0 components.

All this breaking changes happened because we tweaked the model exchanged between the IDE and Gradle a lot. All this work was to ensure stability after 1.0. 

Android Studio	Android Gradle Plugin	Gradle
1.0.0 RC1 - 1.0.0 RC 4	0.14.0 - 1.0.0.rc4+	2.2, 2.2.1
0.9.0-0.9.3	0.14.0 - 0.14.4	2.1
0.8.11+	0.13+, 0.12+	2.1 (for plugin 0.13; for 0.12 use 1.10-1.12)
0.8.0 - 0.8.10	0.12+	1.10 - 1.12
0.6.0, 0.6.1+	0.11+	1.10 - 1.12
0.5.8 - 0.5.9	0.9, 0.10	1.10 - 1.12 (1.12 requires plugin 0.10)
0.5.0 - 0.5.7	0.9	1.10, 1.11
0.4.3 - 0.4.6	0.7, 0.8	1.9, 1.10 (required for plugin 0.8)
0.4.0 - 0.4.2	0.7	1.9
0.3.0 - 0.3.7	0.6	1.8
0.2.0 - 0.2.13	0.5	1.7