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Well, something within your

android { ... }

closure in

android\build.gradle' line: 24

is messed up. With Groovy DSL you do not get a better error message and need to either see the error or try with commenting out which part is invalid. That's one of the reasons I recommend using the Kotlin DSL. You immediately get type-safe build scripts, better error messages if you mess up the syntax and amazingly better IDE support if you use a proper IDE like IntelliJ or Android Studio.