Android build gradle is too slow (Dependency Resolution)

The problem is solved !

After 2 days searching , I got the solution , so I would like to share with all people who may have the same problem. The problem is gradlecan not connect to center repository in some country. When you create a new project or import , your center repository is jcenter() by default and whenever you want to build or sync or add new external dependency, gradle is going to connect to https://bintray.com/ but it can not and the building process is going to wait till connect to jcenter(), so this process might take long time ( +30 min ) , even you can not add new dependency .

Solution :

  1. Make sure you have latest stable version ( current 2.0.0 )
  2. Make sure your gradle version is 2.0.0 in build.gradle (classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.0.0')
  3. Final step and most important one is change your jcenter() to mavenCentral()

So you can easily add new dependency and sync project under 3sec !

buildscript {
    repositories {
        mavenCentral()
    }
    dependencies {
        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.0.0'

        // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
        // in the individual module build.gradle files
    }
}

allprojects {
    repositories {
        mavenCentral()
    }
}

task clean(type: Delete) {
    delete rootProject.buildDir
}

Have Fun


You could optimize the gradle build process ...

Try to put the gradle on offline mode forcing to build without any connection to external repositories, like this:

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This helped me a lot, because in my work, all connections are behind a proxy and it increase the build time.

If this is not enough for you, take a time testing the options on the Gradle > Experimental ... Some options may improve you performance:

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Note: In newer version of Android studio, View->Tool Windows->Gradle->Toggle button of online/offline