I have a problem using AndroidStudio. I freshly installed it on my Kubuntu 18.04 machine and wanted to create my frist project. Everyhting worked fine and the project opened. The only problem: I can't run my apps. I can't even look at the activities in the design view - It waits forever for the build to finish. When I want to run the apps, it doesn't have any modules.
After searching for a while on the web I tried syncing my project with the gradle files, because that seems to resolve similar issues, but once I do that, the following error occurs:
Argument for @NotNull parameter 'message' of com/android/tools/idea/gradle/project/sync/GradleSyncState.syncFailed must not be null
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Argument for @NotNull parameter 'message' of com/android/tools/idea/gradle/project/sync/GradleSyncState.syncFailed must not be null
at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.project.sync.GradleSyncState.$$$reportNull$$$0(GradleSyncState.java)
at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.project.sync.GradleSyncState.syncFailed(GradleSyncState.java)
at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.project.sync.idea.IdeaSyncPopulateProjectTask.doPopulateProject(IdeaSyncPopulateProjectTask.java:135)
at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.project.sync.idea.IdeaSyncPopulateProjectTask.populate(IdeaSyncPopulateProjectTask.java:97)
at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.project.sync.idea.IdeaSyncPopulateProjectTask.access$000(IdeaSyncPopulateProjectTask.java:39)
at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.project.sync.idea.IdeaSyncPopulateProjectTask$1.run(IdeaSyncPopulateProjectTask.java:86)
at com.intellij.openapi.progress.impl.CoreProgressManager$TaskRunnable.run(CoreProgressManager.java:750)
at com.intellij.openapi.progress.impl.CoreProgressManager.lambda$runProcess$1(CoreProgressManager.java:157)
at com.intellij.openapi.progress.impl.CoreProgressManager.registerIndicatorAndRun(CoreProgressManager.java:580)
at com.intellij.openapi.progress.impl.CoreProgressManager.executeProcessUnderProgress(CoreProgressManager.java:525)
at com.intellij.openapi.progress.impl.ProgressManagerImpl.executeProcessUnderProgress(ProgressManagerImpl.java:85)
at com.intellij.openapi.progress.impl.CoreProgressManager.runProcess(CoreProgressManager.java:144)
at com.intellij.openapi.progress.impl.CoreProgressManager$4.run(CoreProgressManager.java:395)
at com.intellij.openapi.application.impl.ApplicationImpl$1.run(ApplicationImpl.java:305)
at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:511)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
After doing it once, the button for syncing is disabled and I can't do it again. I have to restart the IDE to do that.
I looked into the idea.log file to better track down the issue and I found the following there:
2018-10-22 22:38:32,254 [d thread 3] INFO - xecution.GradleExecutionHelper - Passing command-line args to Gradle Tooling API: -Didea.version=3.2 -Djava.awt.headless=true -Pandroid.injected.build.model.only=true -Pandroid.injected.build.model.only.advanced=true -Pandroid.injected.invoked.from.ide=true -Pandroid.injected.build.model.only.versioned=3 -Pandroid.injected.studio.version=3.2.1.0 -Pandroid.builder.sdkDownload=false --init-script /tmp/ijinit.gradle --offline
2018-10-22 22:38:43,063 [d thread 3] INFO - e.project.sync.GradleSyncState - Started setup of project 'TestApp'.
2018-10-22 22:38:43,065 [e-1136-b06] INFO - idea.project.IndexingSuspender - Consuming IndexingSuspender activation event: SETUP_STARTED
2018-10-22 22:38:43,263 [e-1136-b06] INFO - ule.android.SdkModuleSetupStep - Set Android SDK 'Android API 28 Platform (1)' (/home/myusername/Android/Sdk) to module 'app'
2018-10-22 22:38:43,567 [d thread 3] WARN - ea.IdeaSyncPopulateProjectTask - Sync failed: null
java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.NullPointerException
at com.intellij.openapi.application.impl.LaterInvocator.invokeAndWait(LaterInvocator.java:179)
at com.intellij.openapi.application.impl.ApplicationImpl.invokeAndWait(ApplicationImpl.java:651)
at com.intellij.openapi.application.impl.ApplicationImpl.invokeAndWait(ApplicationImpl.java:656)
at com.intellij.openapi.externalSystem.util.ExternalSystemApiUtil.executeOnEdt(ExternalSystemApiUtil.java:480)
at com.intellij.openapi.externalSystem.util.ExternalSystemApiUtil.executeProjectChangeAction(ExternalSystemApiUtil.java:469)
at com.intellij.openapi.externalSystem.service.project.manage.ProjectDataManagerImpl.dispose(ProjectDataManagerImpl.java:442)
at com.intellij.openapi.externalSystem.service.project.manage.ProjectDataManagerImpl.importData(ProjectDataManagerImpl.java:163)
at com.intellij.openapi.externalSystem.service.project.manage.ProjectDataManagerImpl.importData(ProjectDataManagerImpl.java:221)
at com.intellij.openapi.externalSystem.service.project.manage.ProjectDataManagerImpl.importData(ProjectDataManagerImpl.java:228)
at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.project.sync.idea.IdeaSyncPopulateProjectTask.doPopulateProject(IdeaSyncPopulateProjectTask.java:120)
at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.project.sync.idea.IdeaSyncPopulateProjectTask.populate(IdeaSyncPopulateProjectTask.java:97)
at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.project.sync.idea.IdeaSyncPopulateProjectTask.access$000(IdeaSyncPopulateProjectTask.java:39)
at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.project.sync.idea.IdeaSyncPopulateProjectTask$1.run(IdeaSyncPopulateProjectTask.java:86)
at com.intellij.openapi.progress.impl.CoreProgressManager$TaskRunnable.run(CoreProgressManager.java:750)
at com.intellij.openapi.progress.impl.CoreProgressManager.lambda$runProcess$1(CoreProgressManager.java:157)
at com.intellij.openapi.progress.impl.CoreProgressManager.registerIndicatorAndRun(CoreProgressManager.java:580)
at com.intellij.openapi.progress.impl.CoreProgressManager.executeProcessUnderProgress(CoreProgressManager.java:525)
at com.intellij.openapi.progress.impl.ProgressManagerImpl.executeProcessUnderProgress(ProgressManagerImpl.java:85)
at com.intellij.openapi.progress.impl.CoreProgressManager.runProcess(CoreProgressManager.java:144)
at com.intellij.openapi.progress.impl.CoreProgressManager$4.run(CoreProgressManager.java:395)
at com.intellij.openapi.application.impl.ApplicationImpl$1.run(ApplicationImpl.java:305)
at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:511)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
at com.intellij.openapi.extensions.Extensions.disposeArea(Extensions.java:171)
at com.intellij.openapi.module.impl.ModuleImpl.dispose(ModuleImpl.java:146)
at com.intellij.openapi.util.Disposer$1.execute(Disposer.java:48)
at com.intellij.openapi.util.Disposer$1.execute(Disposer.java:44)
at com.intellij.openapi.util.objectTree.ObjectTree.executeActionWithRecursiveGuard(ObjectTree.java:169)
at com.intellij.openapi.util.objectTree.ObjectTree.executeUnregistered(ObjectTree.java:181)
at com.intellij.openapi.util.objectTree.ObjectTree.executeAll(ObjectTree.java:140)
at com.intellij.openapi.util.Disposer.dispose(Disposer.java:129)
at com.intellij.openapi.util.Disposer.dispose(Disposer.java:125)
at com.intellij.openapi.module.impl.ModuleManagerImpl$ModuleModelImpl.dispose(ModuleManagerImpl.java:895)
at com.intellij.openapi.externalSystem.service.project.AbstractIdeModifiableModelsProvider.dispose(AbstractIdeModifiableModelsProvider.java:476)
at com.intellij.openapi.externalSystem.service.project.manage.ProjectDataManagerImpl$3.execute(ProjectDataManagerImpl.java:445)
at com.intellij.openapi.externalSystem.util.DisposeAwareProjectChange.run(DisposeAwareProjectChange.java:36)
at com.intellij.openapi.application.impl.ApplicationImpl.runWriteAction(ApplicationImpl.java:1010)
at com.intellij.openapi.externalSystem.util.ExternalSystemApiUtil.lambda$executeProjectChangeAction$6(ExternalSystemApiUtil.java:469)
at com.intellij.openapi.application.TransactionGuardImpl$2.run(TransactionGuardImpl.java:315)
at com.intellij.openapi.application.impl.LaterInvocator$1.run(LaterInvocator.java:156)
at com.intellij.openapi.application.impl.LaterInvocator$FlushQueue.doRun(LaterInvocator.java:447)
at com.intellij.openapi.application.impl.LaterInvocator$FlushQueue.runNextEvent(LaterInvocator.java:431)
at com.intellij.openapi.application.impl.LaterInvocator$FlushQueue.run(LaterInvocator.java:415)
at java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch(InvocationEvent.java:311)
at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(EventQueue.java:762)
at java.awt.EventQueue.access$500(EventQueue.java:98)
at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(EventQueue.java:715)
at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(EventQueue.java:709)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:80)
at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:732)
at com.intellij.ide.IdeEventQueue.defaultDispatchEvent(IdeEventQueue.java:822)
at com.intellij.ide.IdeEventQueue._dispatchEvent(IdeEventQueue.java:763)
at com.intellij.ide.IdeEventQueue.dispatchEvent(IdeEventQueue.java:423)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(EventDispatchThread.java:201)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(EventDispatchThread.java:116)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:105)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:101)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:93)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:82)
2018-10-22 22:38:43,570 [e-1136-b06] ERROR - intellij.openapi.progress.Task - Argument for @NotNull parameter 'message' of com/android/tools/idea/gradle/project/sync/GradleSyncState.syncFailed must not be null
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Argument for @NotNull parameter 'message' of com/android/tools/idea/gradle/project/sync/GradleSyncState.syncFailed must not be null
at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.project.sync.GradleSyncState.$$$reportNull$$$0(GradleSyncState.java)
at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.project.sync.GradleSyncState.syncFailed(GradleSyncState.java)
at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.project.sync.idea.IdeaSyncPopulateProjectTask.doPopulateProject(IdeaSyncPopulateProjectTask.java:135)
at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.project.sync.idea.IdeaSyncPopulateProjectTask.populate(IdeaSyncPopulateProjectTask.java:97)
at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.project.sync.idea.IdeaSyncPopulateProjectTask.access$000(IdeaSyncPopulateProjectTask.java:39)
at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.project.sync.idea.IdeaSyncPopulateProjectTask$1.run(IdeaSyncPopulateProjectTask.java:86)
at com.intellij.openapi.progress.impl.CoreProgressManager$TaskRunnable.run(CoreProgressManager.java:750)
at com.intellij.openapi.progress.impl.CoreProgressManager.lambda$runProcess$1(CoreProgressManager.java:157)
at com.intellij.openapi.progress.impl.CoreProgressManager.registerIndicatorAndRun(CoreProgressManager.java:580)
at com.intellij.openapi.progress.impl.CoreProgressManager.executeProcessUnderProgress(CoreProgressManager.java:525)
at com.intellij.openapi.progress.impl.ProgressManagerImpl.executeProcessUnderProgress(ProgressManagerImpl.java:85)
at com.intellij.openapi.progress.impl.CoreProgressManager.runProcess(CoreProgressManager.java:144)
at com.intellij.openapi.progress.impl.CoreProgressManager$4.run(CoreProgressManager.java:395)
at com.intellij.openapi.application.impl.ApplicationImpl$1.run(ApplicationImpl.java:305)
at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:511)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
2018-10-22 22:38:43,572 [e-1136-b06] ERROR - intellij.openapi.progress.Task - Android Studio 3.2.1 Build #AI-181.5540.7.32.5056338
2018-10-22 22:38:43,572 [e-1136-b06] ERROR - intellij.openapi.progress.Task - JDK: 1.8.0_152-release
2018-10-22 22:38:43,572 [e-1136-b06] ERROR - intellij.openapi.progress.Task - VM: OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM
2018-10-22 22:38:43,572 [e-1136-b06] ERROR - intellij.openapi.progress.Task - Vendor: JetBrains s.r.o
2018-10-22 22:38:43,572 [e-1136-b06] ERROR - intellij.openapi.progress.Task - OS: Linux
2018-10-22 22:38:43,572 [e-1136-b06] ERROR - intellij.openapi.progress.Task - Last Action: Android.SyncProject
It seems like the project can't be synced to my gradle files. Probably the actual problem of running my app is based upon this one. Has anyone had this issue before or can help me by telling me how to tackle this?
I am completely new to AndroidStudio and also to Gradle.