How to resolve dependencies for configuration ':app:debugRuntimeClasspathCopy'

Question

I'm trying to sync my project in Android Studio. I get these two errors:

1.

Could not resolve all dependencies for configuration ':app:debugRuntimeClasspathCopy'.
Cannot select root node 'debugRuntimeClasspathCopy' as a variant. Configurations should not act as both a resolution root and a variant simultaneously. Be sure to mark configurations meant for resolution as canBeConsumed=false or use the 'resolvable(String)' configuration factory method to create them.

Could not resolve all dependencies for configuration ':app:debugRuntimeClasspathCopy'.
Cannot select root node 'debugRuntimeClasspathCopy' as a variant. Configurations should not act as both a resolution root and a variant simultaneously. Be sure to mark configurations meant for resolution as canBeConsumed=false or use the 'resolvable(String)' configuration factory method to create them.

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* Exception is:
com.intellij.openapi.externalSystem.model.ExternalSystemException: Could not resolve all dependencies for configuration ':app:debugRuntimeClasspathCopy'.
Cannot select root node 'debugRuntimeClasspathCopy' as a variant. Configurations should not act as both a resolution root and a variant simultaneously. Be sure to mark configurations meant for resolution as canBeConsumed=false or use the 'resolvable(String)' configuration factory method to create them.
    at com.intellij.gradle.toolingExtension.impl.modelAction.GradleModelFetchAction.executeAction(GradleModelFetchAction.java:228)
    at com.intellij.gradle.toolingExtension.impl.modelAction.GradleModelFetchAction.lambda$doExecute$5(GradleModelFetchAction.java:116)
    at com.intellij.gradle.toolingExtension.impl.telemetry.GradleOpenTelemetry.lambda$runWithSpan$1(GradleOpenTelemetry.java:37)
    at com.intellij.gradle.toolingExtension.impl.telemetry.GradleOpenTelemetry.callWithSpan(GradleOpenTelemetry.java:55)
    at com.intellij.gradle.toolingExtension.impl.telemetry.GradleOpenTelemetry.callWithSpan(GradleOpenTelemetry.java:31)
    at com.intellij.gradle.toolingExtension.impl.telemetry.GradleOpenTelemetry.runWithSpan(GradleOpenTelemetry.java:36)
    at com.intellij.gradle.toolingExtension.impl.modelAction.GradleModelFetchAction.doExecute(GradleModelFetchAction.java:115)
    at com.intellij.gradle.toolingExtension.impl.modelAction.GradleModelFetchAction.lambda$execute$1(GradleModelFetchAction.java:94)
    at com.intellij.gradle.toolingExtension.impl.telemetry.GradleOpenTelemetry.callWithSpan(GradleOpenTelemetry.java:55)
    at com.intellij.gradle.toolingExtension.impl.telemetry.GradleOpenTelemetry.callWithSpan(GradleOpenTelemetry.java:31)
    at com.intellij.gradle.toolingExtension.impl.modelAction.GradleModelFetchAction.lambda$execute$2(GradleModelFetchAction.java:93)
    at com.intellij.gradle.toolingExtension.impl.modelAction.GradleModelFetchAction.withOpenTelemetry(GradleModelFetchAction.java:291)
    at com.intellij.gradle.toolingExtension.impl.modelAction.GradleModelFetchAction.lambda$execute$3(GradleModelFetchAction.java:92)
    at com.intellij.gradle.toolingExtension.impl.util.GradleExecutorServiceUtil.withSingleThreadExecutor(GradleExecutorServiceUtil.java:18)
    at com.intellij.gradle.toolingExtension.impl.modelAction.GradleModelFetchAction.execute(GradleModelFetchAction.java:91)
    at com.intellij.gradle.toolingExtension.impl.modelAction.GradleModelFetchAction.execute(GradleModelFetchAction.java:34)
    at org.gradle.tooling.internal.consumer.connection.InternalBuildActionAdapter.execute(InternalBuildActionAdapter.java:65)
    at org.gradle.tooling.internal.provider.runner.AbstractClientProvidedBuildActionRunner$ActionAdapter.executeAction(AbstractClientProvidedBuildActionRunner.java:108)
    at org.gradle.tooling.internal.provider.runner.AbstractClientProvidedBuildActionRunner$ActionAdapter.runAction(AbstractClientProvidedBuildActionRunner.java:96)
    at 


....


    at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.ForwardClientInput.lambda$execute$0(ForwardClientInput.java:40)
    at org.gradle.internal.daemon.clientinput.ClientInputForwarder.forwardInput(ClientInputForwarder.java:80)
    at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.ForwardClientInput.execute(ForwardClientInput.java:37)
    at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.api.DaemonCommandExecution.proceed(DaemonCommandExecution.java:104)
    at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.LogAndCheckHealth.execute(LogAndCheckHealth.java:64)
    at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.api.DaemonCommandExecution.proceed(DaemonCommandExecution.java:104)
    at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.LogToClient.doBuild(LogToClient.java:63)
    at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.BuildCommandOnly.execute(BuildCommandOnly.java:37)
    at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.api.DaemonCommandExecution.proceed(DaemonCommandExecution.java:104)
    at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.EstablishBuildEnvironment.doBuild(EstablishBuildEnvironment.java:84)
    at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.BuildCommandOnly.execute(BuildCommandOnly.java:37)
    at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.api.DaemonCommandExecution.proceed(DaemonCommandExecution.java:104)
    at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.StartBuildOrRespondWithBusy$1.run(StartBuildOrRespondWithBusy.java:52)
    at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.DaemonStateCoordinator.lambda$runCommand$0(DaemonStateCoordinator.java:321)
    at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.ExecutorPolicy$CatchAndRecordFailures.onExecute(ExecutorPolicy.java:64)
    at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.AbstractManagedExecutor$1.run(AbstractManagedExecutor.java:47)
    at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source)
    at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)
    at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)



Deprecated Gradle features were used in this build, making it incompatible with Gradle 10.0.

You can use '--warning-mode all' to show the individual deprecation warnings and determine if they come from your own scripts or plugins.

For more on this, please refer to https://docs.gradle.org/9.0-milestone-1/userguide/command_line_interface.html#sec:command_line_warnings in the Gradle documentation.

BUILD FAILED in 629ms

Closest post I could find on stackoverflow to my problem recommended I add this:

repositories{
    mavenCentral()
    maven {
            url 'https://jitpack.io'
        }
}

This did not solve my problem.

Gemini recommended adding this to the build.gradle file:

configurations.all {
    if (it.name.contains('Classpath')) {
        it.canBeConsumed = false
    }
}

I saw another post that said I should run a build and see all warnings. It failed when I went to build it and it seemed to have a problem with minifyEnabled. So I set minifyEnabled and shrinkResources to false and it built fine. However I still have those same two errors when I sync. Also, I think minify and shrinkResources are pretty important for size and security, so don't see that as a final solution. Any other ideas?

I see you're using Ionic - I'm having a similar issue today in setting up a React Native project with Android Studio. I believe it's to do with importing the complete dependencies/configuration from node_modules. Does your build work if you invoke gradle directly from the terminal, or is this only happening inside Android Studio? — Chris Watts
– Chris Watts, Commented Aug 12 at 11:27
@ChrisWatts The build worked when I used the terminal inside Android Studio (./gradlew build --warning-mode=all ) and I disabled minify and shrinkresources. But even with a complete build I still end up with that pesky Classpath error. — filifunk
– filifunk, Commented Aug 12 at 15:03
@filifunk what plugins are you using? is it happening on new project also? — Najam Us Saqib
– Najam Us Saqib, Commented Aug 15 at 8:15
I found that in my case I was opening the wrong project, and in opening the top-level android project for the app rather than the android project for the library I was interested in, everything imported successfully and I was able to see the source code of the libraries. Not sure if this is helpful for you. — Chris Watts
– Chris Watts, Commented Aug 18 at 9:05

Akshat Misra · Accepted Answer · 2025-08-21 18:13:07Z

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I was hit with the same issue. I ended up doing -rm rf to the caches, the .gradle/ and the daemon. Next I downgraded my gradle version to 8.5: ./gradlew wrapper --gradle-version 8.5. It auto prompted me to use 9.0 on Android Studio and then it worked fine after that and built perfectly.

answered Aug 21 at 18:13

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Akshat Misra Sep 3 at 19:59

the actual fix was just this for me: ./gradlew wrapper --gradle-version 8.9

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