Gradle gets stuck at either 'build' or 'assembleDebug' when using the 64bit or 32bit version of Android Studio

Question

The issue I\'ve had over the past few months is that Android Studio would often get stuck on Gradle: build, as seen here. Android Studio itself would stay respo

Answer 1

It happens 1 in 2 times for me. The hack that works for me is File->Exit and confirm exiting. Then a message shows up telling me that Gradle is running and then all of a sudden the screen to choose the device shows up. I Click NO and all goes well again.

Anyway, still a bummer, but I have not found an answer yet.