Bug Android: Build Failed. Failed to apply plugin [id 'com.android.internal.version-check']

Hello,

I'm trying to create an android build for my application, but I keep getting this error.

A problem occurred evaluating project ':launcher'.

> Failed to apply plugin [id 'com.android.internal.version-check']

   > Could not create plugin of type 'VersionCheckPlugin'.

      > Could not initialize class com.android.build.gradle.internal.plugins.VersionCheckPlugin

General information:

• Unity 2021.3.24f1
• Gradle 6.1.1
• Gradle Plugin 4.0.1
• Java 1.8
• Min Build Target = API Level 22

Things I've tried:

• Reverting back to an older commit
• Completely uninstalling Unity, the Repo, and all related files and reinstalling
• Changing jCenter() in gradle.build to mavenCentral()
• Upgrading to Gradle 7.2 via Android Studio

I can't seem to find anything on google regarding this library or class and it doesn't seem like there are very many other people that have had this particular bug. I'm guessing that I'm probably using a deprecated library or something, but I haven't found any information regarding that or what version I should be using. I was able to create a build a few days ago as well, but now this keeps happening.

I have been searching for many hours now so any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

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Relevant Files and Information (Probably. Please let me know if other files/information is needed):

Library\Bee\Android\Prj\Mono2x\Gradle\launcher\build.gradle

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'

dependencies {

    implementation project(':unityLibrary')

    }

android {

    compileSdkVersion 30

    buildToolsVersion '30.0.2'

    compileOptions {

        sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8

        targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8

    }

    defaultConfig {

        minSdkVersion 22

        targetSdkVersion 30

        applicationId 'com.UnityTechnologies.com.unity.template.urpblank'

        ndk {

            abiFilters 'armeabi-v7a'

        }

        versionCode 1

        versionName '0.1.0'

    }

    aaptOptions {

        noCompress = ['.unity3d', '.ress', '.resource', '.obb', '.bundle', '.unityexp'] + unityStreamingAssets.tokenize(', ')

        ignoreAssetsPattern = "!.svn:!.git:!.ds_store:!*.scc:.*:!CVS:!thumbs.db:!picasa.ini:!*~"

    }

    lintOptions {

        abortOnError false

    }

    buildTypes {

        debug {

            minifyEnabled false

            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt')

            signingConfig signingConfigs.debug

            jniDebuggable true

        }

        release {

            minifyEnabled false

            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt')

            signingConfig signingConfigs.debug

        }

    }

    packagingOptions {

        doNotStrip '*/armeabi-v7a/*.so'

    }

    bundle {

        language {

            enableSplit = false

        }

        density {

            enableSplit = false

        }

        abi {

            enableSplit = true

        }

    }

}

Library\Bee\Android\Prj\Mono2x\Gradle\build.gradle

allprojects {

    buildscript {

        repositories {

            google()

            jcenter()

        }

        dependencies {

            // If you are changing the Android Gradle Plugin version, make sure it is compatible with the Gradle version preinstalled with Unity

            // See which Gradle version is preinstalled with Unity here https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/android-gradle-overview.html

            // See official Gradle and Android Gradle Plugin compatibility table here https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/gradle-plugin#updating-gradle

            // To specify a custom Gradle version in Unity, go do "Preferences > External Tools", uncheck "Gradle Installed with Unity (recommended)" and specify a path to a custom Gradle version

            classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:4.0.1'

           

        }

    }

    repositories {

        google()

        jcenter()

        flatDir {

            dirs "${project(':unityLibrary').projectDir}/libs"

        }

    }

}

task clean(type: Delete) {

    delete rootProject.buildDir

}

Library\Bee\Android\Prj\Mono2x\Gradle\unityLibrary\build.gradle

apply plugin: 'com.android.library'

dependencies {

    implementation fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])

}

android {

    compileSdkVersion 30

    buildToolsVersion '30.0.2'

    compileOptions {

        sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8

        targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8

    }

    defaultConfig {

        minSdkVersion 22

        targetSdkVersion 30

        ndk {

            abiFilters 'armeabi-v7a'

        }

        versionCode 1

        versionName '0.1.0'

        consumerProguardFiles 'proguard-unity.txt'

    }

    lintOptions {

        abortOnError false

    }

    aaptOptions {

        noCompress = ['.unity3d', '.ress', '.resource', '.obb', '.bundle', '.unityexp'] + unityStreamingAssets.tokenize(', ')

        ignoreAssetsPattern = "!.svn:!.git:!.ds_store:!*.scc:.*:!CVS:!thumbs.db:!picasa.ini:!*~"

    }

    packagingOptions {

        doNotStrip '*/armeabi-v7a/*.so'

    }

}

gradle.properties

org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx4096M

org.gradle.parallel=true

android.enableR8=false

unityStreamingAssets=

unityTemplateVersion=3

gradle-wrapper

distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME

distributionPath=wrapper/dists

zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME

zipStorePath=wrapper/dists

distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.1.1-bin.zip

The Full Error Message

CommandInvokationFailure: Gradle build failed.

C:\Program Files\Unity\Hub\Editor\2021.3.24f1\Editor\Data\PlaybackEngines\AndroidPlayer\OpenJDK\bin\java.exe -classpath "C:\Program Files\Unity\Hub\Editor\2021.3.24f1\Editor\Data\PlaybackEngines\AndroidPlayer\Tools\gradle\lib\gradle-launcher-6.1.1.jar" org.gradle.launcher.GradleMain "-Dorg.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx4096m" "assembleRelease"



stderr[



FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.* 



Where:

Build file 'C:\Users\[redacted]\Documents\GitRepos\[Project-Name]\Library\Bee\Android\Prj\Mono2x\Gradle\launcher\build.gradle' line: 1



* What went wrong:

A problem occurred evaluating project ':launcher'.

> Failed to apply plugin [id 'com.android.internal.version-check']

   > Could not create plugin of type 'VersionCheckPlugin'.

      > Could not initialize class com.android.build.gradle.internal.plugins.VersionCheckPlugin



* Try:

Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace. Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output. Run with --scan to get full insights.* Get more help at [URL='https://help.gradle.org/']https://help.gradle.org[/URL]BUILD FAILED in 959ms

Picked up JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS: -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8

]

stdout[]

exit code: 1

UnityEditor.Android.Command.WaitForProgramToRun (UnityEditor.Utils.Program p, UnityEditor.Android.Command+WaitingForProcessToExit waitingForProcessToExit, System.String errorMsg) (at <fa6b86c947e14a6a903c64a6b203942b>:0)

UnityEditor.Android.Command.Run (System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo psi, UnityEditor.Android.Command+WaitingForProcessToExit waitingForProcessToExit, System.String errorMsg) (at <fa6b86c947e14a6a903c64a6b203942b>:0)

UnityEditor.Android.Command.Run (System.String command, System.String args, System.String workingdir, UnityEditor.Android.Command+WaitingForProcessToExit waitingForProcessToExit, System.String errorMsg) (at <fa6b86c947e14a6a903c64a6b203942b>:0)

UnityEditor.Android.AndroidJavaTools.RunJava (System.String args, System.String workingdir, System.Action`1[T] progress, System.String error) (at <fa6b86c947e14a6a903c64a6b203942b>:0)

UnityEditor.Android.GradleWrapper.Run (UnityEditor.Android.AndroidJavaTools javaTools, Unity.Android.Gradle.AndroidGradle androidGradle, System.String workingdir, System.String task, System.Action`1[T] progress) (at <fa6b86c947e14a6a903c64a6b203942b>:0)

Rethrow as GradleInvokationException: Gradle build failed

UnityEditor.Android.GradleWrapper.Run (UnityEditor.Android.AndroidJavaTools javaTools, Unity.Android.Gradle.AndroidGradle androidGradle, System.String workingdir, System.String task, System.Action`1[T] progress) (at <fa6b86c947e14a6a903c64a6b203942b>:0)

UnityEditor.Android.PostProcessor.Tasks.BuildGradleProject.Execute (UnityEditor.Android.PostProcessor.PostProcessorContext context) (at <fa6b86c947e14a6a903c64a6b203942b>:0)

UnityEditor.Android.PostProcessor.PostProcessRunner.RunAllTasks (UnityEditor.Android.PostProcessor.PostProcessorContext context) (at <fa6b86c947e14a6a903c64a6b203942b>:0)

Rethrow as BuildFailedException: Exception of type 'UnityEditor.Build.BuildFailedException' was thrown.

UnityEditor.Android.PostProcessor.CancelPostProcess.AbortBuild (System.String title, System.String message, System.Exception ex) (at <fa6b86c947e14a6a903c64a6b203942b>:0)

UnityEditor.Android.PostProcessor.PostProcessRunner.RunAllTasks (UnityEditor.Android.PostProcessor.PostProcessorContext context) (at <fa6b86c947e14a6a903c64a6b203942b>:0)

UnityEditor.Android.PostProcessAndroidPlayer.PostProcess (UnityEditor.Modules.BuildPostProcessArgs args, AndroidPlayerBuildProgram.Data.AndroidPlayerBuildProgramOutput buildProgramOutput) (at <fa6b86c947e14a6a903c64a6b203942b>:0)

UnityEditor.Android.AndroidBuildPostprocessor.PostProcess (UnityEditor.Modules.BuildPostProcessArgs args, UnityEditor.BuildProperties& outProperties) (at <fa6b86c947e14a6a903c64a6b203942b>:0)

UnityEditor.PostprocessBuildPlayer.Postprocess (UnityEditor.BuildTargetGroup targetGroup, UnityEditor.BuildTarget target, System.Int32 subtarget, System.String installPath, System.String companyName, System.String productName, System.Int32 width, System.Int32 height, UnityEditor.BuildOptions options, UnityEditor.RuntimeClassRegistry usedClassRegistry, UnityEditor.Build.Reporting.BuildReport report) (at <e3d2e3f6a525465bbf8c67432a3cb6ef>:0)

UnityEngine.GUIUtility:ProcessEvent(Int32, IntPtr, Boolean&)

 

Here's more reading and things to try:

How to troubleshoot build failures:

First, make a blank project with a single blank scene and prove that it builds successfully.

If the blank project does NOT build, go fix your Unity installation or your other tools, such as Android SDK, NDK, JDK, etc. It may even be necessary to change to a different version of Unity3D. It is generally best to stay with LTS versions of Unity3D.

Until you can build a blank project to the target platform, don't fiddle with anything else.

Once you can build a blank project, now bisect the problem by bringing over parts of your current project and building it one subsystem at a time, perhaps stubbing things out that might trigger compiler errors.

Most often things that prevent building are third-party libraries such as Firebase.

Once you identify the subsystem, go to the documentation for it and make sure you are doing it correctly.

It may also be helpful to work through a tutorial or two for whatever subsystem is making the build fail.

Android build not building:

Recently (circa July 2022) there have been reports of Unity's installer failing to install the Android Tools.

https://forum.unity.com/threads/cant-build-for-android.1306098/

Here was how I brought up Unity2020.3.41 and the Android SDK 31 on October 30, 2022 (edited on August 23, 2023 to include Android SDK 33...):

https://forum.unity.com/threads/aab...y-2021-3-8-with-jdk-1-8.1322211/#post-8551193

Android Gradle errors and other related stuff:

https://forum.unity.com/threads/unity-gradle-bug-please-help.1368018/#post-8625789