After update android studio could not create parent directory for lock file

Question

Updated android studio and plugins when sync, fails with could not create parent directory for lock file

wrapper properties:

#Sun Mar 05 16:51:59 PKT 2017 distributionBase=
GRADLE_USER_HOME  distributionPath=wrapper/
dists  zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME zipStorePath=wrapper/
dists  distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/
gradle- 3.3-all.zip

build.gradle app module:

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
android {
compileSdkVersion 25
buildToolsVersion "25.0.2"
defaultConfig {
applicationId "com.example.sarahn.toyapplication"
minSdkVersion 17
targetSdkVersion 25
versionCode 1
versionName "1.0"
testInstrumentationRunner "android.support.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
}
buildTypes {
release {
minifyEnabled false
proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 
'proguard-   rules.pro'
}
}
productFlavors {
}
}

dependencies {
compile fileTree(include: ['*.jar'], dir: 'libs')
androidTestCompile('com.android.support.test.espresso:espresso-core:
2.2.2',   {
exclude group: 'com.android.support', module: 'support-annotations'
})
compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:25.1.0'
testCompile 'junit:junit:4.12'
}

build.gradle(project)

`// Top-level build file where you can add configuration options 
common to  all sub-projects/modules.

buildscript {
repositories {
jcenter()
}
dependencies {
classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.3.0'

// NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
// in the individual module build.gradle files
}

}

allprojects {
repositories {
jcenter()
}
}

task clean(type: Delete) {
delete rootProject.buildDir
}

tried downloading NDK, deleting .gradle folder from project and from installs but not going forward

Environment: Windows 10

Answer 1

In case someone has the same issue with Intellij on Ubuntu, the following solved my issue:

Remove everything in ~/.gradle/caches

Answer 2

I went to that location where gradle build failed to create parent directory and deleted cache folder there

Answer 3

This worked for me Android Studio v3.0

delete in the root folder .gradelw gradle.bat(on windows) , gradle/ .idea/ reopen the project.

Answer 4

I had the same problem when I upgraded Android Studio to 3.0.1. All projects had this error message. (Windows 10 Pro 64 bit)

I tried reinstalling Android Studio and Gradle manually, poiting to use another gradle version with no effect.

As a last resort what worked for me was a clean reinstall.

• Uninstall android studio

• Delete gradle from Path in "Environment variables" and GRADLE_USER_HOME

• Delete .AndroidStudio, .android, .gradle folders from Users

• Delete AndroidSdk

• Reboot PC

• Reinstall Android Studio and sdk

Programs compiled with no problems after that.

Answer 5

For my case, (Win 10 64bits and Android Studio 3.1.3 I had to run the Android Studio as Administrator in order to fix the error.

Answer 6

Just go to gradle folder inside your android studio path and change the version of your gradle, by dowloading the latest gradle version. then go to android studio > settings and change gradle version to the one that you installed