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Don't know if this is because android-studio does something wrong, or just common to all gradle projects in intelliJ, but sometimes when i run the build/debug, all I get is:

Gradle: 
FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ':ProjectA:compileDebug'.
> Compilation failed; see the compiler error output for details.

* Try:
Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace. Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output.

I can't seem to find any way to get more information, as this text already appear on what i consider to be the compiler output.

Where should I be looking at?

gcb
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    FYI: [this question](http://stackoverflow.com/q/16779959/104891) looks related. – CrazyCoder May 28 '13 at 01:11
  • @CrazyCoder indeed it is! I will digest it tonight and if it has the answer to this one i will document here as well! thanks – gcb May 28 '13 at 18:44
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    You should check this out and I found my answer http://stackoverflow.com/questions/36977735/display-gradle-output-in-console-in-intellij-idea-2016-1-1 – Sap Jun 14 '16 at 08:38

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One thing I've done to get some better information is go to the project root via the command line and run 

gradlew compileDebug

this does give more information, but I'm not 100% sure its running the same command as the IDE.

Matt Whetton
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  • (and there goes reason number 312 of why i avoid IDEs...) Since Gradle is yet another build tools that i know nothing about for now... care to share the build command you use for a standard android studio project? Thanks! – gcb May 28 '13 at 18:43
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    In the root of your project use the command gradlew compileDebug – Matt Whetton May 28 '13 at 18:44
  • it was not the right output but got me closer... endedup removing the IDE and am restarting the project like it should have. thanks for the help – gcb Jun 07 '13 at 01:42
  • This is so stupid (the IDE, not your solution). I mean, if you can't even see the error list, why should someone use intelliJ over ecliplse for android? – arviman Jan 20 '16 at 04:45
  • Hey, FYI, the immediate culprit here is gradle, not the IDE. – G. Blake Meike Jul 03 '17 at 20:25