title: Could not find method include() for arguments [:app] on root project 'myProject'
body: <p>I'm trying to create my first project in android studio, I'm on a mac, FYI.  When I build settings.gradle, I get a failed build.  <strong>Note:</strong>  Please don't mark this as a duplicate, see below I have links to two other SO questions that didn't fix the problem.</p>
  
  <p>My settings.gradle file contents:
  <code>include ':app'</code>, but I've also tried <code>include 'app'</code> based on the advise <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/30885964/could-not-find-method-include-for-arguments-app-on-root-project">here</a>, with no difference in result.</p>
  
  <p>The Gradle Console ends with <code>BUILD SUCCESSFUL</code>, but the debug window shows <code>BUILD FAILED</code>:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_79.jdk/Contents/Home/bin/java
    -agentlib:jdwp=transport=dt_socket,address=127.0.0.1:57079,suspend=y,server=n
    "-Dgradle.home=/Applications/Android
    Studio.app/Contents/gradle/gradle-2.10"
    -Dtools.jar=/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_79.jdk/Contents/Home/lib/tools.jar
    -javaagent:/Users/username/Library/Caches/AndroidStudio2.1/groovyHotSwap/gragent.jar
    -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -classpath "/Applications/Android Studio.app/Contents/gradle/gradle-2.10/lib/groovy-all-2.4.4.jar:/Applications/Android
    Studio.app/Contents/gradle/gradle-2.10/lib/ant-1.9.3.jar:/Applications/Android
    Studio.app/Contents/gradle/gradle-2.10/lib/ant-launcher-1.9.3.jar:/Applications/Android
    Studio.app/Contents/gradle/gradle-2.10/lib/gradle-base-services-2.10.jar:/Applications/Android
    Studio.app/Contents/gradle/gradle-2.10/lib/gradle-base-services-groovy-2.10.jar:/Applications/Android
    Studio.app/Contents/gradle/gradle-2.10/lib/gradle-cli-2.10.jar:/Applications/Android
    Studio.app/Contents/gradle/gradle-2.10/lib/gradle-core-2.10.jar:/Applications/Android
    Studio.app/Contents/gradle/gradle-2.10/lib/gradle-docs-2.10.jar:/Applications/Android
    Studio.app/Contents/gradle/gradle-2.10/lib/gradle-launcher-2.10.jar:/Applications/Android
    Studio.app/Contents/gradle/gradle-2.10/lib/gradle-messaging-2.10.jar:/Applications/Android
    Studio.app/Contents/gradle/gradle-2.10/lib/gradle-model-core-2.10.jar:/Applications/Android
    Studio.app/Contents/gradle/gradle-2.10/lib/gradle-model-groovy-2.10.jar:/Applications/Android
    Studio.app/Contents/gradle/gradle-2.10/lib/gradle-native-2.10.jar:/Applications/Android
    Studio.app/Contents/gradle/gradle-2.10/lib/gradle-open-api-2.10.jar:/Applications/Android
    Studio.app/Contents/gradle/gradle-2.10/lib/gradle-resources-2.10.jar:/Applications/Android
    Studio.app/Contents/gradle/gradle-2.10/lib/gradle-tooling-api-2.10.jar:/Applications/Android
    Studio.app/Contents/gradle/gradle-2.10/lib/gradle-ui-2.10.jar:/Applications/Android
    Studio.app/Contents/gradle/gradle-2.10/lib/gradle-wrapper-2.10.jar:/Applications/Android
    Studio.app/Contents/gradle/gradle-2.10/lib/plugins/gradle-announce-2.10.jar:/Applications/Android
    Studio.app/Contents/gradle/gradle-2.10/lib/plugins/gradle-antlr-2.10.jar:/Applications/Android
    Studio.app/Contents/gradle/gradle-2.10/lib/plugins/gradle-build-comparison-2.10.jar:/Applications/Android
    Studio.app/Contents/gradle/gradle-2.10/lib/plugins/gradle-build-init-2.10.jar:/Applications/Android
    Studio.app/Contents/gradle/gradle-2.10/lib/plugins/gradle-code-quality-2.10.jar:/Applications/Android
    Studio.app/Contents/gradle/gradle-2.10/lib/plugins/gradle-dependency-management-2.10.jar:/Applications/Android
    Studio.app/Contents/gradle/gradle-2.10/lib/plugins/gradle-diagnostics-2.10.jar:/Applications/Android
    Studio.app/Contents/gradle/gradle-2.10/lib/plugins/gradle-ear-2.10.jar:/Applications/Android
    Studio.app/Contents/gradle/gradle-2.10/lib/plugins/gradle-ide-2.10.jar:/Applications/Android
    Studio.app/Contents/gradle/gradle-2.10/lib/plugins/gradle-ide-native-2.10.jar:/Applications/Android
    Studio.app/Contents/gradle/gradle-2.10/lib/plugins/gradle-ivy-2.10.jar:/Applications/Android
    Studio.app/Contents/gradle/gradle-2.10/lib/plugins/gradle-jacoco-2.10.jar:/Applications/Android
    Studio.app/Contents/gradle/gradle-2.10/lib/plugins/gradle-javascript-2.10.jar:/Applications/Android
    Studio.app/Contents/gradle/gradle-2.10/lib/plugins/gradle-jetty-2.10.jar:/Applications/Android
    Studio.app/Contents/gradle/gradle-2.10/lib/plugins/gradle-language-groovy-2.10.jar:/Applications/Android Studio.app/Contents/gradle/gradle-2.10/lib/plugins/gradle-language-java-2.10.jar:/Applications/Android
    Studio.app/Contents/gradle/gradle-2.10/lib/plugins/gradle-language-jvm-2.10.jar:/Applications/Android
    Studio.app/Contents/gradle/gradle-2.10/lib/plugins/gradle-language-native-2.10.jar:/Applications/Android Studio.app/Contents/gradle/gradle-2.10/lib/plugins/gradle-language-scala-2.10.jar:/Applications/Android Studio.app/Contents/gradle/gradle-2.10/lib/plugins/gradle-maven-2.10.jar:/Applications/Android
    Studio.app/Contents/gradle/gradle-2.10/lib/plugins/gradle-osgi-2.10.jar:/Applications/Android
    Studio.app/Contents/gradle/gradle-2.10/lib/plugins/gradle-platform-base-2.10.jar:/Applications/Android
    Studio.app/Contents/gradle/gradle-2.10/lib/plugins/gradle-platform-jvm-2.10.jar:/Applications/Android
    Studio.app/Contents/gradle/gradle-2.10/lib/plugins/gradle-platform-native-2.10.jar:/Applications/Android Studio.app/Contents/gradle/gradle-2.10/lib/plugins/gradle-platform-play-2.10.jar:/Applications/Android
    Studio.app/Contents/gradle/gradle-2.10/lib/plugins/gradle-plugin-development-2.10.jar:/Applications/Android
    Studio.app/Contents/gradle/gradle-2.10/lib/plugins/gradle-plugin-use-2.10.jar:/Applications/Android
    Studio.app/Contents/gradle/gradle-2.10/lib/plugins/gradle-plugins-2.10.jar:/Applications/Android
    Studio.app/Contents/gradle/gradle-2.10/lib/plugins/gradle-publish-2.10.jar:/Applications/Android
    Studio.app/Contents/gradle/gradle-2.10/lib/plugins/gradle-reporting-2.10.jar:/Applications/Android
    Studio.app/Contents/gradle/gradle-2.10/lib/plugins/gradle-resources-http-2.10.jar:/Applications/Android Studio.app/Contents/gradle/gradle-2.10/lib/plugins/gradle-resources-s3-2.10.jar:/Applications/Android
    Studio.app/Contents/gradle/gradle-2.10/lib/plugins/gradle-resources-sftp-2.10.jar:/Applications/Android Studio.app/Contents/gradle/gradle-2.10/lib/plugins/gradle-scala-2.10.jar:/Applications/Android
    Studio.app/Contents/gradle/gradle-2.10/lib/plugins/gradle-signing-2.10.jar:/Applications/Android
    Studio.app/Contents/gradle/gradle-2.10/lib/plugins/gradle-sonar-2.10.jar:/Applications/Android
    Studio.app/Contents/gradle/gradle-2.10/lib/plugins/gradle-test-kit-2.10.jar:/Applications/Android
    Studio.app/Contents/gradle/gradle-2.10/lib/plugins/gradle-testing-native-2.10.jar:/Applications/Android Studio.app/Contents/gradle/gradle-2.10/lib/plugins/gradle-tooling-api-builders-2.10.jar:/Applications/Android
    Studio.app/Contents/gradle/gradle-2.10/lib/plugins/ivy-2.2.0.jar:/Applications/Android
    Studio.app/Contents/lib/idea_rt.jar" org.gradle.launcher.GradleMain
    --build-file /Users/username/AndroidStudioProjects/myProject/settings.gradle
    objc[64642]: Class JavaLaunchHelper is implemented in both
    /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_79.jdk/Contents/Home/bin/java
    and
    /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_79.jdk/Contents/Home/jre/lib/libinstrument.dylib.
    One of the two will be used. Which one is undefined. Connected to the
    target VM, address: '127.0.0.1:57079', transport: 'socket'</p>
    
    <p>FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.</p>
    
    <ul>
    <li><p>Where: Build file '/Users/username/AndroidStudioProjects/myProject/settings.gradle'
    line: 1</p></li>
    <li><p>What went wrong: A problem occurred evaluating root project 'myProject'.</p></li>
    </ul>
    
    <p>Could not find method include() for arguments [:app] on root project 'myProject'.</p>
    
    <ul>
    <li>Try:
    Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace. Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output.</li>
    </ul>
    
    <p>BUILD FAILED</p>
    
    <p>Total time: 0.952 secs
    Disconnected from the target VM, address: '[obscuredIP]:57079', transport: 'socket'</p>
    
    <p>Process finished with exit code 1</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>Per the advise <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/26886259/could-not-find-method-include-for-arguments-app-on-root-project-android-stu">here</a>, I have done <code>./gradlew assembleRelease</code> both in android studio's terminal and in my mac's terminal.  in Android Studio terminal, I get a successful build, but on the mac's terminal, I get: </p>
  
  <pre><code>$ ./gradlew assembleRelease --stacktrace
  
  FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.
  
  * What went wrong:
  Task 'assembleRelease' not found in root project 'username'.
  
  * Try:
  Run gradlew tasks to get a list of available tasks. Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output.
  
  * Exception is:
  org.gradle.execution.TaskSelectionException: Task 'assembleRelease' not found in root project 'username'.
      at org.gradle.execution.TaskSelector.getSelection(TaskSelector.java:100)
      at org.gradle.execution.TaskSelector.getSelection(TaskSelector.java:75)
      at org.gradle.execution.commandline.CommandLineTaskParser.parseTasks(CommandLineTaskParser.java:42)
      at org.gradle.execution.TaskNameResolvingBuildConfigurationAction.configure(TaskNameResolvingBuildConfigurationAction.java:44)
      at org.gradle.execution.DefaultBuildConfigurationActionExecuter.configure(DefaultBuildConfigurationActionExecuter.java:48)
      at org.gradle.execution.DefaultBuildConfigurationActionExecuter.access$000(DefaultBuildConfigurationActionExecuter.java:25)
      at org.gradle.execution.DefaultBuildConfigurationActionExecuter$1.proceed(DefaultBuildConfigurationActionExecuter.java:54)
      at org.gradle.execution.DefaultTasksBuildExecutionAction.configure(DefaultTasksBuildExecutionAction.java:44)
      at org.gradle.execution.DefaultBuildConfigurationActionExecuter.configure(DefaultBuildConfigurationActionExecuter.java:48)
      at org.gradle.execution.DefaultBuildConfigurationActionExecuter.access$000(DefaultBuildConfigurationActionExecuter.java:25)
      at org.gradle.execution.DefaultBuildConfigurationActionExecuter$1.proceed(DefaultBuildConfigurationActionExecuter.java:54)
      at org.gradle.execution.ExcludedTaskFilteringBuildConfigurationAction.configure(ExcludedTaskFilteringBuildConfigurationAction.java:47)
      at org.gradle.execution.DefaultBuildConfigurationActionExecuter.configure(DefaultBuildConfigurationActionExecuter.java:48)
      at org.gradle.execution.DefaultBuildConfigurationActionExecuter.select(DefaultBuildConfigurationActionExecuter.java:36)
      at org.gradle.initialization.DefaultGradleLauncher$3.run(DefaultGradleLauncher.java:143)
      at org.gradle.internal.Factories$1.create(Factories.java:22)
      at org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.run(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:90)
      at org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.run(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:52)
      at org.gradle.initialization.DefaultGradleLauncher.doBuildStages(DefaultGradleLauncher.java:140)
      at org.gradle.initialization.DefaultGradleLauncher.access$200(DefaultGradleLauncher.java:32)
      at org.gradle.initialization.DefaultGradleLauncher$1.create(DefaultGradleLauncher.java:99)
      at org.gradle.initialization.DefaultGradleLauncher$1.create(DefaultGradleLauncher.java:93)
      at org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.run(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:90)
      at org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.run(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:62)
      at org.gradle.initialization.DefaultGradleLauncher.doBuild(DefaultGradleLauncher.java:93)
      at org.gradle.initialization.DefaultGradleLauncher.run(DefaultGradleLauncher.java:82)
      at org.gradle.launcher.exec.InProcessBuildActionExecuter$DefaultBuildController.run(InProcessBuildActionExecuter.java:94)
      at org.gradle.tooling.internal.provider.ExecuteBuildActionRunner.run(ExecuteBuildActionRunner.java:28)
      at org.gradle.launcher.exec.ChainingBuildActionRunner.run(ChainingBuildActionRunner.java:35)
      at org.gradle.launcher.exec.InProcessBuildActionExecuter.execute(InProcessBuildActionExecuter.java:43)
      at org.gradle.launcher.exec.InProcessBuildActionExecuter.execute(InProcessBuildActionExecuter.java:28)
      at org.gradle.launcher.exec.ContinuousBuildActionExecuter.execute(ContinuousBuildActionExecuter.java:78)
      at org.gradle.launcher.exec.ContinuousBuildActionExecuter.execute(ContinuousBuildActionExecuter.java:48)
      at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.ExecuteBuild.doBuild(ExecuteBuild.java:52)
      at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.BuildCommandOnly.execute(BuildCommandOnly.java:36)
      at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.api.DaemonCommandExecution.proceed(DaemonCommandExecution.java:120)
      at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.WatchForDisconnection.execute(WatchForDisconnection.java:37)
      at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.api.DaemonCommandExecution.proceed(DaemonCommandExecution.java:120)
      at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.ResetDeprecationLogger.execute(ResetDeprecationLogger.java:26)
      at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.api.DaemonCommandExecution.proceed(DaemonCommandExecution.java:120)
      at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.RequestStopIfSingleUsedDaemon.execute(RequestStopIfSingleUsedDaemon.java:34)
      at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.api.DaemonCommandExecution.proceed(DaemonCommandExecution.java:120)
      at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.ForwardClientInput$2.call(ForwardClientInput.java:74)
      at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.ForwardClientInput$2.call(ForwardClientInput.java:72)
      at org.gradle.util.Swapper.swap(Swapper.java:38)
      at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.ForwardClientInput.execute(ForwardClientInput.java:72)
      at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.api.DaemonCommandExecution.proceed(DaemonCommandExecution.java:120)
      at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.health.DaemonHealthTracker.execute(DaemonHealthTracker.java:47)
      at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.api.DaemonCommandExecution.proceed(DaemonCommandExecution.java:120)
      at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.LogToClient.doBuild(LogToClient.java:66)
      at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.BuildCommandOnly.execute(BuildCommandOnly.java:36)
      at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.api.DaemonCommandExecution.proceed(DaemonCommandExecution.java:120)
      at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.EstablishBuildEnvironment.doBuild(EstablishBuildEnvironment.java:72)
      at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.BuildCommandOnly.execute(BuildCommandOnly.java:36)
      at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.api.DaemonCommandExecution.proceed(DaemonCommandExecution.java:120)
      at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.health.HintGCAfterBuild.execute(HintGCAfterBuild.java:41)
      at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.api.DaemonCommandExecution.proceed(DaemonCommandExecution.java:120)
      at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.StartBuildOrRespondWithBusy$1.run(StartBuildOrRespondWithBusy.java:50)
      at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.DaemonStateCoordinator$1.run(DaemonStateCoordinator.java:246)
      at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.ExecutorPolicy$CatchAndRecordFailures.onExecute(ExecutorPolicy.java:54)
      at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.StoppableExecutorImpl$1.run(StoppableExecutorImpl.java:40)
  
  
  BUILD FAILED
  
  Total time: 0.682 secs
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>In case it helps, this is the output on mac's terminal for ./gradlew tasks --all:</p>
  
  <pre><code>$ ./gradlew tasks --all
  :tasks
  
  ------------------------------------------------------------
  All tasks runnable from root project
  ------------------------------------------------------------
  
  Build Setup tasks
  -----------------
  init - Initializes a new Gradle build. [incubating]
  wrapper - Generates Gradle wrapper files. [incubating]
  
  Help tasks
  ----------
  buildEnvironment - Displays all buildscript dependencies declared in root project 'username'.
  components - Displays the components produced by root project 'username'. [incubating]
  dependencies - Displays all dependencies declared in root project 'username'.
  dependencyInsight - Displays the insight into a specific dependency in root project 'username'.
  help - Displays a help message.
  model - Displays the configuration model of root project 'username'. [incubating]
  projects - Displays the sub-projects of root project 'username'.
  properties - Displays the properties of root project 'username'.
  tasks - Displays the tasks runnable from root project 'username'.
  
  BUILD SUCCESSFUL
  
  Total time: 0.674 secs
  </code></pre>