Android Studio stuck on "Gradle: resolve dependencies '_debugCompile'" or 'detachedConfiguration1'

Question

I have no idea what I changed in my project, but it suddenly cannot get past this step while building gradle scripts.

There is no problem building it with just 'gradle assemble'.

EDIT: the previous stuck point was resolve dependencies 'detachedConfiguration1'. (After the first failed attempt of _debugCompile, I'm back at detachedConfiguration1). I guess it is too many dependency projects? Some sample projects I have are imported just fine in the Studio.... I reinstalled the Android Studio and removed all the settings and preferences as well.

I have to kill it every time it starts doing this.

Ring any bells?

import com.android.build.gradle.AppPlugin
import com.android.build.gradle.LibraryPlugin

// Top-level build file where you can add configuration options common to all sub-projects/modules. buildscript {
repositories {
    mavenCentral()
}

dependencies {
    classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:0.9.+'
}

apply plugin: 'android'

repositories {
    maven { url 'http://ksoap2-android.googlecode.com/svn/m2-repo' }

    mavenCentral()
}

dependencies {

    compile 'com.google.code.ksoap2-android:ksoap2-android:2.5.2'
    compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:18.0.+'
    compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: '*.jar')
    compile project(':lib-projects:StickyListHeaders')
    compile project(':lib-projects:ActionBar-PullToRefresh')
    compile project(':lib-projects:facebook')
    compile project(':lib-projects:Mopub:mopub-sdk')
    compile project(':lib-projects:NineOldAndroids')
    compile project(':lib-projects:ActionBarSherlock:actionbarsherlock')
    compile project(':lib-projects:ActionBarSherlock:actionbarsherlock-i18n')
    compile project(':lib-projects:SmoothProgressBar')
    compile project(':lib-projects:android-viewflow-master:viewflow')
}

android {

    signingConfigs {

        debug {
            storeFile file('....')
        }
    }

    compileSdkVersion 19
    buildToolsVersion "19.0.3"
    sourceSets {
        main {
            manifest.srcFile 'AndroidManifest.xml'
            java.srcDirs = ['src']
            resources.srcDirs = ['src']
            aidl.srcDirs = ['src']
            renderscript.srcDirs = ['src']
            res.srcDirs = ['res']
            assets.srcDirs = ['assets']
        }

        // Move the tests to tests/java, tests/res, etc...
        //instrumentTest.setRoot('tests')

        // Move the build types to build-types/<type>
        // For instance, build-types/debug/java, build-types/debug/AndroidManifest.xml, ...

        // This moves them out of them default location under src/<type>/... which would
        // conflict with src/ being used by the main source set.
        // Adding new build types or product flavors should be accompanied
        // by a similar customization.
        debug.setRoot('build-types/debug')
        release.setRoot('build-types/release')

    }
}

Answer 1

I've encountered this problem far too frequently since i switched over to Android Studio. This is indeed an issue with the repository not being accessible - either due to a network issue or, more likely, the repo being down for whatever reason.

The simplest work-around that I've found is to just select the "work offline" mode within the Android Studio preferences. This doesn't help if you need to add a new dependency, but if you already have all your dependencies added it does the trick.

To enable this setting go to:

Preferences -> Gradle

In the right side options go down to "Global Gradel Settings" and check the "Offline work" box.

The box should look like:

You can periodically uncheck this box to see if the repo is back online.

NOTE: This option is the equivalent of setting the --offline flag when running a gradle build from the command line.