com.android.tools.build,Could not resolve com.android.tools.build:gradle:0.5.+

I am trying to build a project in Android Studio. The project uses Gradle.

At the time, maven.org is experiencing some problems and I get following errors:

Gradle: A problem occurred configuring project ':MyProject'.

> Could not resolve all dependencies for configuration ':MyProject:classpath'.

> Could not resolve com.android.tools.build:gradle:0.5.+.

Required by:

Android:MyProject:unspecified

> Could not HEAD 'http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/com/android/tools/build/gradle/0.5.4/gradle-0.5.4.pom'. Received status code 503 from server: Service Temporarily Unavailable

It made me think I don't want to depend on maven.org and internet connection for my builds!

Is there a way I could drop these dependencies and make Android Studio self-sufficient? I would like to be able to build my Android projects even without internet connection and even if maven.org never recover.

EDIT:

If I understand it right, there is a way to setup local Maven repository and then use

repositories {

mavenLocal()

}

instead of

repositories {

mavenCentral()

}

in build.gradle files.

Unfortunately, I am not sure if it's the way and what are downside of this approach.

UPDATE (December, 2013):

Android Studio now supports Gradle Offline mode (since version 0.4.0). More information can be found in release notes for the Studio.