How to use all CPU cores/threads when running Android Studio gradle build?

I'm looking for a parameter or configuration in Android Studio / Gradle, that can set the build so it will use all of my CPU cores during build time. i.e. If I have a quad-core CPU and each core is running 8 threads, how can I optimize the build so it will use every resource it could get (parallel of course)?

Thank you!

Does Android studio use multiple cores?

So android studio and mostly gradle compiler do use all available CPU cores and threads during compilation.

in the local.properties file in my project I have

org.gradle.daemon=true org.gradle.parallel=true org.gradle.configureondemand=true

additionally you can specify

org.gradle.parallel.threads

which specifies the maximum number of threads to use for parallel execution. it needs org.gradle.parallel=true. Here you can find more information about it