Cannot enable Gradle's offline mode on Android Studio 3.6

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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.

score 208 · Accepted Answer · edited Dec 24 '22 at 20:33

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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

edited Dec 24 '22 at 20:33

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answered Sep 05 '19 at 03:41

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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? – nhoxbypass Sep 05 '19 at 04:23
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True stable recently. I am not able to figure it out. – Shubham AgaRwal Feb 26 '20 at 10:20
I set it to offline mode and restarted and sync gradle again but I am still getting the errors mentioned in this question: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/60393227/gradle-sync-failed-android-studio-3-6 please help. – Ahtisham Mar 01 '20 at 05:02
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To all the confused souls. It is offline mode when the toggle button is highlighted. – NKoyee Mar 15 '20 at 07:57
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Poor UX design. Developers are in confusion while the pressed state is online or offline. – Muhammad Zahab Apr 23 '20 at 09:13
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. – newman Aug 26 '22 at 11:12

score 50 · Answer 2 · edited Mar 08 '20 at 11:00

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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

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answered Oct 05 '19 at 05:48

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I believe many will not understand what this icon mean poor icon UX here – Shubham AgaRwal Feb 26 '20 at 10:20
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you can always use material design plugin it appears as a wifi icon – Alex Rivas Feb 26 '20 at 15:02
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So when is offline mode enabled? When highlighted not when not highlighted? I'm confused – Aroniez Mar 04 '20 at 12:11
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this is a very hard button to find. if it wasn't for this post I wouldn't have found the button – Pierre Mar 21 '20 at 15:35
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Very poor UX design. Developers are in confusion that the pressed state is offline or online. – Muhammad Zahab Apr 23 '20 at 09:14

score 36 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 15 '20 at 08:29

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To clarify it. In your Android Studio...

View > Tool Windows > Gradle

And then this...

And this...

answered Mar 15 '20 at 08:29

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score 6 · Answer 4 · answered Apr 03 '20 at 18:28

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.

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score 3 · Answer 5 · answered Apr 03 '20 at 12:42

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.

score 2 · Answer 6 · edited Mar 08 '20 at 09:21

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To enable offline mode you can follow below steps:

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

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answered Mar 05 '20 at 00:00

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score 2 · Answer 7 · answered Jul 15 '20 at 10:14

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.

score 1 · Answer 8 · answered Mar 01 '20 at 13:48

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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 :

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Which version of Android Studio that you are using? It's strange – nhoxbypass Mar 02 '20 at 02:34
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3.6! stable channel! I have Material theme On my android studio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8oizn7DDaY&list=PLcP-of83VmheRYTAMmFKufZSIlcdbeU2i&index=7&t=0s – Sana Ebadi Mar 02 '20 at 09:35

score 0 · Answer 9 · edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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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.

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answered Mar 24 '20 at 13:27

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score -1 · Answer 10 · answered Mar 02 '20 at 08:33

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

answered Mar 02 '20 at 08:33

Abdul Aziz

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