Android Studio: Background task running indefinitely

Question

After updating the Android SDK, I started Android Studio. Now its showing background task continuously running with message

Updating indices: Scannin

Answer 1

This happens to me after updating the Android Gradle plugin version from (3.5.3) to (3.6.2) and Gradle version from (5.4.1) to (5.6.4) it solved after downgrading the plugin again to change Android Gradle plugin version and Gradle version: File > Project Structure > Project

reference: https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/gradle-plugin.html