Stuck with Gradle Build Running
Actually it is not stuck. It takes more time to build. I have got almost 3 solutions that can fix the issue.
Solution-1:
Following the steps will make it 10 times faster and reduce build time 90%
First create a file named gradle.properties
in the following directory:
/home/<username>/.gradle/ (Linux)
/Users/<username>/.gradle/ (Mac)
C:\Users\<username>\.gradle (Windows)
Add this line to the file:
org.gradle.daemon=true
org.gradle.parallel=true
Solution-2:
If Android Studio has a proxy server setting and can't reach the server then it takes a long time to build, probably its trying to reach the proxy server and waiting for a timeout. When I removed the proxy server setting its working fine.
In Android Studio go to File -> Settings -> Build, Execution, Deployment -> Build Tools -> Gradle
Check the 'Offline work'
under 'Global Gradle settings'
It will reduce 90% gradle build time.
Solution-3
If you are using Google Play services, make sure you aren't using this in your Gradle build script:
compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:8.3.0'
Only use those Google APIs that your app is really using. If all you are using is Google Maps, you would use this:
com.google.android.gms:play-services-maps:8.3.0
When I did this, my compile time went from over 2 minutes to around 25 seconds. For a list of the Google apis that you can selectively compile against, see:
https://developers.google.com/android/guides/setup
Resource Link:
- Android Studio gradle takes too long to build
- Discussion about stuck in gradle build
Solution#4:
Arun George has commented the following solution.
the issue was due to certain 32 bit libraries missing. Had to do
sudo apt-get install lib32z1
. Adding to gradle.properties helped reduce the build time.
Changing buildToolsVersion
was the solution for me.
The issue is that the project isn't synced with the gradle files. The resolution I did was go to File > Sync Project with Gradle Files
and it was able to sync.
For my case I had to install gcc-multilib
$ sudo apt-get install gcc-multilib
Check the Gradle Console at the bottom right as it has more output than the Event log.