Stuck with Gradle Build Running

Question

While trying to build my Application on Android Studio 2.1 (On Ubuntu 16.04), it gets stuck on the below note:

Executing tasks: [:app:generateDebugSources, :app:mockableAndroidJar, :app:prepareDebugUnitTestDependencies, :app:generateDebugAndroidTestSources]

Can anybody please help me out.

while my problem wasn't exactly the same (i had an endless "Starting gradle daemon..." loop), [this](https://stackoverflow.com/a/64844390/3438172) fixed it for me. — Ace, Nov 15 '20 at 12:34

SkyWalker · Accepted Answer · 2021-03-10T10:00:01.813

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:

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.

I think, 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. Thanks:) — Arun George, May 08 '16 at 18:45
org.gradle.parallel=true should be used only with decoupled projects (IE: project that don't share objects). You can read more here: https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/multi_project_builds.html#sec:decoupled_projects — qwlice, Sep 27 '16 at 07:54
i have same probelm http://stackoverflow.com/questions/41502164/android-studio-2-2-3-gradle-build-running-stuck — Aditya Vyas-Lakhan, Jan 06 '17 at 09:11
These steps worked like charm for me. Saved my week(not just day). — Sulav Timsina, Nov 14 '19 at 04:39

score 5 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 20 '17 at 13:43

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Changing buildToolsVersion was the solution for me.

answered Jun 20 '17 at 13:43

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This is the real solution. And sometimes the problem isn't caught by the warnings we so often see in the build.gradle file. Thanks! – SMBiggs Oct 06 '20 at 19:24

score 5 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 10 '19 at 22:28

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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.

answered Jan 10 '19 at 22:28

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You are my f*!&%$! HERO! – CodeNovice Nov 13 '19 at 08:54
U saving my life, thank U! – djzhao Feb 04 '21 at 07:34

score 3 · Answer 4 · edited Jan 18 '17 at 16:02

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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.

edited Jan 18 '17 at 16:02

SkyWalker

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answered Jan 09 '17 at 09:57

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score 1 · Answer 5 · edited Apr 27 '20 at 20:48

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You're probably behind the proxy, you might have recently changed your password or something has changed. Go to

/home/<username>/.gradle/ (Linux)
/Users/<username>/.gradle/ (Mac)
C:\Users\<username>\.gradle (Windows)

in gradle.properties file, delete/ change proxy settings. They are different to your android studio proxy settings.

Had the same issue, gradle used to take an hour to build. After I deleted proxy settings from gragle.properties file, it now takes couple seconds.

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answered Mar 14 '19 at 06:48

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This worked for me. It turns out that even though I set the proxy to No Proxy in Android Studio, the gradle.proerties file still contains Proxy entries. – F0r3v3r-A-N00b Jan 04 '20 at 14:39

score 1 · Answer 6 · answered May 01 '20 at 06:42

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I have tried all solution. Nothing has worked. So I just restarted my PC and its working fine. You can try it.

answered May 01 '20 at 06:42

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score 0 · Answer 7 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:55

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Adding more to @SkyWalker's answer:

Also check if you have the latest version of gradle. Updating gradle plug-in to the latest version could help.

Note: I have a similar setup(Android Studio 2.1 on Ubuntu 16.04), and I had a similar problem. Updating gradle to the latest version solved the problem for me.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:55

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answered May 06 '16 at 06:09

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