android studio 3.2 default activity not found

Question

Recently I updated my android studio to 3.2 but when the old open project I getting the error "default activity not found".

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.qualifiedapps.birthdaywishes">

<application
    android:allowBackup="true"
    android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
    android:label="@string/app_name"
    android:roundIcon="@mipmap/ic_launcher_round"
    android:supportsRtl="true"
    android:theme="@style/AppTheme">
    <activity android:name=".MainActivity">
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
            <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
        </intent-filter>
    </activity>
</application>

Answer 1

All I did was disable offline mode and sync project

Answer 2

I solved the very same issue by following steps

Close Android Studio

deleting from :

1. C:\Users\your user name.android/log and gradle folder

2. C:\Users\your user name.gradle

from C:\Users[your user name]

Restart Computer and run Android studio (it Will take some time to rebuild)

Answer 3

I deleted .android under C:\Users[your user name] and all worked

Answer 4

For future visitors with similar problem, I am just posting this incase if this turns out to be same problem for you. I tried everything mentioned here and yet none of them worked. Error: Default Activity Not Found

I am using Android Studio Stable 3.2.1 version and project is in Kotlin. I cloned project again and opened project freshly again after several Invalidate caches/Restart but din't help. Finally this 1 helped -> upgrading kotlin version in root .gradle file..from 1.3.10 to 1.3.11

In root gradle file

buildscript {
    ext.kotlin_version = '1.3.11'
    ext.annotation_version = "27.1.1"
    repositories {
        google()
        maven { url 'https://maven.fabric.io/public' }
        jcenter()
    }
    dependencies {
        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.2.1'
        classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:$kotlin_version"
        classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:4.0.2'
        classpath 'io.fabric.tools:gradle:1.+'
        // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
        // in the individual module build.gradle files
    }
}

Answer 5

I am experiencing this build error after setting a custom style in a manifest file.

android:theme="@style/AppTheme"

to

android:theme="@style/TransparentBackgroundApp"

Answer 6

Have you refactored it in anyway ? Trying doing :

1. Cleaned the Project
2. Deleted the Build directory
3. Restarted Android Studio
4. Rebuild the Project
5. Run