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

I was experiencing the same problem, and the solution was very unexpected in my case: AVAST antivirus was somehow interfering with the Gradle:build process. Deactivating this antivirus solved the problem!