Today started with the idea of spending a few hours trying out libgdx (https://libgdx.badlogicgames.com/). The website looks nice, they have nightly builds of configuration tools and plenty of documentation. I got started by downloading `gdx-setup.jar` and running it. However it took the next 3 hours trudging through a path of dependency, JDK version and other issues before I got anything running. I've put the final build.gradle file here: Project Root [ build.gradle ] as well as the final TempGame/android/build.gradle here: android subproject [ build.gradle ] . The log of what it took to get it running is below, I apologize in advance for the wall of ugly text, but it was a running log as I fixed things. There is an ERRORS section below it that may offer some help if you've found yourself here after a google search and don't want to use the final build.gradle or follow from the beginning. I figured I'd take the time to write up the steps I finally followed to get a...