Force Gradle to use HTTP instead of HTTPS

Question

I am trying to build react-native android app, as a dependecy I see I have gradle, but it fails to load on build. Error message:

* What went wrong:
A problem occurred configuring root project 'MobileApp'.
> Could not resolve all dependencies for configuration ':classpath'.
   > Could not resolve com.android.tools.build:gradle:1.3.1.
     Required by:
         :MobileApp:unspecified
      > Could not resolve com.android.tools.build:gradle:1.3.1.
         > Could not get resource 'https://jcenter.bintray.com/com/android/tools/build/gradle/1.3.1/gradle-1.3.1.pom'.
            > Could not GET 'https://jcenter.bintray.com/com/android/tools/build/gradle/1.3.1/gradle-1.3.1.pom'.
               > Connection to https://jcenter.bintray.com refused

The issue is clear, I am sitting behind corporate proxy that blocks any HTTPSconnections like these in error. So my questions are: how to force gradle to use HTTP in loading these files? Where these properties should be put(which of gradle files, i.e. gradle.properties)?

P.S. I already have set these in gradle properties file:

systemProp.http.proxyHost= myHost
systemProp.http.proxyPort= myPort
systemProp.http.proxyUser= myUser
systemProp.http.proxyPassword= myPassword

Any links, suggestions or etc. will help a lot.

Have a look here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/25994163/could-not-resolve-all-dependencies-for-configuration-classpath. — Opal, Mar 16 '16 at 07:59
This is the correct answer! Thanks a million, I've googled in wrong way probably, because I didn't come across this link you provided! It saved me some time! Cheers! :) — Mindaugas, Mar 16 '16 at 08:27
You're welcome. Have you upvoted the linked question and answer? — Opal, Mar 16 '16 at 08:30
Yea, I did. I always upvote the Q and the A that helped me. :) — Mindaugas, Mar 16 '16 at 08:47
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score 28 · Answer 1 · edited Nov 21 '16 at 21:04

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I had same problem and fixed it.

gradle is forced to get dependencies from jcenter through https proxy.

if you add

maven { url "http://jcenter.bintray.com" }

in your repositories instead of jcenter(), gradle sees this repository as a simple maven repository with http proxy.

your project build.gradle should be like below:

buildscript {
    repositories {
        maven { url "http://jcenter.bintray.com" }
    }
    dependencies {
        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:1.3.1'
    }
}

allprojects {
    repositories {
        maven { url "http://jcenter.bintray.com" }
    }
}

edited Nov 21 '16 at 21:04

Benoit Duffez

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answered Apr 03 '16 at 14:16

mohamad mohsen Taheri

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Was having an issue with HTTPS behind firewall, this fixed it. Thanks! – SacWebDeveloper Jun 13 '16 at 20:38
Yeeeey! After only about 2 hours my gradle build works! Thanks :) – geisterfurz007 Jan 25 '18 at 14:39
This no longer works since Jan 2020 as jcenter returns 403 Forbidden on HTTP requests. See https://jfrog.com/blog/secure-jcenter-with-https/ – DBPaul Aug 07 '20 at 12:53
@DBPaul Then what is the fix for it. I need a help. Any help is appreciated. Thanks in advance. – user7418129 May 13 '21 at 06:23
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@ABHIMANGALMS check this: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/66651640/jcenter-deprecation-impact-on-gradle-and-android Or try `maven {url "http://jcenter.bintray.com" allowInsecureProtocol = true}` – stefan-dan Jun 24 '21 at 08:06
@stefan-dan Thank you very much for your response. But still, I'm not able to build the gradle. I'm trying to build https://github.com/abhimangalms/pulse-sms-android . can you please check. It would be a great help. – user7418129 Jun 25 '21 at 02:06
The jcenter() and bintray.com servers will be down after 2022, that's why you get the Forbiden status. It will be much harder then just changing the URL, you have to replace with something from Maven or to remove that 7 dependecies that are not available anymore. For more details check: https://blog.gradle.org/jcenter-shutdown – stefan-dan Jun 25 '21 at 07:45

score 11 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 10 '17 at 02:33

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replace jcenter() with jcenter { url "http://jcenter.bintray.com/"} in build.gradle

answered Jul 10 '17 at 02:33

Sam

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Ahmad Aghazadeh · Answer 3 · 2017-06-19T07:24:14.340

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Try this

run a proxy like freegate
the root path project in cmd type

gradlew -Dhttps.proxyHost=127.0.0.1 -Dhttps.proxyPort=8580

File -> Settings -> Project Settings -> Gradle -> Global Gradle Settings -> Gradle VM Options

-Dhttp.proxyHost=myProxyAddr
-Dhttp.proxyPort=myProxyPort
-Dhttp.proxyUser=myUsername
-Dhttp.proxyPassword=myPasswd 
-Dhttp.auth.ntlm.domain=myDomainName

edited Jun 19 '17 at 07:24

answered Mar 16 '16 at 08:02

Ahmad Aghazadeh

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how about adding above Host and port in gradle properties – Sam Jun 19 '17 at 07:13
Edit answer check again. – Ahmad Aghazadeh Jun 19 '17 at 07:26

score -1 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 04 '20 at 02:19

Go into the gradle/wrapper folder nearby and edit the gradle-wrapper.properties

Then add in a the https to the distribution URL and it should work.

distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-1.10-bin.zip
                    ^

Verify the file you are trying to grab is actually on the repo:

https://services.gradle.org/distributions/

Rerun your command to get the gradle wrapper version.

gradle wrapper
gradlew.bat wrapper -gradle-version="1.10"

Hope that helps.

Force Gradle to use HTTP instead of HTTPS

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