Android Studio I keep getting Gradle error “The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process”

Question

I can import a sample app project, try to build it and I keep getting this error. Not always the same file but a new temp file each time. I\'ve tried several different sampl

Answer 1

Invalidating the IDE cache is NOT enough.

1. Delete the folder app\build
2. Invalidate Caches / Restart...

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Context: Using Coroutines in Android Instrumented Test.

GL

Answer 2

The all files in "app/build" directory in project folder. This will fix the error.

Answer 3

Just clean the project and have a run ! It would work ....

Answer 4

Do This

File -> Invalidate Caches / Restart.. -> Invalidate/ Restart

Answer 5

I had 2 jre's installed when I installed android studio. Uninstall the one that you find from control panel and that is located something like c:\program files\java etc.

On the next opening of android studio 4.0 + it will fallback to "C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\jre" and the process lockdown after each succesfull build will stop