ERROR: No signature of method: com.crashlytics.tools.gradle.CrashlyticsPlugin.findObfuscationTransformTask()

Question

I am getting the following error while trying to build my project on Android Studio:

ERROR: No signature of method: com.crashlytics.tools.gradle.CrashlyticsPlugin.findObfuscationTransformTask() is applicable for argument types: (java.lang.String) values: [DevDebug]

How to solve this?

Answer 1

EDIT: Before proceeding to the solution below, please at first update to the latest stable version of fabric gradle tools and check if the problem is fixed. At the time of this edit, some claim that updating to version 1.31.2 has fixed the issue.

This seems to be an issue related to version "1.28.0" of "io.fabric.tools:gradle".

Usually this kind of problem occurs if groupId:artifactId:n.+ structure of versioning is used inside dependency (app level/project level). In this case:

dependencies {
    classpath 'io.fabric.tools:gradle:1.+'
}

Because it auto updates the version, and as a result, if there is any fatal error in the latest version, the project is likely to face a crash due to build/runtime error.

Android Studio always suggests: 'Avoid using + in version numbers; can lead to unpredictable and unrepeatable builds...'

One working solution was found to be downgrading to a specific previous version like 1.27.1 or any other stable latest version prior to 1.28.0, like:

dependencies {
    classpath 'io.fabric.tools:gradle:1.27.1'
}

Remember to check both gradle files (app level/project level) to see where the above dependency has been declared and change accordingly.