My project is pretty old and now I need to do a customization on it. I have installed Android Studio and trying to load the Project.I am having the below issues

Could not create task ':app:processDebugResources'.
Cannot use @TaskAction annotation on method IncrementalTask.taskAction$gradle() because interface .gradle.api.tasks.incremental.IncrementalTaskInputs is not a valid parameter to an action method.

build.gradle(app)

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'

android {
    compileSdkVersion 33
    buildToolsVersion '33.0.0'
    compileOptions.encoding = 'UTF-8'

    defaultConfig {
        applicationId "com.mobilesalesperson.controller"
        minSdkVersion 15
        targetSdkVersion 33
    }


    buildTypes {
        release {
            minifyEnabled false
            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.txt'
        }
    }
    lintOptions {
        disable "ResourceType"
        checkReleaseBuilds false
        abortOnError false
        ignoreWarnings true
    }
    compileOptions {
        targetCompatibility 1.8
        sourceCompatibility 1.8
    }
    buildscript {
        repositories {
            google()
            mavenCentral()
        }
        dependencies {
            classpath "com.android.tools.build:gradle:8.1.0"
        }
    }
}

dependencies {
    implementation 'com.android.support:support-v4:28.0.0'
    implementation files('libs/core.jar')
    implementation files('libs/ksoap2-android-assembly-2.6.2-jar-with-dependencies.jar')
    implementation files('libs/sqljdbc4.jar')
    implementation files('libs/ZSDK_API.jar')
    implementation 'com.tbruyelle.rxpermissions2:rxpermissions:0.9.5@aar'
    implementation 'io.reactivex.rxjava2:rxandroid:2.0.1'
    implementation files('libs/itextg-5.5.8.jar')
    implementation 'com.android.support:support-annotations:28.0.0'
}

build.gradle(Project)

// Top-level build file where you can add configuration options common to all sub-projects/modules.
buildscript {
    repositories {
        jcenter()
        maven {
            url '/'
            name 'Google'
        }
    }
    dependencies {
        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:4.0.1'
    }
}

allprojects {
    repositories {
        jcenter()
        maven {
            url '/'
            name 'Google'
        }
    }
}

gradle-wrapper.Properties

#Thu Jan 23 11:41:56 IST 2025
distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
distributionPath=wrapper/dists
distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle/distributions/gradle-8.9-bin.zip
zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
zipStorePath=wrapper/dists

Local Properties

## This file must *NOT* be checked into Version Control Systems,
# as it contains information specific to your local configuration.
#
# Location of the SDK. This is only used by Gradle.
# For customization when using a Version Control System, please read the
# header note.
#Thu Jan 23 11:41:35 IST 2025
ndk.dir=C\:\\Android\\android-sdk\\ndk-bundle
sdk.dir=C\:\\Users\\sivabala\\AppData\\Local\\Android\\Sdk

My project is pretty old and now I need to do a customization on it. I have installed Android Studio and trying to load the Project.I am having the below issues

Could not create task ':app:processDebugResources'.
Cannot use @TaskAction annotation on method IncrementalTask.taskAction$gradle() because interface .gradle.api.tasks.incremental.IncrementalTaskInputs is not a valid parameter to an action method.

build.gradle(app)

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'

android {
    compileSdkVersion 33
    buildToolsVersion '33.0.0'
    compileOptions.encoding = 'UTF-8'

    defaultConfig {
        applicationId "com.mobilesalesperson.controller"
        minSdkVersion 15
        targetSdkVersion 33
    }


    buildTypes {
        release {
            minifyEnabled false
            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.txt'
        }
    }
    lintOptions {
        disable "ResourceType"
        checkReleaseBuilds false
        abortOnError false
        ignoreWarnings true
    }
    compileOptions {
        targetCompatibility 1.8
        sourceCompatibility 1.8
    }
    buildscript {
        repositories {
            google()
            mavenCentral()
        }
        dependencies {
            classpath "com.android.tools.build:gradle:8.1.0"
        }
    }
}

dependencies {
    implementation 'com.android.support:support-v4:28.0.0'
    implementation files('libs/core.jar')
    implementation files('libs/ksoap2-android-assembly-2.6.2-jar-with-dependencies.jar')
    implementation files('libs/sqljdbc4.jar')
    implementation files('libs/ZSDK_API.jar')
    implementation 'com.tbruyelle.rxpermissions2:rxpermissions:0.9.5@aar'
    implementation 'io.reactivex.rxjava2:rxandroid:2.0.1'
    implementation files('libs/itextg-5.5.8.jar')
    implementation 'com.android.support:support-annotations:28.0.0'
}

build.gradle(Project)

// Top-level build file where you can add configuration options common to all sub-projects/modules.
buildscript {
    repositories {
        jcenter()
        maven {
            url 'https://maven.google/'
            name 'Google'
        }
    }
    dependencies {
        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:4.0.1'
    }
}

allprojects {
    repositories {
        jcenter()
        maven {
            url 'https://maven.google/'
            name 'Google'
        }
    }
}

gradle-wrapper.Properties

#Thu Jan 23 11:41:56 IST 2025
distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
distributionPath=wrapper/dists
distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle./distributions/gradle-8.9-bin.zip
zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
zipStorePath=wrapper/dists

Local Properties

## This file must *NOT* be checked into Version Control Systems,
# as it contains information specific to your local configuration.
#
# Location of the SDK. This is only used by Gradle.
# For customization when using a Version Control System, please read the
# header note.
#Thu Jan 23 11:41:35 IST 2025
ndk.dir=C\:\\Android\\android-sdk\\ndk-bundle
sdk.dir=C\:\\Users\\sivabala\\AppData\\Local\\Android\\Sdk

• android
• android-studio

1 Answer 1

i can't say for sure but I think the problem is incompatibility between the Gradle version and the Android Gradle Plugin, Here is how you can fix it:

you should match the version of AGP in both project-level and app-level build.gradle file. use this version in your project-level build.gradle file:

 classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:8.1.0'

and use this in gradle-wrapper.properties file:

distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle./distributions/gradle-8.1-bin.zip

now you can remove the buildToolsVersion '33.0.0' in app/build.gradle file.

after this changes Sync Gradle and then Clean and Rebuild the project. I hope this fixes your problem.