title: Does Android studio need internet connection to build project
body: <p>I am using Android studio version 0.4.2 and gradle version 1.9. I have successfully installed Studio and have created multiple projects. Today when I launched Studio <strong>without internet connection</strong>, </p>
  
  <p>I got this error message:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>"Gradle project sync failed. Basic functionality (e.g. editing,
    debugging) will not work properly" and the Event Log window shows
    "Failed to refresh Gradle project &lt; Project Name >. Connection timed
    out: connect. If you are behind an HTTP proxy, please configure the
    proxy settings either in IDE or Gradle."</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>I need to know if internet connection is mandatory for building projects using gradle.</p>
  
  <p>I think gradle checks for latest version on internet and throws Connection time out error. If so, is there any workaround to disable that.</p>