Android Studio - Could not find intellij-core.jar

I was able to fix the issue by changing the order of the repositories here:

/platforms/android/CordovaLib/build.gradle

from this:

repositories {
    jcenter()
    maven {
        url "https://maven.google.com"
    }
}

to this:

repositories {
    maven {
        url "https://maven.google.com"
    }
    jcenter()
}

If you're using classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.0.1' or higher in your project/build.gradle, the solution is:

Add "google()" to your project/build.gradle file in 2 places:

// Top-level build file where you can add configuration options common to all sub-projects/modules.
buildscript {
    repositories {
        google()
        jcenter()
        maven {
            url 'https://maven.google.com/'
            name 'Google'
        }
    }
    dependencies {
        ...
    }
}

allprojects {
    repositories {
        google()
        jcenter()
        maven {
            url 'https://maven.google.com/'
            name 'Google'
        }
    }
}

Then you will see in the logs that intellij-core.jar is downloaded from different URLs:

• https://dl.google.com/dl/android/maven2/com/android/tools/external/com-intellij/intellij-core/26.0.1/intellij-core-26.0.1.pom
• https://dl.google.com/dl/android/maven2/com/android/tools/external/com-intellij/intellij-core/26.0.1/intellij-core-26.0.1.jar