Use the gradle settings which got Infinite Timer building correctly to see if it also works for this project.

build.gradle

@@ -2,10 +2,18 @@
 
 buildscript {
     repositories {
-        jcenter()
+        mavenCentral()
+        maven {
+            url 'https://jitpack.io'
+        }
+        google()
+        maven {
+            url 'https://maven.google.com/'
+            name 'Google'
+        }
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:1.5.0'
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:8.11.1'
 
         // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
         // in the individual module build.gradle files
@@ -14,6 +22,11 @@ buildscript {
 
 allprojects {
     repositories {
-        jcenter()
+        mavenCentral()
+        google()
     }
 }
+
+task clean(type: Delete) {
+    delete rootProject.buildDir
+}