Gradle sync failed: Cause: error in opening zip file Corrupt Dependency Cache

Question

I am new to Android Studio and just started learning through this online course 'Developing Android Apps' by Udacity..The problem is that the project which I am developing keeping in line with the course "Sunshine" is failing to sync properly.

This is the message displayed in event logs.

Gradle sync failed: Cause: error in opening zip file

Full description of logs:

**2017-03-04 08:14:32,358 [  61978]   WARN - nal.AbstractExternalSystemTask - Cause: error in opening zip file  com.intellij.openapi.externalSystem.model.ExternalSystemException: Cause: **error in opening zip file**     at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.project.sync.idea.ProjectImportErrorHandler.getUserFriendlyError(ProjectImportErrorHandler.java:86)     at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.project.sync.idea.AndroidGradleProjectResolver.getUserFriendlyError(AndroidGradleProjectResolver.java:361)     at org.jetbrains.plugins.gradle.service.project.GradleProjectResolver$ProjectConnectionDataNodeFunction.fun(GradleProjectResolver.java:769)     at org.jetbrains.plugins.gradle.service.project.GradleProjectResolver$ProjectConnectionDataNodeFunction.fun(GradleProjectResolver.java:749)     at org.jetbrains.plugins.gradle.service.execution.GradleExecutionHelper.execute(GradleExecutionHelper.java:227)     at org.jetbrains.plugins.gradle.service.project.GradleProjectResolver.resolveProjectInfo(GradleProjectResolver.java:112)     at org.jetbrains.plugins.gradle.service.project.GradleProjectResolver.resolveProjectInfo(GradleProjectResolver.java:72)     at com.intellij.openapi.externalSystem.service.remote.RemoteExternalSystemProjectResolverImpl.lambda$resolveProjectInfo$0(RemoteExternalSystemProjectResolverImpl.java:37)     at com.intellij.openapi.externalSystem.service.remote.AbstractRemoteExternalSystemService.execute(AbstractRemoteExternalSystemService.java:59)     at com.intellij.openapi.externalSystem.service.remote.RemoteExternalSystemProjectResolverImpl.resolveProjectInfo(RemoteExternalSystemProjectResolverImpl.java:37)     at com.intellij.openapi.externalSystem.service.remote.wrapper.ExternalSystemProjectResolverWrapper.resolveProjectInfo(ExternalSystemProjectResolverWrapper.java:49)     at com.intellij.openapi.externalSystem.service.internal.ExternalSystemResolveProjectTask.doExecute(ExternalSystemResolveProjectTask.java:51)     at com.intellij.openapi.externalSystem.service.internal.AbstractExternalSystemTask.execute(AbstractExternalSystemTask.java:138)     at com.intellij.openapi.externalSystem.service.internal.AbstractExternalSystemTask.execute(AbstractExternalSystemTask.java:124)     at com.intellij.openapi.externalSystem.util.ExternalSystemUtil$3.execute(ExternalSystemUtil.java:415)     at com.intellij.openapi.externalSystem.util.ExternalSystemUtil$5.run(ExternalSystemUtil.java:494)     at com.intellij.openapi.progress.impl.CoreProgressManager$TaskRunnable.run(CoreProgressManager.java:635)     at com.intellij.openapi.progress.impl.CoreProgressManager$3.run(CoreProgressManager.java:170)     at com.intellij.openapi.progress.impl.CoreProgressManager.registerIndicatorAndRun(CoreProgressManager.java:494)     at com.intellij.openapi.progress.impl.CoreProgressManager.executeProcessUnderProgress(CoreProgressManager.java:443)     at com.intellij.openapi.progress.impl.ProgressManagerImpl.executeProcessUnderProgress(ProgressManagerImpl.java:54)     at com.intellij.openapi.progress.impl.CoreProgressManager.runProcess(CoreProgressManager.java:155)     at com.intellij.openapi.progress.impl.ProgressManagerImpl$1.run(ProgressManagerImpl.java:128)     at com.intellij.openapi.application.impl.ApplicationImpl$2.run(ApplicationImpl.java:307)     at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:511)     at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)     at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142)     at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617)     at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) Caused by: java.util.zip.ZipException: **error in opening zip file**     at java.util.zip.ZipFile.open(Native Method)     at java.util.zip.ZipFile.<init>(ZipFile.java:219)     at java.util.zip.ZipFile.<init>(ZipFile.java:149)     at java.util.zip.ZipFile.<init>(ZipFile.java:163)     at org.gradle.wrapper.Install.unzip(Install.java:214)     at org.gradle.wrapper.Install.access$600(Install.java:27)     at org.gradle.wrapper.Install$1.call(Install.java:74)     at org.gradle.wrapper.Install$1.call(Install.java:48)     at org.gradle.wrapper.ExclusiveFileAccessManager.access(ExclusiveFileAccessManager.java:69)     at org.gradle.wrapper.Install.createDist(Install.java:48)     at org.gradle.tooling.internal.consumer.DistributionFactory$ZippedDistribution$1.call(DistributionFactory.java:139)     at org.gradle.tooling.internal.consumer.DistributionFactory$ZippedDistribution$1.call(DistributionFactory.java:133)     ... 4 more** 

Can someone point me in the right direction on how to resolve this issue?

Answer 1

Simply delete the gradle folder from your home directory! i.e

~/<username>/.gradle/wrapper/dists/<gradle-name> 

where gradle-name is the distribution you have to delete. Then open android studio and open the project to sync the gradle afresh.