gradle buildAll fails with "Could not compile build file"

[travisfw]

I cloned, looked at the tasks, and called buildAll. It looks like it didn't even start building. If it works for you, it could be the gradle version. Try checking in a gradle wrapper.

JFXGen ) gradle buildAll

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* Where:
Build file '/home/_/tmp/jfxgen/JFXGen/build.gradle' line: 4

* What went wrong:
Could not compile build file '/home/_/tmp/jfxgen/JFXGen/build.gradle'.
> startup failed:
  build file '/home/_/tmp/jfxgen/JFXGen/build.gradle': 4: Statement labels may not be used in build scripts.
  In case you tried to configure a property named 'group', replace ':' with '=' or ' ', otherwise it will not have the desired effect.
   @ line 4, column 10.
       group: 'carlfx'
              ^

  build file '/home/_/tmp/jfxgen/JFXGen/build.gradle': 5: Statement labels may not be used in build scripts.
  In case you tried to configure a property named 'version', replace ':' with '=' or ' ', otherwise it will not have the desired effect.
   @ line 5, column 12.
       version: '0.1'
                ^

  2 errors


* Try:
Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace. Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output.

BUILD FAILED

Total time: 0.666 secs

My gradle version is 2.14

JFXGen ) gradle --version

------------------------------------------------------------
Gradle 2.14
------------------------------------------------------------

Build time:   2016-06-14 07:16:37 UTC
Revision:     cba5fea19f1e0c6a00cc904828a6ec4e11739abc

Groovy:       2.4.4
Ant:          Apache Ant(TM) version 1.9.6 compiled on June 29 2015
JVM:          1.8.0_102 (Oracle Corporation 25.102-b14)
OS:           Linux 4.6.7-300.fc24.x86_64 amd64

[seanwayland]

Similar problems over here .
FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

• Where:
  Build file '/Users/seanwayland/Desktop/classprojectmusic/JFXGen/JFXGen-master/build.gradle' line: 4

• What went wrong:
  Could not compile build file '/Users/seanwayland/Desktop/classprojectmusic/JFXGen/JFXGen-master/build.gradle'.

startup failed:
build file '/Users/seanwayland/Desktop/classprojectmusic/JFXGen/JFXGen-master/build.gradle': 4: Statement labels may not be used in build scripts.
In case you tried to configure a property named 'group', replace ':' with '=' or ' ', otherwise it will not have the desired effect.
@ line 4, column 10.
group: 'carlfx'
^

build file '/Users/seanwayland/Desktop/classprojectmusic/JFXGen/JFXGen-master/build.gradle': 5: Statement labels may not be used in build scripts.
In case you tried to configure a property named 'version', replace ':' with '=' or ' ', otherwise it will not have the desired effect.
@ line 5, column 12.
version: '0.1'
^

2 errors

• Try:
  Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace. Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output.

BUILD FAILED in 0s

seans-MBP:JFXGen seanwayland$ gradle --version

---

Gradle 4.0.1

Build time: 2017-07-07 14:02:41 UTC
Revision: 38e5dc0f772daecca1d2681885d3d85414eb6826

Groovy: 2.4.11
Ant: Apache Ant(TM) version 1.9.6 compiled on June 29 2015
JVM: 1.8.0_121 (Oracle Corporation 25.121-b13)
OS: Mac OS X 10.12 x86_64

[silentzone]

change " manifestPlaceholders={...}" to " manifestPlaceholders=[ ... ]" in build.gradle (app)

[ST-Alan]

I'll tell you a similar error I had and how I solved it.

In /android/app/build.gradle change {} by [] in project.ext.vectoricons and add the following line:

import com.android.build.OutputFile

THIS IS MY ERROR: Could not compile build file '/Users/dev/Apps/run/User/android/app/build.gradle'.

startup failed: build file '/Users/dev/Apps/run/User/android/app/build.gradle': 5: Statement labels may not be used in build scripts. In case you tried to configure a property named 'iconFontNames', replace ':' with '=' or ' ', otherwise it will not have the desired effect. @ line 5, column 20. iconFontNames: [ 'Ionicons.ttf' ] // Specify font files
PATH: User/android/app/build.gradle:

File Before solution:

apply plugin: "com.android.application"
apply plugin: "com.facebook.react"

project.ext.vectoricons = {
iconFontNames: [ 'Ionicons.ttf' ] // Specify font files
}
apply from: file("../../node_modules/react-native-vector-icons/fonts.gradle")

File After Solution:

apply plugin: "com.android.application"
apply plugin: "com.facebook.react"

project.ext.vectoricons = [
iconFontNames: [ 'Ionicons.ttf' ] // Specify font files
]

apply from: file("../../node_modules/react-native-vector- icons/fonts.gradle")

import com.android.build.OutputFile