failed linking references after update of gradle Android Studio
Downgrade your gradle version to 3.1.4 i.e classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.1.4'
Change the compileSdkVersion to:
compileSdkVersion 28
These attributes were added in this version. Check here, here and here
Downgrade gradle on 3.1.4 . Check for your build.gradle(Modele:App) file:
classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.1.4'
The project was built :)