Failed to resolve: com.android.support:recyclerview; Unable to find method setBootClassPath

[jdempcy]

This issue is a Bug

SDKLauncher-Android has build errors with Gradle 3.3 and Gradle 5.4.1.

Steps to reproduce

1. When using Gradle 3.3 I get the error "Failed to resolve com.android.support.recyclerview-v7:23.4.0." It also fails to resolve support-v4:23.4.0, appcompat-v7, and support-v4:23+.
2. With Gradle 5.4.1 I get the error "Unable to find method 'org.gradle.api.tasks.compile.CompileOptions.setBootClassPath..."

Product

SDKLauncher-Android

Additional information

I am using Android Studio 3.5 on Mac OS X.

I am able to successfully build older versions of SDKLauncher-Android though I am not sure exactly which version introduces these breaking issues.