Could not load definitions from resource anttasks.properties. It could not be found.

[Patryk Małek]

Hello,

I have just tried using gradle android plugin for first time now and I have already encountered some issues. After creating a project with android command line tool: 

android create project --target "android-19" --path ./android_project1 --activity MainActivity --package pl.wroc.pwr.patryk

I have tried to use a simple build.gradle file as 

buildscript {
  repositories {
    mavenCentral()
  }
  dependencies {
    classpath 'org.gradle.api.plugins:gradle-android-plugin:1.2.1'
  }
}
apply plugin: 'android'
android {
    compileSdkVersion 19
    buildToolsVersion "19.0.0"
    defaultConfig {
        minSdkVersion 8
        targetSdkVersion 19
        versionCode 1
        versionName "1.0"
    }
    buildTypes {
        release {
            runProguard true
            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), \
            'proguard-rules.txt'
        }
    }
}
repositories {
  mavenCentral()
}
version = "0.0.1"
androidSignAndAlign {
  keyStore = "~/programming/android/workspace_project/mykeystore.keystore"
  keyAlias = "project-key"
  keyStorePassword = "keystorepass"
  keyAliasPassword = "keypass"
}
// Configure the filtering of resources with properties from the Gradle's project scope (2)
processResources {
  expand (project.properties)
}
// Configure a dedicated debug build (3)
task configureDebug << {
  jar.classifier = "debug"
}
// Configure a dedicated release build (4)
task configureRelease << {
  proguard.enabled = true
}

Now after launching any gradle command like e.g. gradle assemble I get this  : 

sdkDir = /home/USER/programming/tools/adt-bundle-linux-x86_64-20140321/sdk
toolsDir = /home/USER/programming/tools/adt-bundle-linux-x86_64-20140321/sdk/tools
platformToolsDir = /home/USER/programming/tools/adt-bundle-linux-x86_64-20140321/sdk/platform-tools
[ant:taskdef] Could not load definitions from resource anttasks.properties. It could not be found.
FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.
* Where:
Build file '/home/USER/programming/android/workspace_project/android_project1/build.gradle' line: 12
* What went wrong:
A problem occurred evaluating root project 'android_project1'.
> Problem: failed to create task or type gettype
  Cause: The name is undefined.
  Action: Check the spelling.
  Action: Check that any custom tasks/types have been declared.
  Action: Check that any <presetdef>/<macrodef> declarations have taken place.

* 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: 6.102 secs

my project dir contents : 

AndroidManifest.xml  ant.properties  bin  build.gradle  build.xml  libs  local.properties  proguard-project.txt  project.properties  res  src

any solutions to this ? 

I've seen there is already an issue for this on github : https://github.com/jvoegele/gradle-android-plugin/issues/101