Android Studio Could not find method runProguard() for arguments?

/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_60.jdk/Contents/Home/bin/java "- com.intellij.rt.execution.application.AppMain org.gradle.launcher.GradleMain --build-file /Users/Tom/Documents/Git_open_sources/android-material-drawer-template/app/build.gradle

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* Where:
Build file '/Users/Tom/Documents/Git_open_sources/android-material-drawer-template/app/build.gradle' line: 16

* What went wrong:
A problem occurred evaluating project ':app'.
> Could not find method runProguard() for arguments [false] on BuildType_Decorated{name=release, debuggable=false, testCoverageEnabled=false, jniDebuggable=false, pseudoLocalesEnabled=false, renderscriptDebuggable=false, renderscriptOptimLevel=3, applicationIdSuffix=null, versionNameSuffix=null, minifyEnabled=false, zipAlignEnabled=true, signingConfig=null, embedMicroApp=true, mBuildConfigFields={}, mResValues={}, mProguardFiles=[], mConsumerProguardFiles=[], mManifestPlaceholders={}}.

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BUILD FAILED

Total time: 6.741 secs

Process finished with exit code 1

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apply plugin: 'com.android.application'

android {
compileSdkVersion 21
buildToolsVersion "21.1.0"

defaultConfig {
    applicationId "com.poliveira.apps.materialtests"
    minSdkVersion 11
    targetSdkVersion 21
    versionCode 1
    versionName "1.0"
}
buildTypes {
    release {
        runProguard false
        proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
    }
}
}

dependencies {
compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:21.0.0'
//noinspection GradleDependency
compile "com.android.support:appcompat-v7:21.0.0"
compile 'com.android.support:recyclerview-v7:21.0.0'
}    

I had the same problem after updating android studio to 1.0 RC 3. I couldn't import my project to new version. i had to create a new project and add the files to the new project from the previous project manually.

After that I found a change in the gradle build file.

Here is the change:

buildTypes {
    release {
        minifyEnabled false
        proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
    }
}

Instead of "runProguard false" use "minifyEnabled false"

There is an update with Android Studio, you need to migrate your Gradle configurations : http://tools.android.com/tech-docs/new-build-system/migrating-to-1-0-0

• Replace runProguard with minifyEnabled
• Replace zipAlign with zipAlignEnabled
• etc...

Works for me (after updating to 1.0 "final"):

buildTypes {
    release {
        minifyEnabled false
        proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
    }
}

Should to be updated too: Gradle 2.2 (or above), "SDK-Tools", Support Repository, Support Library, Play Services, etc,etc,

Instead of using runProguard in your gradle file, try using minifyEnabled. This should fix the issue. runProguard is deprecated and soon be stop working.

NOTE - To use minifyEnabled, gradle should be updated to version 2.2 or above.

don't forget to change all renderscriptSupportMode to renderscriptSupportModeEnabled !

Also thoose who are in all your libs's project

you need to do couple of things to migrate from 0.9 to 1.0 see http://tools.android.com/tech-docs/new-build-system/migrating-to-1-0-0