Android Studio latest version gradle update problem

After updating Android Studio to the latest Android Studio Ladybug | 2024.2.1 and Gradle plugin to 8.6.0, I am getting these compile-time errors and am unable to create a build.

A problem occurred evaluating root project 'AndApp'. A problem occurred configuring project ':app'. com.android.build.gradle.internal.crash.ExternalApiUsageException: org.gradle.api.UnknownTaskException: Task with name 'lintDebug' not found in project ':app'.

build.gradle code here

android {
    compileSdk 35
    buildToolsVersion = '35.0.0'
    ndkVersion "26.2.11394342"

    compileOptions {
        sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_17
        targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_17
    }

    kotlin {
        jvmToolchain {
            languageVersion.set(JavaLanguageVersion.of("17"))
        }
    }

    kotlinOptions {
        jvmTarget = JavaVersion.VERSION_17
    }

    defaultConfig {
        applicationId "com.test"
        minSdkVersion 24
        targetSdkVersion 35
    }

    applicationVariants.configureEach {
        def variantName = name.capitalize()
        def lintTask = tasks.named("lint${variantName}")
        assembleProvider.get().dependsOn.add(lintTask)
    }    
}

ExternalApiUsageException error in the latest gradle update (8.6.0).
Task with name 'lintDebug' not found in the project ':app'.

Exception is:

org.gradle.api.GradleScriptException: A problem occurred evaluating root project 'AndApp'."

Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: com.android.build.gradle.internal.crash.ExternalApiUsageException: org.gradle.api.UnknownTaskException: Task with name 'lintDebug' not found in project ':app'. at com.android.builder.profile.ThreadRecorder.record(ThreadRecorder.java:71) at com.android.builder.profile.ThreadRecorder.record(ThreadRecorder.java:54)`

Can someone please help me resolve these issues ?

Code where it's got an error

applicationVariants.configureEach {
     def variantName = name.capitalize()
     def lintTask = tasks.named("lint${variantName}")  // error line
     assembleProvider.get().dependsOn.add(lintTask)
}

Instead of directly referencing the lint tasks by their name, you can retrieve all lint tasks dynamically with tasks.withType and then configure dependencies.

Try updating your applicationVariants.configureEach block as below:

applicationVariants.configureEach { variant ->
    def lintTaskName = "lint${variant.name.capitalize()}"
    tasks.matching { it.name == lintTaskName }.configureEach { lintTask ->
        assembleProvider.get().dependsOn(lintTask)
    }
}

If the above solution doesn't work then try this.

applicationVariants.configureEach { variant ->
    def lintTask = tasks.findByName("lint${variant.name.capitalize()}")
    if (lintTask != null) {
        assembleProvider.get().dependsOn(lintTask)
    }
}