Question: How do I get the gradle console to show when I run a gradle task in Android Stduio? When I execute the task, the run dialog pops up but the console does not. I want to be able to see the gradle console so that I can see the output, but I don't want to permantly see the gradle console (pinned mode) as 95% of the time I'd rather have the real estate for the editor.

Answer: 
On your run window you might see this button:

![](https://i.stack.imgur.com/8oJXG.png)

Just press it:

![](https://i.stack.imgur.com/lFrvm.png)

And there you go
From [Android Studio 3.1 and above](https://developer.android.com/studio/releases#output-window), viewing the gradle console has been as [Monitoring the Build Process](https://developer.android.com/studio/run#gradle-console).
[![monitor the build process](https://i.stack.imgur.com/i003T.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/i003T.png)

1. build tab
2. sync tab
3. restart
4. toggle view - toggles between displaying task execution as a graphical tree and displaying more detailed text output from Gradle