Android studio does not recognize the project as android project

[abdurahmanadilovic]

I cloned the repository and I tried to open it with Android studio and got nowhere, what is a proper way to open this project with android studio 3.1.3?

[samtstern]

@abdurahmanadilovic I am also using Studio 3.1.x but (obviously) I can't see the same problem. Please provide more information, otherwise I think this is an issue with your machine/configuration.

[abdurahmanadilovic]

I tried to clone the project with and without android studio with no effect.

In the project explorer if I select android nothing shows up if I select Project view this is only what appears in the explorer

I guess the build.gradle.kts might cause this issues since android studio is looking for build.gradle without the .kts extension?

[SUPERCILEX]

Oh, that's because you didn't import it from Gradle properly. Ctrl + E to get to the Gradle sidebar. Then click the + button to add the root module and start a sync. If that doesn't work, close the project and delete the .idea folder. Then choose import from existing sources and go through the Gradle flow.

[abdurahmanadilovic]

So this happens if I try to import a gradle project. It detects multiple android / java modules and none of them are runnable. If I understood you correctly I should select import project then select gradle, instead of "Open an existing Android Studio project"?

[SUPERCILEX]

In the second step, you should have clicked the Import project from external model option. Be sure to delete the .idea folder again before importing.

[abdurahmanadilovic]

I managed to build the project by selecting "import project from external model", now everything works, thanks for helping me out.

[sushihangover]

FYI: I am using AS 3.2C18 and since there is an existing repo-based file within the .idea directory:

• .idea/codeStyleSettings.xml

Importing via Gradle fails to import the project properly.

Deleting the .idea directory and re-importing from external model works fine

And then, of course, doing to git checkout -- .idea/codeStyleSettings.xml to get the code styles back.

[sugoireed]

What worked for me was

On Android Studio

Open the settings.gradle file

include your project

include ':myproject'

[ashomokdev]

To open the project you need to have Gradle installed on your PC. Then
Download repo FirebaseUI-Android from github.
In your Android Studio File -> New -> Import Project -> FirebaseUI-Android-master Path -> Import project from external model -> Gradle (!) -> Use local gradle distribution

If it not helps, add local.properties file to the root of FirebaseUI-Android-master with next line (edited for you) sdk.dir=/home/yuliia/Android/Sdk

[adam-hurwitz]

Thanks for the recent update @ashomokdev ! I've followed your steps and am unfortunately running into the following build error message.

@abdurahmanadilovic, unfortunately this is still an issue for my machine on Android Studio 3.2.1 as well as others. May you please re-open this ticket.

@sugoireed , where in the directories can you find the name of the project name to include in the settings.gradle?

Implementation

1. git clone git@github.com:firebase/FirebaseUI-Android.git
2. Android Studio: File > New > Import Project > FirebaseUI-Android path > Import project from external model > Gradle > Use local gradle distribution > Select Yes to override existing .Idea file > Select Configure when Android framework is detected dialog is displayed.
3. Once I received the build error above, I followed your advice and added the local.properties file to the root FirebaseUI-Android directory. I found the Android SDK path in terminal and used the pwd command to retrieve the path: sdk.dir=/Users/adamhurwitz/Library/Android/sdk
4. I attempted re-importing after adding the local.properties file with the same build error.

Attempted Solutions

I've also attempted the following variations in the import process:

1. Deleting the .idea file before importing as well as overwriting the file.
2. All of the below variations were tested with both file paths 1) File > New > Import Project > FirebaseUI-Android path > ... and 2) File > New > Import Project > app path > ....
3. File > New > Import Project > file_path > Create project from existing sources > ...
4. File > New > Import Project > file_path > Import project from external model > Android Gradle > ... (different build error message).

[IMasood]

Error occurring after importing project
I have explained all these details overhere https://stackoverflow.com/questions/55333262/after-importing-project-in-android-studio-there-are-some-errors-in-xml-file-like?noredirect=1#comment97393690_55333262