Android Studio I keep getting Gradle error "The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process"

Solution 1:

Do This

File -> Invalidate Caches / Restart.. -> Invalidate/ Restart

Solution 2:

When this happens to me on Windows 8, I open the task manager

task manager

and simply kill all the instances of "openjdk platform binary"

Solution 3:

Just clean the project and have a run ! It would work ....

Solution 4:

Invalidating the IDE cache is NOT enough.

  1. To delete the folder app\build we should first stop locking process - OpenJDK Platform binary.
  2. Delete the folder app\build
  3. Invalidate Caches / Restart...

Context: Using Coroutines in Android Instrumented Test.

GL

Solution 5:

I have the same issue's.Even I tried all the solution mentioned here it didn't work.Even I can't delete the signin file as running android studio administrative mode.I see a notification at bottom right side of the IDE update gradle pluggin.So update gradle pluggin usually worked for meenter image description here