Android studio downloading components how long does it take

Only include necessary dependencies to improve memory usage and performance. Reduce the maximum heap size available for Gradle: Gradle's default maximium heap size is 1, MB. Reduce the value by overriding the org. Do not enable parallel compilation: Android Studio can compile independent modules in parallel, but if you have a low-memory system you should not turn on this feature. To check this setting, do the following:. To use the bundled JDK, do the following:.

By default, the Java language version used to compile your project is based on your project's compileSdkVersion because different versions of Android support different versions of Java.

If necessary, you can override this default Java version by adding the following compileOptions block to your build. For more information about where compileSdkVersion is defined, read about the module-level build file. Proxies serve as intermediary connection points between HTTP clients and web servers that add security and privacy to internet connections.

When running the Android plugin for Gradle from the command line or on machines where Android Studio is not installed, such as continuous integration servers, set the proxy settings in the Gradle build file. When running the Android plugin from the command line or on machines where Android Studio is not installed, set the Android plugin for Gradle proxy settings in the Gradle build file.

For application-specific HTTP proxy settings, set the proxy settings in the build. For information about using Gradle properties for proxy settings, see the Gradle User Guide. Android Studio performance on Windows can be impacted by a variety of factors. This section describes how you can optimize Android Studio settings to get the best possible performance on Windows. Some antivirus software can interfere with the Android Studio build process, causing builds to run dramatically slower.

During this process, many files are created on your computer. If your antivirus software has real-time scanning enabled, the antivirus can force the build process to halt each time a file is created while the antivirus scans that file.

To avoid this issue, you can exclude certain directories from real-time scanning in your antivirus software. The following list shows the default location of each Android Studio directory that you should exclude from real-time scanning:.

If a Group Policy limits which directories you can exclude from real-time scanning on your computer, you can move your Android Studio directories to one of the locations that the centralized Group Policy already excludes. Android Studio prompts you to create an idea.

Content and code samples on this page are subject to the licenses described in the Content License. Android Studio. Download What's new User guide Preview. Meet Android Studio. Reza Reza 1, 8 8 silver badges 15 15 bronze badges. For some reason when I was letting the android studio download the gradle Manually downloading it was faster.

Not only gradle itself, it also take decades to download maven dependencies, average minutes for each KB size jar. It just makes android studio a more fragmented software now with all pieces here and there. What I am finding is it is extremely difficult to download from gradle's server even if internet speed is good. I am working on more than 3 MBps download speed and still Gradle takes 40 mins to download 62 MB file. Servers are slow.!! This works a charm. The crux of the matter is that gradle is not backward compatible and you need a specific version of gradle to build correctly.

That is a problem. Show 2 more comments. Romin Romin 8, 2 2 gold badges 22 22 silver badges 28 28 bronze badges. Yes after many restart and waiting for a long time its finally done. Thank you everyone — Vipul Purohit. To which of the folders I must point from the configuration? BIN only? Add a comment. That's what finally worked for me. Terry Ray Terry Ray 3 3 silver badges 10 10 bronze badges. Thank you. Please update the comment and ADS is so confusing. Use AS or Android Studio.

For most of the mac users this is the correct answer. I airdropped the dists content from another system. Solution : 1. Create a new project in android studio. When this time it stucks at gradle building, Force close the android studio.

Abhigyan Abhigyan 10 10 silver badges 24 24 bronze badges. If you are comfortable with downloading other version of gradle then you can wait till it completes else Workaround will be: 1. Learn more. Android studio first run stuck at "Downloading Components" window Ask Question. Asked 6 years, 8 months ago.

Active 11 months ago. Viewed 69k times. You sure it isn't just downloading it? Its just stuck at progress bar progress you can see in picture. And also I have downloaded the sdk bundle around MB so it should have the sdk Tools "bundled" in it.

I don't see any reason that it should download anything after that. TameHog — rahulserver. Even the SDK manager has a problem showing download progress Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. There you will find a folder named "bin". Inside this folder there is a file named "idea.

Open this file and add the following line to the end of the file: disable. Recommended Articles. Fix "Error running android: Gradle project sync failed. Please fix your project and try again" in Android Studio. Article Contributed By :. Easy Normal Medium Hard Expert. Writing code in comment? Please use ide.