title: error: cannot find symbol class in Android Studio
body: <p>I'm having major problems with building my project.</p>
  
  <p>My project is getting built in Android Studio, and the directory is like so:</p>
  
  <pre><code>root
  -project
  --build
  --libs
  --src
  ---java
  ----com
  -----company.project
  ------&lt;All this projects source&gt;
  -projectutils
  --build
  --src
  ---main
  ----java
  -----com.company.utils
  ------&lt;All this projects source&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>"project" is the main app, and it includes projectutils as a dependency. It uses Gradle to build, and I've added the correct includes to the root settings.gradle, and the correct dependencies to project.</p>
  
  <p>Here is my settings.gradle in the root of my project:</p>
  
  <pre><code>include ':project', ':projectutils'
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Here is my build.gradle for my project:</p>
  
  <pre><code>apply plugin: 'android'
  
  android {
      compileSdkVersion 19
      buildToolsVersion '20.0.0'
      defaultConfig {
          applicationId 'com.company.project'
          minSdkVersion 15
          targetSdkVersion 17
      }
      buildTypes {
          release {
              runProguard false
              proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.txt'
          }
      }
      productFlavors {
      }
  }
  
  dependencies {
      compile 'com.actionbarsherlock:actionbarsherlock:4.4.0@aar'
      compile files('libs/android-support-v4.jar')
      compile files('libs/commons-validator-1.4.0.jar')
      compile 'com.viewpagerindicator:library:2.4.1@aar'
      compile 'joda-time:joda-time:2.3'
      compile project(':projectutils')
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>No matter what I do, it always gives the error Error:(4, 34) error: package com.company.utils.database does not exist, even though I've added the correct dependency and the Android auto-complete can see and parse the import command, so obviously Android studio is able to see it correctly. There are a ton more errors, but they are all fundamentally the same: It can't seem to find com.company.utils and I have no idea what else I need to do.</p>
  
  <p>I've spent all day trying to get this thing set up just to get it running and this is the biggest brick wall so far. I have literally no idea what I could be missing to cause these errors. I've fixed a bunch of similar errors with Facebook and Kumulos but this one won't work no matter what I try. Could anyone give me some pointers? </p>