title: Gradle not connecting to Maven repo
body: <p>I've been banging my head on the wall for about a week trying to solve this issue.</p>
  
  <p>I've recently started work on an app using the <a href="http://ionicframework.com/" rel="nofollow" title="Ionic Framework">Ionic Framework</a>, and I keep getting the following error:</p>
  
  <pre><code>FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.
  
  * What went wrong:
  A problem occurred configuring root project 'android'.
  &gt; Could not resolve all dependencies for configuration ':classpath'.
     &gt; Could not resolve com.android.tools.build:gradle:1.0.0+.
       Required by:
           :android:unspecified
        &gt; Failed to list versions for com.android.tools.build:gradle.
           &gt; Unable to load Maven meta-data from http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/com/android/tools/build/gradle/maven-metadata.xml.
              &gt; Failure initializing default system SSL context
  
  * Try:
  Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace. Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output.
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I've done some extensive Googling, wherein people have suggested removing some gradle config files from ~/.gradle, making sure my Android SDK is updated, and quite a lot about corporate proxies. Well, I deleted the configs and re-generated them, I've updated EVERYTHING in my SDK, and I am not using a proxy of any kind (at least I have not gone out of my way to set any up).</p>
  
  <p>When I ping <code>http://repo1.maven.org</code>, I get:</p>
  
  <pre><code>ping: unknown host http://repo1.maven.org
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>However, I can type the address into the address bar on Chrome and it will show me the file(s).</p>
  
  <p>It is very important for me to get this working, as it's for my Senior Capstone project at University. If anyone has any ideas, I am willing to try.</p>
  
  <p>Thank you in advance!</p>