Not performing ionic build

This is my first time encountering this error… anyone else experienced the same?

When i run ionic cordova build --release android, I get the following errors:

ANDROID_HOME=/Users/kenny/Library/Android/sdk
JAVA_HOME=/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_171.jdk/Contents/Home
(node:1386) UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: Error: /Applications/Android Studio.app/Contents/gradle/gradle-4.4/bin/gradle: Command failed with exit code EACCES
    at ChildProcess.whenDone (/Users/kenny/Projects/autraderegister/platforms/android/cordova/node_modules/cordova-common/src/superspawn.js:169:23)
    at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:182:13)
    at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:223:12)
    at onErrorNT (internal/child_process.js:394:16)
    at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:174:19)
(node:1386) UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: Unhandled promise rejection. This error originated either by throwing inside of an async function without a catch block, or by rejecting a promise which was not handled with .catch(). (rejection id: 1)
(node:1386) [DEP0018] DeprecationWarning: Unhandled promise rejections are deprecated. In the future, promise rejections that are not handled will terminate the Node.js process with a non-zero exit code.

Here’s my info:

cli packages: (/usr/local/lib/node_modules)

    @ionic/cli-utils  : 1.19.2
    ionic (Ionic CLI) : 3.20.0

global packages:

    cordova (Cordova CLI) : 8.0.0

local packages:

    @ionic/app-scripts : 3.1.5
    Cordova Platforms  : android 6.3.0 ios 4.5.4
    Ionic Framework    : ionic-angular 3.9.2

System:

    Node : v10.0.0
    npm  : 5.6.0
    OS   : macOS High Sierra

Environment Variables:

    ANDROID_HOME : not set

Misc:

    backend : pro

Thanks in advance!

Nevermind, I was able to fix it using the ff. command:

sudo chmod +x /Applications/Android\ Studio.app/Contents/gradle/gradle-4.4/bin/gradle