Error upon importing the application project

When I import the application project after following the rest of the directions. I get the gradle sync failed error, and I see this in the Messages Gradle Sync Tab: Error:Cannot set the value of read-only property 'outputFile' for ApkVariantOutputImpl_Decorated{apkData=Main{type=MAIN, fullName=debug, filters=[]}} of type com.android.build.gradle.internal.api.ApkVariantOutputImpl.

Start by importing the application project and reproducing the Gradle sync failure, then inspect the Messages Gradle Sync tab for the reported read-only outputFile error. Done means the application project imports and Gradle sync completes without this error.

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