Cannot enable Gradle's offline mode on Android Studio 3.6

Question

I'm using the new Android Studio 3.6 Canary 9 to test new functionalities, and I cannot enable Gradle's offline mode.

In Android Studio Preferences window, tab Gradle, I cannot find the entry point to enable it. Is this a bug or Google has disabled Gradle's offline mode?

Note that --offline option is still working when using command line.

Author

Answer 1

From the Android Studio 3.6 new features blog post:

New location to toggle Gradle's offline mode To enable or disable Gradle's offline mode, first select View > Tool Windows > Gradle from the menu bar. Then, near the top of the Gradle window, click Toggle Offline Mode Gradle offline button in the Gradle panel..

Here is the link

Prosecutor

But this new entry point is bad compared to the old checkbox. It does not explicit showing that the "offline mode" is enabled or not. The highlight state is enabled, isn't it? – Author

True stable recently. I am not able to figure it out. – Tor

I set it to offline mode and restarted and sync gradle again but I am still getting the errors mentioned in this question: #60393727 please help. – Antionetteantioxidant

To all the confused souls. It is offline mode when the toggle button is highlighted. 😘 – Canyon

Poor UX design. Developers are in confusion while the pressed state is online or offline. – Gearing

Many thanks for the information of the new location of the offline mode. In my case though it does not help. The only guarantee to speed up gradle is to turn off wifi. A little disappointing matter. – Conchiolin

Answer 2

To enable or disable Gradle's offline mode, select View > Tool Windows > Gradle from the menu bar and near the top of the Gradle window, click Toggle Offline Mode

Ulita

I believe many will not understand what this icon mean poor icon UX here – Tor

you can always use material design plugin it appears as a wifi icon – Butchery

So when is offline mode enabled? When highlighted not when not highlighted? I'm confused – Beitnes

this is a very hard button to find. if it wasn't for this post I wouldn't have found the button – Kukri

Very poor UX design. Developers are in confusion that the pressed state is offline or online. – Gearing

Answer 3

To clarify it. In your Android Studio...

View > Tool Windows > Gradle

And then this...

And this...

Canyon

Answer 4

Many people have given correct answer, I am just adding pictures relevant to Android Studio 3.6.2. When I upgraded to Android Studio 3.6.2 I kept getting error while doing build that 'Gradle was in offline mode' but under File>Settings>Gradle> I could not see the option to switchoff Gradle offline mode. So I did a fresh install of Android Studio 3.6.2 and I continued to get the same problem. After checking various answers I found that the placement of Gradle offline switch has changed & you can do the switch in Gradle panel as per the 2nd image below.

Image1- Image2-

Earnest

Answer 5

Please follow below steps : 1.Open Your project. 2.Go to the Left side of the Gradle button. 3. 4.Click button above image show . 5. if this type of view you are not in offline mode. 6. Go to Build and rebucild the project.

All above point is work for me.

Bernstein

Answer 6

To enable offline mode you can follow below steps:

1. Click "Gradle" on the right corner
2. Click button "Toggle offline mode" to disable

Theran

Answer 7

For Flutter Projects

You WON'T find this option (View > Tool Windows > Gradle)

Spent hours trying to find it.

You have to open your Android project in another Android Studio window.

Go to Open and select the Android project:

When the new window opens, follow the recommended step and voila:

You can now find the Gradle view window to the right.

When working with Flutter, this is how you make Gradle specific changes.

Chamfron

Answer 8

Oh in the last release of the android studio the location of the offline mode option has changed!

But it is so easy to just click on Gradle on the right side of the android studio or (go to View > Tools windows and select Gradle! )

and Like a photo Turn on or Turn off the Wifi Icon :

Isis

Which version of Android Studio that you are using? It's strange – Author

3.6! stable channel! I have Material theme On my android studio youtube.com/… – Isis

Answer 9

In Android Studio 3.6, You can toggle Gradle from offline to online mode (See screenshotenter image description here) and hit Gradle sync. This solved my issue.

Interrelate

Answer 10

After Update Go To File >> Project Structure >> Suggestions and on the Right side pane Click update

Deanery