FAILURE: Build failed with an exception. * Where: Script 'F:\src\flutter\packages\flutter_tools\gradle\app_plugin_loader.gradle' line: 1 * What went wrong: Could not compile script 'F:\src\flutter\packages\flutter_tools\gradle\app_plugin_loader.gradle'.

startup failed:

script 'F:\src\flutter\packages\flutter_tools\gradle\app_plugin_loader.gradle': 1: unexpected char: 0x0 @ line 1, column 1. ^ 1 error * 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 https://help.gradle.org BUILD FAILED in 8s Exception: Gradle task assembleDebug failed with exit code 1

My guess is you have opened/saved your project with something that adds chars to your doc. are you using an IDE or some other editor?

am using vscode

What does

flutter doctor -v

output?