How can a valid (Project) build.gradle not show in 'Android' view?

Question

In Android Studio 3.0.1 Project window I select Android then expand Gradle Scripts

Normally the top of the list shows build.gradle(Project:XXXX).

It does not appear, but choosing Project window Project Files confirms it's existance.

I have laboriously compared this project's home directory to that of a 'good' project but nothing stood out.

The project was created from a recently forked repo via

File > New > Project from Version Control > GitHub

The project builds correctly, honoring my changes to the project build.gradle.

This question may have been asked elsewhere but remains unanswered, so I am re-asking it with additional information!

Any insights or new avenues to explore would be appreciated.

Update I have removed Versioning for this project and the problem persists. Have removed GitHub tag for this question.

Another related post - [Missing top-level build.gradle in multi-module project](https://stackoverflow.com/q/31505263/465053) — RBT, Aug 13 '18 at 08:12

score 19 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 27 '18 at 06:38

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For me this worked fine.

      1. Close the project  using Close project option.
      2. Import the project newly from android studio.

answered Aug 27 '18 at 06:38

Thriveni

score 12 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 13 '18 at 17:54

12

You can delete .gradle and .idea folders in your project manually and reload your project, it helped me.

answered Dec 13 '18 at 17:54

Acuna

Bad Loser · Accepted Answer · 2018-02-14T23:50:06.980

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I eventually circumvented this bug by simply renaming the project folder!

Re-creating the problem has proved impossible, but I strongly suspect a synchronisation problem in an obscure little file called project.dat.

Please refer to the answer I gave to the aforementioned question here!

edited Feb 14 '18 at 23:50

answered Feb 14 '18 at 08:49

Bad Loser

I straightaway deleted the corresponding `project.dat` file and the problem was solved. – RBT Aug 13 '18 at 08:10
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I don't see a project.dat – Someone Somewhere Aug 13 '18 at 17:46
where is project.dat located? – Mateen Chaudhry Mar 15 '19 at 11:50
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@Mateen Chaudhry See [here](https://stackoverflow.com/a/48782569/2376004) – Bad Loser Mar 15 '19 at 22:51

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