Trying to speed up production build using Gradle with Azure Devops

Question

https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/devops/pipelines/ecosystems/android

pool:

vmImage: 'macos-latest

steps:

 -task: Bash@3
 - displayName: Check for skippable builds
   inputs:
     targetType: 'inline'
     script: |
       if  [ -z $(apk_flavor_prod) ]
       then
             echo "##vso[task.setvariable variable=skip_prod]true"
       else
             echo "##vso[task.setvariable variable=skip_prod]false"
       fi
       if  [ -z $(apk_flavor_uat) ]
       then
            echo "##vso[task.setvariable variable=skip_uat]true"
      else
            echo "##vso[task.setvariable variable=skip_uat]false"
      fi
      if  [ -z $(apk_flavor_staging) ]
      then
            echo "##vso[task.setvariable variable=skip_staging]true"
      else
            echo "##vso[task.setvariable variable=skip_staging]false"
      fi
- task: MavenAuthenticate@0
  displayName: 'Maven Authenticate'
  inputs:
    artifactsFeeds: HorizonAndroidSDK
- task: Gradle@2
  displayName: Build production
  condition: and(in(variables['Agent.JobStatus'], 'Succeeded', 'SucceededWithIssues', 'Failed'), eq(variables['skip_prod'], false))
  inputs:
workingDirectory: '$(system.defaultWorkingDirectory)/OpenOrderBook_Android'
gradleWrapperFile: '$(system.defaultWorkingDirectory)/OpenOrderBook_Android/gradlew'
gradleOptions: '-Xmx3072m'
tasks: 'assemble$(apk_flavor_prod)'
publishJUnitResults: false
javaHomeOption: 'JDKVersion'
jdkVersionOption: '17'
jdkArchitectureOption: 'x64'
sonarQubeRunAnalysis: false



task: Gradle@2
displayName: Build UAT
condition: and(in(variables['Agent.JobStatus'], 'Succeeded', 'SucceededWithIssues', 'Failed'), eq(variables['skip_uat'], false))
inputs:
  workingDirectory: '$(system.defaultWorkingDirectory)/OpenOrderBook_Android'
  gradleWrapperFile: '$(system.defaultWorkingDirectory)/OpenOrderBook_Android/gradlew'
  gradleOptions: '-Xmx3072m'
  tasks: 'assemble$(apk_flavor_uat)'
  publishJUnitResults: false
  javaHomeOption: 'JDKVersion'
  jdkVersionOption: '17'
  jdkArchitectureOption: 'x64'
  sonarQubeRunAnalysis: false

task: Gradle@2
displayName: Build staging
condition: and(in(variables['Agent.JobStatus'], 'Succeeded', 'SucceededWithIssues', 'Failed'), eq(variables['skip_staging'], false))
inputs:
  workingDirectory: '$(system.defaultWorkingDirectory)/OpenOrderBook_Android'
  gradleWrapperFile: '$(system.defaultWorkingDirectory)/OpenOrderBook_Android/gradlew'
  gradleOptions: '-Xmx3072m'
  tasks: 'assemble$(apk_flavor_staging)'
  publishJUnitResults: false
  javaHomeOption: 'JDKVersion'
  jdkVersionOption: '17'
  jdkArchitectureOption: 'x64'
  sonarQubeRunAnalysis: false

task: CopyFiles@2
displayName: Copy files to artifacts directory
condition: succeededOrFailed()
inputs:
  contents: '*/.apk'
  targetFolder: '$(build.artifactStagingDirectory)'

task: PublishBuildArtifacts@1
condition: succeededOrFailed()
displayName: Publish Artifacts

'So when I deploy this in my azure devops using gradle for my android build, it runs very slow esp in the production build which can take up to half an hour and also in 'Build UAT' and 'Build staging'. Now I know there is a gradle 3 but can anyone look at my code and make any recommendations as to how I can deploy this faster as takes forever etc. `