Twitter Fabric fails to install in Android Studio due to missing dependencies

Question

I'm setting up a Cordova project with Fabric to enable signing in with Twitter. I just installed Fabric plug-in into Android Studio but when I sync Gradle files I get the following error:

Information:Gradle tasks [:generateDebugSources, :generateDebugTestSources]
Error:A problem occurred configuring root project 'android'.
> Could not resolve all dependencies for configuration ':_debugCompile'.
   > Could not find com.squareup.picasso:picasso:2.3.2.
     Searched in the following locations:
         https://maven.fabric.io/public/com/squareup/picasso/picasso/2.3.2/picasso-2.3.2.pom
         https://maven.fabric.io/public/com/squareup/picasso/picasso/2.3.2/picasso-2.3.2.jar
     Required by:
         :android:unspecified > com.twitter.sdk.android:twitter:1.1.1 > com.twitter.sdk.android:tweet-ui:1.0.3
   > Could not find com.android.support:support-v4:21.0.0.
     Searched in the following locations:
         https://maven.fabric.io/public/com/android/support/support-v4/21.0.0/support-v4-21.0.0.pom
         https://maven.fabric.io/public/com/android/support/support-v4/21.0.0/support-v4-21.0.0.jar
     Required by:
         :android:unspecified > com.twitter.sdk.android:twitter:1.1.1 > com.twitter.sdk.android:tweet-ui:1.0.3
   > Could not find com.squareup.retrofit:retrofit:1.6.1.
     Searched in the following locations:
         https://maven.fabric.io/public/com/squareup/retrofit/retrofit/1.6.1/retrofit-1.6.1.pom
         https://maven.fabric.io/public/com/squareup/retrofit/retrofit/1.6.1/retrofit-1.6.1.jar
     Required by:
         :android:unspecified > com.twitter.sdk.android:twitter:1.1.1 > com.twitter.sdk.android:twitter-core:1.1.1
   > Could not find com.google.code.gson:gson:2.2.4.
     Searched in the following locations:
         https://maven.fabric.io/public/com/google/code/gson/gson/2.2.4/gson-2.2.4.pom
         https://maven.fabric.io/public/com/google/code/gson/gson/2.2.4/gson-2.2.4.jar
     Required by:
         :android:unspecified > com.twitter.sdk.android:twitter:1.1.1 > com.twitter.sdk.android:twitter-core:1.1.1

Android SDK updater gives me Support Library 21.0.3 but not 21.0.0, as suggested here by Hemal from Fabric: Android Twitter Fabric SDK conflict with support library

I have no idea about those other libraries, though. Any thoughts?

Answer 1

Please follow this code example to make sure your build.gradle file is similar:

    buildscript {
  repositories {
    jcenter()   // <- *add this
    maven { url 'https://maven.fabric.io/repo' }
  }
  dependencies {
    classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:0.13.3'
    // The Fabric Gradle plugin uses an open ended version to
    // react quickly to Android tooling updates
    classpath 'io.fabric.tools:gradle:1.+'
  }
}

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'   // <- *make sure this is the same

//Put Fabric plugin after Android plugin
apply plugin: 'io.fabric'

repositories {
    jcenter()   // <- *add this
    maven { url 'https://maven.fabric.io/repo' }
}

I had the same issue, spent half a day on this until opened twitters official documentation and came across this: https://dev.twitter.com/twitter-kit/android/integrate

Too many answers by the Fabric team on SO and other forums that did not work. This works.