title: Minimum supported Gradle version is 4.1. Current version is 3.3
body: <p>I am trying to make android build using command
     ionic cordova build android 
    but I am facing error like </p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Minimum supported Gradle version is 4.1. Current version is 3.3. If using t
            he gradle wrapper, try editing the distributionUrl in D:\BAXA_POS\Development\tr
            unk\Mobile\baxa_pos\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.properties to gradle-4.1-all.zip</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>code in build.gradle is</p>
  
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  apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
  
  buildscript {
      repositories {
          jcenter()
          maven {
              url "https://maven.google.com"
          }
      }
  
      // Switch the Android Gradle plugin version requirement depending on the
      // installed version of Gradle. This dependency is documented at
      // http://tools.android.com/tech-docs/new-build-system/version-compatibility
      // and https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-8143
      dependencies {
          classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.0.1'
  
      }
  }
  
  // Allow plugins to declare Maven dependencies via build-extras.gradle.
  allprojects {
      repositories {
          jcenter()
          maven {
              url "https://maven.google.com"
          }
      }
  }
  
  //task wrapper(type: Wrapper) {
   //   gradleVersion = '2.14.1'
  //}
  
  // Configuration properties. Set these via environment variables, build-extras.gradle, or gradle.properties.
  // Refer to: http://www.gradle.org/docs/current/userguide/tutorial_this_and_that.html
  ext {
      apply from: 'CordovaLib/cordova.gradle'
      // The value for android.compileSdkVersion.
      if (!project.hasProperty('cdvCompileSdkVersion')) {
          cdvCompileSdkVersion = null;
      }
      // The value for android.buildToolsVersion.
      if (!project.hasProperty('cdvBuildToolsVersion')) {
          cdvBuildToolsVersion = null;
      }
      // Sets the versionCode to the given value.
      if (!project.hasProperty('cdvVersionCode')) {
          cdvVersionCode = null
      }
      // Sets the minSdkVersion to the given value.
      if (!project.hasProperty('cdvMinSdkVersion')) {
          cdvMinSdkVersion = null
      }
      // Whether to build architecture-specific APKs.
      if (!project.hasProperty('cdvBuildMultipleApks')) {
          cdvBuildMultipleApks = null
      }
      // .properties files to use for release signing.
      if (!project.hasProperty('cdvReleaseSigningPropertiesFile')) {
          cdvReleaseSigningPropertiesFile = null
      }
      // .properties files to use for debug signing.
      if (!project.hasProperty('cdvDebugSigningPropertiesFile')) {
          cdvDebugSigningPropertiesFile = null
      }
      // Set by build.js script.
      if (!project.hasProperty('cdvBuildArch')) {
          cdvBuildArch = null
      }
  
      // Plugin gradle extensions can append to this to have code run at the end.
      cdvPluginPostBuildExtras = []
  }
  
  // PLUGIN GRADLE EXTENSIONS START
  // PLUGIN GRADLE EXTENSIONS END
  
  def hasBuildExtras = file('build-extras.gradle').exists()
  if (hasBuildExtras) {
      apply from: 'build-extras.gradle'
  }
  
  // Set property defaults after extension .gradle files.
  if (ext.cdvCompileSdkVersion == null) {
      ext.cdvCompileSdkVersion = privateHelpers.getProjectTarget()
  }
  if (ext.cdvBuildToolsVersion == null) {
      ext.cdvBuildToolsVersion = privateHelpers.findLatestInstalledBuildTools()
  }
  if (ext.cdvDebugSigningPropertiesFile == null &amp;&amp; file('debug-signing.properties').exists()) {
      ext.cdvDebugSigningPropertiesFile = 'debug-signing.properties'
  }
  if (ext.cdvReleaseSigningPropertiesFile == null &amp;&amp; file('release-signing.properties').exists()) {
      ext.cdvReleaseSigningPropertiesFile = 'release-signing.properties'
  }
  
  // Cast to appropriate types.
  ext.cdvBuildMultipleApks = cdvBuildMultipleApks == null ? false : cdvBuildMultipleApks.toBoolean();
  ext.cdvMinSdkVersion = cdvMinSdkVersion == null ? null : Integer.parseInt('' + cdvMinSdkVersion)
  ext.cdvVersionCode = cdvVersionCode == null ? null : Integer.parseInt('' + cdvVersionCode)
  
  def computeBuildTargetName(debugBuild) {
      def ret = 'assemble'
      if (cdvBuildMultipleApks &amp;&amp; cdvBuildArch) {
          def arch = cdvBuildArch == 'arm' ? 'armv7' : cdvBuildArch
          ret += '' + arch.toUpperCase().charAt(0) + arch.substring(1);
      }
      return ret + (debugBuild ? 'Debug' : 'Release')
  }
  
  // Make cdvBuild a task that depends on the debug/arch-sepecific task.
  task cdvBuildDebug
  cdvBuildDebug.dependsOn {
      return computeBuildTargetName(true)
  }
  
  task cdvBuildRelease
  cdvBuildRelease.dependsOn {
      return computeBuildTargetName(false)
  }
  
  task cdvPrintProps &lt;&lt; {
      println('cdvCompileSdkVersion=' + cdvCompileSdkVersion)
      println('cdvBuildToolsVersion=' + cdvBuildToolsVersion)
      println('cdvVersionCode=' + cdvVersionCode)
      println('cdvMinSdkVersion=' + cdvMinSdkVersion)
      println('cdvBuildMultipleApks=' + cdvBuildMultipleApks)
      println('cdvReleaseSigningPropertiesFile=' + cdvReleaseSigningPropertiesFile)
      println('cdvDebugSigningPropertiesFile=' + cdvDebugSigningPropertiesFile)
      println('cdvBuildArch=' + cdvBuildArch)
      println('computedVersionCode=' + android.defaultConfig.versionCode)
      android.productFlavors.each { flavor -&gt;
          println('computed' + flavor.name.capitalize() + 'VersionCode=' + flavor.versionCode)
      }
  }
  
  android {
      sourceSets {
          main {
              manifest.srcFile 'AndroidManifest.xml'
              java.srcDirs = ['src']
              resources.srcDirs = ['src']
              aidl.srcDirs = ['src']
              renderscript.srcDirs = ['src']
              res.srcDirs = ['res']
              assets.srcDirs = ['assets']
              jniLibs.srcDirs = ['libs']
          }
      }
  
      defaultConfig {
          versionCode cdvVersionCode ?: new BigInteger("" + privateHelpers.extractIntFromManifest("versionCode"))
          applicationId privateHelpers.extractStringFromManifest("package")
  
          if (cdvMinSdkVersion != null) {
              minSdkVersion cdvMinSdkVersion
          }
      }
  
      lintOptions {
        abortOnError false;
      }
  
      compileSdkVersion cdvCompileSdkVersion
      buildToolsVersion cdvBuildToolsVersion
  
      if (Boolean.valueOf(cdvBuildMultipleApks)) {
          productFlavors {
              armv7 {
                  versionCode defaultConfig.versionCode*10 + 2
                  ndk {
                      abiFilters "armeabi-v7a", ""
                  }
              }
              x86 {
                  versionCode defaultConfig.versionCode*10 + 4
                  ndk {
                      abiFilters "x86", ""
                  }
              }
              all {
                  ndk {
                      abiFilters "all", ""
                  }
              }
          }
      }
      /*
  
      ELSE NOTHING! DON'T MESS WITH THE VERSION CODE IF YOU DON'T HAVE TO!
  
      else if (!cdvVersionCode) {
        def minSdkVersion = cdvMinSdkVersion ?: privateHelpers.extractIntFromManifest("minSdkVersion")
        // Vary versionCode by the two most common API levels:
        // 14 is ICS, which is the lowest API level for many apps.
        // 20 is Lollipop, which is the lowest API level for the updatable system webview.
        if (minSdkVersion &gt;= 20) {
          defaultConfig.versionCode += 9
        } else if (minSdkVersion &gt;= 14) {
          defaultConfig.versionCode += 8
        }
      }
      */
  
      compileOptions {
          sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_6
          targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_6
      }
  
      if (cdvReleaseSigningPropertiesFile) {
          signingConfigs {
              release {
                  // These must be set or Gradle will complain (even if they are overridden).
                  keyAlias = ""
                  keyPassword = "__unset" // And these must be set to non-empty in order to have the signing step added to the task graph.
                  storeFile = null
                  storePassword = "__unset"
              }
          }
          buildTypes {
              release {
                  signingConfig signingConfigs.release
              }
          }
          addSigningProps(cdvReleaseSigningPropertiesFile, signingConfigs.release)
      }
      if (cdvDebugSigningPropertiesFile) {
          addSigningProps(cdvDebugSigningPropertiesFile, signingConfigs.debug)
      }
  }
  
  dependencies {
      compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: '*.jar')
      // SUB-PROJECT DEPENDENCIES START
      debugCompile(project(path: "CordovaLib", configuration: "debug"))
      releaseCompile(project(path: "CordovaLib", configuration: "release"))
      // SUB-PROJECT DEPENDENCIES END
  }
  
  def promptForReleaseKeyPassword() {
      if (!cdvReleaseSigningPropertiesFile) {
          return;
      }
      if ('__unset'.equals(android.signingConfigs.release.storePassword)) {
          android.signingConfigs.release.storePassword = privateHelpers.promptForPassword('Enter key store password: ')
      }
      if ('__unset'.equals(android.signingConfigs.release.keyPassword)) {
          android.signingConfigs.release.keyPassword = privateHelpers.promptForPassword('Enter key password: ');
      }
  }
  
  gradle.taskGraph.whenReady { taskGraph -&gt;
      taskGraph.getAllTasks().each() { task -&gt;
          if (task.name == 'validateReleaseSigning' || task.name == 'validateSigningRelease') {
              promptForReleaseKeyPassword()
          }
      }
  }
  
  def addSigningProps(propsFilePath, signingConfig) {
      def propsFile = file(propsFilePath)
      def props = new Properties()
      propsFile.withReader { reader -&gt;
          props.load(reader)
      }
  
      def storeFile = new File(props.get('key.store') ?: privateHelpers.ensureValueExists(propsFilePath, props, 'storeFile'))
      if (!storeFile.isAbsolute()) {
          storeFile = RelativePath.parse(true, storeFile.toString()).getFile(propsFile.getParentFile())
      }
      if (!storeFile.exists()) {
          throw new FileNotFoundException('Keystore file does not exist: ' + storeFile.getAbsolutePath())
      }
      signingConfig.keyAlias = props.get('key.alias') ?: privateHelpers.ensureValueExists(propsFilePath, props, 'keyAlias')
      signingConfig.keyPassword = props.get('keyPassword', props.get('key.alias.password', signingConfig.keyPassword))
      signingConfig.storeFile = storeFile
      signingConfig.storePassword = props.get('storePassword', props.get('key.store.password', signingConfig.storePassword))
      def storeType = props.get('storeType', props.get('key.store.type', ''))
      if (!storeType) {
          def filename = storeFile.getName().toLowerCase();
          if (filename.endsWith('.p12') || filename.endsWith('.pfx')) {
              storeType = 'pkcs12'
          } else {
              storeType = signingConfig.storeType // "jks"
          }
      }
      signingConfig.storeType = storeType
  }
  
  for (def func : cdvPluginPostBuildExtras) {
      func()
  }
  
  // This can be defined within build-extras.gradle as:
  //     ext.postBuildExtras = { ... code here ... }
  if (hasProperty('postBuildExtras')) {
      postBuildExtras()
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Code for gradle-wrapper.properties</p>
  
  <pre><code>        #DATE
          distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
          distributionPath=wrapper/dists
          zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
          zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
          distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-3.3-all.zip
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I have tried everything like changing distributionUrl and changing default gradle version , but everytime I run android build command distributionUrl change itself to old one.Can anyone suggest me something for this, that can work in my case.</p>