Ionic Framework Capacitor 3.0 that works with Artic Fox (Android Studio)

Update Gradle to 7.0.2 As at January 2022 This is the version and settings that work

We now recommend using Gradle 7.0.2 with Capacitor projects.
In Android Studio, open the File menu, then click Project Structure. In the Project section, change Gradle Version to 7.0.2 and Android Gradle Plugin Version to 4.2.0. Then, click OK.

Inside the file android/build.gradle

repositories {
maven { url “https://maven.google.com” }
google()
mavenCentral()
}
dependencies {
classpath ‘com.android.tools.build:gradle:7.0.3’
classpath ‘com.google.gms:google-services:4.3.5’

// NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
// in the individual module build.gradle files
}

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allprojects {
repositories {
maven { url “https://maven.google.com” }
google()
mavenCentral()
}
}

You may want to evaluate suggested updates to Android packages in the Suggestions section of the Project Structure dialog.

Update Android variables

In android/variables.gradle you can update the following variables:

ext {
minSdkVersion = 22
compileSdkVersion = 30
targetSdkVersion = 30
androidxActivityVersion = ‘1.2.0’
androidxAppCompatVersion = ‘1.3.1’
androidxCoordinatorLayoutVersion = ‘1.1.0’
androidxCoreVersion = ‘1.3.2’
androidxFragmentVersion = ‘1.3.0’
junitVersion = ‘4.13.2’
androidxJunitVersion = ‘1.1.3’
androidxEspressoCoreVersion = ‘3.4.0’
cordovaAndroidVersion = ‘10.1.1’
}

Also update the gradle.wrapper.properties file to

/services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-7.0.2-bin.zip

Also inside the file of android/capacitor-cordova-android-plugins/build.gradle

Update the file with this:

buildscript {
repositories {
maven { url “https://maven.google.com” }
google()
mavenCentral()
}
dependencies {
classpath ‘com.android.tools.build:gradle:7.0.3’
}
}

Also inside the file app/build.gradle add

multiDexEnabled true into

defaultConfig { ***

versionName “1.0”
testInstrumentationRunner “androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner”
multiDexEnabled true