Execution Failed for task app compileDebugJavaWithJavac in Android Studio

Question

I am developing an Android App in Android Studio. Not quite sure what went wrong. I was successfully building a few days ago. Any help would be great.

Here is the error:

Error:Execution failed for task ':app:compileDebugJavaWithJavac'. 
> Compilation failed; see the compiler error output for details. 

* What went wrong: 
Execution failed for task ':app:compileDebugJavaWithJavac'. 
> Compilation failed; see the compiler error output for details.

Here is my build.gradle

apply plugin: 'com.android.application' 

android { 
compileSdkVersion 23 
buildToolsVersion "21.1.2" 

defaultConfig { 
                          multiDexEnabled true 
                          applicationId "com.tubbs.citychurchob" 
                          minSdkVersion 14 
                          targetSdkVersion 23 
                          versionCode 1 
                          versionName "1.0" 
} 


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

dependencies { 
compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar']) 
compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: 'Parse-*.jar') 
compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:23.1.0' 
compile 'com.android.support:cardview-v7:23.1.0' 
compile 'com.parse.bolts:bolts-android:1+' 
compile 'com.android.support:recyclerview-v7:23.1.0' 

}

Answer 1

In Android Studio 3.1, you can see the errors details in the Build window.

Open up the Build tab. Despite them being somewhat hidden, you have to expand the Java compiler node. You will see the errors there.

But there is a better way to see the errors by clicking on the Toggle View button to get a better view of the error in which way you don't have to expand each node.