I also had this problem and the referenced thread also didn't work for me.
What did work was setting _JAVA_OPTIONS environment variable to make Java use IPv4.
_JAVA_OPTIONS = -Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true
Note that Android Studio sets this variable in the vmoptions file. But for some reason, it isn't used by the Java VM started by Android Studio to run Gradle daemon.
After I did that, everything started to work ok and Gradle could build my project.
I hope it helps.