Android Studio tries to download a version of gradle everytime i open a project

Question

Every time i try to open an existing project that i downloaded, i get the syncing message and it
keep trying to download another version of gradle
i want to open projects without wasting my time
so, how can i open a project that i have downloaded and just open it without focring me to download something and just waste my time?

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

Before opening your project go to \\ AndroidStudioProjects \\ YourProject \\ gradle \\ wrapper

Open gradle-wrapper.properties file with any Text Editor, change this line :

distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-x.x.x-all.zip

To

distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-Y.Y.Y-all.zip

YYY means the version of Gradle that you already downloaded it before, for example :

distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-5.4.1-all.zip

Click CTRL + S to save your changes, now open your project normally

if the issue still present, make sure that the folder of Gradle is not being deleted by any software you installed in your pc.

to check for the downloaded Gradle folder go to :

\\ AndroidStudioProjects \\ YourProject \\ .gradle