java - After update to Android Studio 3.1 I'm facing this error: Could not find org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jre8:1.2.0

Question

After updating to Android Studio 3.1, I'm facing this error.

Note: I'm using Java not Kotlin

Could not find org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jre8:1.2.0.

Searched in the following locations:
    https://maven.fabric.io/public/org/jetbrains/kotlin/kotlin-stdlib-jre8/1.2.0/kotlin-stdlib-jre8-1.2.0.pom
    https://maven.fabric.io/public/org/jetbrains/kotlin/kotlin-stdlib-jre8/1.2.0/kotlin-stdlib-jre8-1.2.0.jar
    https://dl.google.com/dl/android/maven2/org/jetbrains/kotlin/kotlin-stdlib-jre8/1.2.0/kotlin-stdlib-jre8-1.2.0.pom
    https://dl.google.com/dl/android/maven2/org/jetbrains/kotlin/kotlin-stdlib-jre8/1.2.0/kotlin-stdlib-jre8-1.2.0.jar
Required by:
    project :app > com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.1.0 > com.android.tools.build:gradle-core:3.1.0
    project :app > com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.1.0 > com.android.tools.build:gradle-core:3.1.0 > com.android.tools.build:builder:3.1.0
    project :app > com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.1.0 > com.android.tools.build:gradle-core:3.1.0 > com.android.tools.lint:lint-gradle-api:26.1.0
    project :app > com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.1.0 > com.android.tools.build:gradle-core:3.1.0 > com.android.tools.build:gradle-api:3.1.0
    project :app > com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.1.0 > com.android.tools.build:gradle-core:3.1.0 > com.android.databinding:compilerCommon:3.1.0
    project :app > com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.1.0 > com.android.tools.build:gradle-core:3.1.0 > com.android.tools.build:builder:3.1.0 > com.android.tools:sdk-common:26.1.0
    project :app > com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.1.0 > com.android.tools.build:gradle-core:3.1.0 > com.android.tools.build:builder:3.1.0 > com.android.tools.build:manifest-merger:26.1.0
    project :app > com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.1.0 > com.android.tools.build:gradle-core:3.1.0 > com.android.tools.build:builder:3.1.0 > com.android.tools:sdklib:26.1.0 > com.android.tools:repository:26.1.0

Answer 1

JCenter was being cranky the other day, so following should help:

    repositories {
        mavenCentral() // <-- add this at top
        google()
        jcenter()
    }