Android Studio corrupt installation

I think it was caused by importing configurations from an earlier version of Android Studio.

I had to do the following to make it launch: rm -rf ~/.local/share/Google/AndroidStudioPreview4.1


For those who are searching for MacOS :

Open Terminal from Launchpad, type

cd ~/Library/Application Support/Google

If the above one didn't work, try this,

cd ~/Library/Application\ Support/Google

(Try to use cd command and Tab key more to check the directories)

Then type,

rm -rf AndroidStudio2020.3

If it didn't work, change the AndroidStudio version according to yours. Again try to use the Tab key.

Open AndroidStudio app now

Congrats! Keep developing


for MacOs:

  • Cmd + Space then type Terminal
  • run cd ~/Library/Application Support/Google
  • run ls
  • run rm -rf AndroidStudio*

Open Android Studio then woala!


https://developer.android.com/studio/preview/features#4.1-ki-missing-kotlin-plugin

In Android Studio 4.1 Canary 9, you may see the following error when first launching Android Studio after upgrading:

missing essential plugin org.jetbrains.android

This can happen when you import your settings from a previous version of Android Studio. Typically, this means you have a locally installed Kotlin plugin that is not compatible with the new IDE.

To fix this issue, remove the Kotlin directory from the following locations:

Linux: ~/.local/share/Google/AndroidStudioPreview4.1

Windows: C:\Users\YourUserName\AppData\Roaming\Google\AndroidStudioPreview4.1

MacOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Google/AndroidStudioPreview4.1

Because there is no Kotlin plugin compatible with Canary 9 currently available from JetBrains, we have bundled our own Kotlin plugin with the Canary 9 update, so you don't need to manually install a Kotlin plugin.

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