title: Android Studio Gradle offline Gradle Cache
body: <p>Android Studio Version 3.1.3</p>
  
  <p>Issue:
  Gradle wants to re-download dependencies that were previously downloaded </p>
  
  <p>For instance: "No cached version of com.android.support:appcompat-v7:27.1.1 available for offline mode."</p>
  
  <p>It doesn't matter which version I use, it refuses to accept the ones located at "/~.gradle/caches/transforms-1/files-1.1/"</p>
  
  <p>I have specified gradle service directory path (where the downloaded dependencies are) and ticked the "Offline work" option. I've tried using the default gradle distribution and a local gradle distribution "gradle-4.8.1-bin".</p>
  
  <p>Am I missing something?</p>
  
  <p>Does that mean that gradle only uses per-project cache? Do I have to download dependencies every time that I create a new project?</p>
  
  <p>If so, is that a way to use the already downloaded dependencies? </p>
  
  <p>Also, may I ask why does Android Studio has a tick option to "Work offline"? What is it used for?</p>