Error: could not find annotationProcessor () method for arguments [org.apache.logging.log4j.core]

Question

I am using Android Studio 3.0.8, gradle - 4.1.

I added the log4j2 dependency and the annotation processor necessary for it to my build.gradle module:

compile "org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core:2.8"
annotationProcessor 'org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core:2.8'

But I have an error:

Error: could not find annotationProcessor () method for arguments [org.apache.logging.log4j.core] on an object of type org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.dsl.dependencies.DefaultDependencyHandler.

The annotation process is enabled by default: https://yadi.sk/i/MinCMsK33LZkjM

I am using libgdx. Build.gradle (module - core):

apply plugin: "java"

targetCompatibility = 1.8
sourceCompatibility = 1.8
[compileJava, compileTestJava]*.options*.encoding = 'UTF-8'

sourceSets.main.java.srcDirs = [ "src/" ]

eclipse.project {
    name = appName + "-core"
}

dependencies {
    compile  "org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core:2.8"
    annotationProcessor 'org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core:2.8'
}

I tried to add it to the build.gradle project, invalid cash. But the error remains the same. gradle cannot use annotationProcessor for log4j2.