Gradle Sync Failed: Setup Project Failed: Null

Question

long time I didn't have an issue like that. Possibly it's related to testing the Preview build on that project.

Currently on stable Android Studio Version 3.2.1 I always get this strange error:

What I already did:

Invalidate Caches and Restart
Clean Build
Test Terminal Build (everything works)
Import the project from scratch (it's really small so no problems there - same issue)
Deleted the /Users/myUserName/.gradle/ folder - completely
Deleted all my Android Studio preferences under: /Users/myUserName/Library/Preferences/AndroidStudio3.2/
Deleted ".iml" files and ".idea" folder and tried to import the project again
Updated system Gradle version to latest Gradle (4.10.2)
Moved the project to some other directory (nearly root level) to just test all possible errors
Updated / Changed build tools, targetSdkVersion and compileSdkVersion
Tried disable and reenable AndroidStudio android support plugin

Basically all efforts were without any improvements. Still, something must be wrong with the AS setup, because in Terminal builds everything works out perfect. Other projects still work perfectly.

Does anyone have any idea how to fix this?

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java.lang.StackOverflowError
    at com.intellij.openapi.util.io.FileUtil.toCanonicalPath(FileUtil.java:703)
    at com.intellij.openapi.util.io.FileUtil.toCanonicalPath(FileUtil.java:668)
    at com.intellij.openapi.vfs.newvfs.persistent.PersistentFSImpl.normalizeRootUrl(PersistentFSImpl.java:1039)
    at com.intellij.openapi.vfs.newvfs.persistent.PersistentFSImpl.findRoot(PersistentFSImpl.java:970)
    at com.intellij.openapi.vfs.newvfs.persistent.PersistentFSImpl.findRoot(PersistentFSImpl.java:57)
    at com.intellij.openapi.vfs.newvfs.VfsImplUtil.prepare(VfsImplUtil.java:153)
    at com.intellij.openapi.vfs.newvfs.VfsImplUtil.findFileByPath(VfsImplUtil.java:52)
    at com.intellij.openapi.vfs.impl.local.LocalFileSystemBase.findFileByPath(LocalFileSystemBase.java:45)
    at com.intellij.openapi.vfs.impl.local.LocalFileSystemBase.findFileByIoFile(LocalFileSystemBase.java:61)
    at com.intellij.openapi.vfs.VfsUtil.findFileByIoFile(VfsUtil.java:210)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.util.GradleUtil.getGradleSettingsFile(GradleUtil.java:364)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.files.GradleDslFileCache.getOrCreateSettingsFile(GradleDslFileCache.java:72)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.BuildModelContext.getOrCreateSettingsFile(BuildModelContext.java:111)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.model.GradleBuildModelImpl.populateWithParentModuleSubProjectsProperties(GradleBuildModelImpl.java:191)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.model.GradleBuildModelImpl.lambda$parseBuildFile$1(GradleBuildModelImpl.java:182)
    at com.intellij.openapi.application.impl.ApplicationImpl.runReadAction(ApplicationImpl.java:897)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.model.GradleBuildModelImpl.parseBuildFile(GradleBuildModelImpl.java:181)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.files.GradleDslFileCache.getOrCreateBuildFile(GradleDslFileCache.java:47)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.BuildModelContext.getOrCreateBuildFile(BuildModelContext.java:96)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.BuildModelContext.getOrCreateBuildFile(BuildModelContext.java:101)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.apply.ApplyDslElement.addParsedElement(ApplyDslElement.java:60)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.elements.GradleDslBlockElement.addParsedElement(GradleDslBlockElement.java:44)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.groovy.GroovyDslParser.parse(GroovyDslParser.java:488)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.groovy.GroovyDslParser.access$300(GroovyDslParser.java:130)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.groovy.GroovyDslParser$2.visitApplicationStatement(GroovyDslParser.java:396)
    at org.jetbrains.plugins.groovy.lang.psi.impl.statements.expressions.GrApplicationStatementImpl.accept(GrApplicationStatementImpl.java:37)
    at org.jetbrains.plugins.groovy.lang.psi.impl.GroovyPsiElementImpl.acceptGroovyChildren(GroovyPsiElementImpl.java:77)
    at org.jetbrains.plugins.groovy.lang.psi.impl.statements.blocks.GrBlockImpl.acceptChildren(GrBlockImpl.java:71)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.groovy.GroovyDslParser.parse(GroovyDslParser.java:388)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.groovy.GroovyDslParser.parse(GroovyDslParser.java:382)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.groovy.GroovyDslParser.parse(GroovyDslParser.java:286)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.groovy.GroovyDslParser.access$100(GroovyDslParser.java:130)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.groovy.GroovyDslParser$1.process(GroovyDslParser.java:170)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.groovy.GroovyDslParser$1.visitMethodCallExpression(GroovyDslParser.java:146)
    at org.jetbrains.plugins.groovy.lang.psi.impl.statements.expressions.path.GrMethodCallExpressionImpl.accept(GrMethodCallExpressionImpl.java:47)
    at org.jetbrains.plugins.groovy.lang.psi.GroovyPsiElementVisitor.visitElement(GroovyPsiElementVisitor.java:18)
    at com.intellij.psi.impl.PsiElementBase.accept(PsiElementBase.java:274)
    at com.intellij.psi.impl.source.tree.SharedImplUtil.acceptChildren(SharedImplUtil.java:200)
    at com.intellij.psi.impl.source.PsiFileImpl.acceptChildren(PsiFileImpl.java:824)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.groovy.GroovyDslParser.parse(GroovyDslParser.java:143)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.files.GradleDslFile.parse(GradleDslFile.java:103)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.model.GradleBuildModelImpl.lambda$parseBuildFile$1(GradleBuildModelImpl.java:184)
    at com.intellij.openapi.application.impl.ApplicationImpl.runReadAction(ApplicationImpl.java:897)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.model.GradleBuildModelImpl.parseBuildFile(GradleBuildModelImpl.java:181)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.files.GradleDslFileCache.getOrCreateBuildFile(GradleDslFileCache.java:47)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.BuildModelContext.getOrCreateBuildFile(BuildModelContext.java:96)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.model.GradleSettingsModelImpl.moduleModel(GradleSettingsModelImpl.java:188)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.model.GradleSettingsModelImpl.getParentModuleModel(GradleSettingsModelImpl.java:228)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.model.GradleBuildModelImpl.populateWithParentModuleSubProjectsProperties(GradleBuildModelImpl.java:202)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.model.GradleBuildModelImpl.lambda$parseBuildFile$1(GradleBuildModelImpl.java:182)
    at com.intellij.openapi.application.impl.ApplicationImpl.runReadAction(ApplicationImpl.java:897)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.model.GradleBuildModelImpl.parseBuildFile(GradleBuildModelImpl.java:181)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.files.GradleDslFileCache.getOrCreateBuildFile(GradleDslFileCache.java:47)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.BuildModelContext.getOrCreateBuildFile(BuildModelContext.java:96)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.BuildModelContext.getOrCreateBuildFile(BuildModelContext.java:101)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.apply.ApplyDslElement.addParsedElement(ApplyDslElement.java:60)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.elements.GradleDslBlockElement.addParsedElement(GradleDslBlockElement.java:44)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.groovy.GroovyDslParser.parse(GroovyDslParser.java:488)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.groovy.GroovyDslParser.access$300(GroovyDslParser.java:130)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.groovy.GroovyDslParser$2.visitApplicationStatement(GroovyDslParser.java:396)
    at org.jetbrains.plugins.groovy.lang.psi.impl.statements.expressions.GrApplicationStatementImpl.accept(GrApplicationStatementImpl.java:37)
    at org.jetbrains.plugins.groovy.lang.psi.impl.GroovyPsiElementImpl.acceptGroovyChildren(GroovyPsiElementImpl.java:77)
    at org.jetbrains.plugins.groovy.lang.psi.impl.statements.blocks.GrBlockImpl.acceptChildren(GrBlockImpl.java:71)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.groovy.GroovyDslParser.parse(GroovyDslParser.java:388)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.groovy.GroovyDslParser.parse(GroovyDslParser.java:382)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.groovy.GroovyDslParser.parse(GroovyDslParser.java:286)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.groovy.GroovyDslParser.access$100(GroovyDslParser.java:130)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.groovy.GroovyDslParser$1.process(GroovyDslParser.java:170)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.groovy.GroovyDslParser$1.visitMethodCallExpression(GroovyDslParser.java:146)
    at org.jetbrains.plugins.groovy.lang.psi.impl.statements.expressions.path.GrMethodCallExpressionImpl.accept(GrMethodCallExpressionImpl.java:47)
    at org.jetbrains.plugins.groovy.lang.psi.GroovyPsiElementVisitor.visitElement(GroovyPsiElementVisitor.java:18)
    at com.intellij.psi.impl.PsiElementBase.accept(PsiElementBase.java:274)
    at com.intellij.psi.impl.source.tree.SharedImplUtil.acceptChildren(SharedImplUtil.java:200)
    at com.intellij.psi.impl.source.PsiFileImpl.acceptChildren(PsiFileImpl.java:824)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.groovy.GroovyDslParser.parse(GroovyDslParser.java:143)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.files.GradleDslFile.parse(GradleDslFile.java:103)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.model.GradleBuildModelImpl.lambda$parseBuildFile$1(GradleBuildModelImpl.java:184)
    at com.intellij.openapi.application.impl.ApplicationImpl.runReadAction(ApplicationImpl.java:897)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.model.GradleBuildModelImpl.parseBuildFile(GradleBuildModelImpl.java:181)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.files.GradleDslFileCache.getOrCreateBuildFile(GradleDslFileCache.java:47)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.BuildModelContext.getOrCreateBuildFile(BuildModelContext.java:96)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.model.GradleSettingsModelImpl.moduleModel(GradleSettingsModelImpl.java:188)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.model.GradleSettingsModelImpl.getParentModuleModel(GradleSettingsModelImpl.java:228)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.model.GradleBuildModelImpl.populateWithParentModuleSubProjectsProperties(GradleBuildModelImpl.java:202)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.model.GradleBuildModelImpl.lambda$parseBuildFile$1(GradleBuildModelImpl.java:182)
    at com.intellij.openapi.application.impl.ApplicationImpl.runReadAction(ApplicationImpl.java:897)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.model.GradleBuildModelImpl.parseBuildFile(GradleBuildModelImpl.java:181)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.files.GradleDslFileCache.getOrCreateBuildFile(GradleDslFileCache.java:47)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.BuildModelContext.getOrCreateBuildFile(BuildModelContext.java:96)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.BuildModelContext.getOrCreateBuildFile(BuildModelContext.java:101)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.apply.ApplyDslElement.addParsedElement(ApplyDslElement.java:60)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.elements.GradleDslBlockElement.addParsedElement(GradleDslBlockElement.java:44)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.groovy.GroovyDslParser.parse(GroovyDslParser.java:488)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.groovy.GroovyDslParser.access$300(GroovyDslParser.java:130)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.groovy.GroovyDslParser$2.visitApplicationStatement(GroovyDslParser.java:396)
    at org.jetbrains.plugins.groovy.lang.psi.impl.statements.expressions.GrApplicationStatementImpl.accept(GrApplicationStatementImpl.java:37)
    at org.jetbrains.plugins.groovy.lang.psi.impl.GroovyPsiElementImpl.acceptGroovyChildren(GroovyPsiElementImpl.java:77)
    at org.jetbrains.plugins.groovy.lang.psi.impl.statements.blocks.GrBlockImpl.acceptChildren(GrBlockImpl.java:71)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.groovy.GroovyDslParser.parse(GroovyDslParser.java:388)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.groovy.GroovyDslParser.parse(GroovyDslParser.java:382)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.groovy.GroovyDslParser.parse(GroovyDslParser.java:286)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.groovy.GroovyDslParser.access$100(GroovyDslParser.java:130)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.groovy.GroovyDslParser$1.process(GroovyDslParser.java:170)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.groovy.GroovyDslParser$1.visitMethodCallExpression(GroovyDslParser.java:146)
    at org.jetbrains.plugins.groovy.lang.psi.impl.statements.expressions.path.GrMethodCallExpressionImpl.accept(GrMethodCallExpressionImpl.java:47)
    at org.jetbrains.plugins.groovy.lang.psi.GroovyPsiElementVisitor.visitElement(GroovyPsiElementVisitor.java:18)
    at com.intellij.psi.impl.PsiElementBase.accept(PsiElementBase.java:274)
    at com.intellij.psi.impl.source.tree.SharedImplUtil.acceptChildren(SharedImplUtil.java:200)
    at com.intellij.psi.impl.source.PsiFileImpl.acceptChildren(PsiFileImpl.java:824)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.groovy.GroovyDslParser.parse(GroovyDslParser.java:143)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.files.GradleDslFile.parse(GradleDslFile.java:103)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.model.GradleBuildModelImpl.lambda$parseBuildFile$1(GradleBuildModelImpl.java:184)
    at com.intellij.openapi.application.impl.ApplicationImpl.runReadAction(ApplicationImpl.java:897)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.model.GradleBuildModelImpl.parseBuildFile(GradleBuildModelImpl.java:181)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.files.GradleDslFileCache.getOrCreateBuildFile(GradleDslFileCache.java:47)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.BuildModelContext.getOrCreateBuildFile(BuildModelContext.java:96)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.model.GradleSettingsModelImpl.moduleModel(GradleSettingsModelImpl.java:188)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.model.GradleSettingsModelImpl.getParentModuleModel(GradleSettingsModelImpl.java:228)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.model.GradleBuildModelImpl.populateWithParentModuleSubProjectsProperties(GradleBuildModelImpl.java:202)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.model.GradleBuildModelImpl.lambda$parseBuildFile$1(GradleBuildModelImpl.java:182)
    at com.intellij.openapi.application.impl.ApplicationImpl.runReadAction(ApplicationImpl.java:897)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.model.GradleBuildModelImpl.parseBuildFile(GradleBuildModelImpl.java:181)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.files.GradleDslFileCache.getOrCreateBuildFile(GradleDslFileCache.java:47)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.BuildModelContext.getOrCreateBuildFile(BuildModelContext.java:96)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.BuildModelContext.getOrCreateBuildFile(BuildModelContext.java:101)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.apply.ApplyDslElement.addParsedElement(ApplyDslElement.java:60)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.elements.GradleDslBlockElement.addParsedElement(GradleDslBlockElement.java:44)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.groovy.GroovyDslParser.parse(GroovyDslParser.java:488)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.groovy.GroovyDslParser.access$300(GroovyDslParser.java:130)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.groovy.GroovyDslParser$2.visitApplicationStatement(GroovyDslParser.java:396)
    at org.jetbrains.plugins.groovy.lang.psi.impl.statements.expressions.GrApplicationStatementImpl.accept(GrApplicationStatementImpl.java:37)
    at org.jetbrains.plugins.groovy.lang.psi.impl.GroovyPsiElementImpl.acceptGroovyChildren(GroovyPsiElementImpl.java:77)
    at org.jetbrains.plugins.groovy.lang.psi.impl.statements.blocks.GrBlockImpl.acceptChildren(GrBlockImpl.java:71)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.groovy.GroovyDslParser.parse(GroovyDslParser.java:388)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.groovy.GroovyDslParser.parse(GroovyDslParser.java:382)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.groovy.GroovyDslParser.parse(GroovyDslParser.java:286)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.groovy.GroovyDslParser.access$100(GroovyDslParser.java:130)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.groovy.GroovyDslParser$1.process(GroovyDslParser.java:170)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.groovy.GroovyDslParser$1.visitMethodCallExpression(GroovyDslParser.java:146)
    at org.jetbrains.plugins.groovy.lang.psi.impl.statements.expressions.path.GrMethodCallExpressionImpl.accept(GrMethodCallExpressionImpl.java:47)
    at org.jetbrains.plugins.groovy.lang.psi.GroovyPsiElementVisitor.visitElement(GroovyPsiElementVisitor.java:18)
    at com.intellij.psi.impl.PsiElementBase.accept(PsiElementBase.java:274)
    at com.intellij.psi.impl.source.tree.SharedImplUtil.acceptChildren(SharedImplUtil.java:200)
    at com.intellij.psi.impl.source.PsiFileImpl.acceptChildren(PsiFileImpl.java:824)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.groovy.GroovyDslParser.parse(GroovyDslParser.java:143)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.files.GradleDslFile.parse(GradleDslFile.java:103)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.model.GradleBuildModelImpl.lambda$parseBuildFile$1(GradleBuildModelImpl.java:184)
    at com.intellij.openapi.application.impl.ApplicationImpl.runReadAction(ApplicationImpl.java:897)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.model.GradleBuildModelImpl.parseBuildFile(GradleBuildModelImpl.java:181)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.files.GradleDslFileCache.getOrCreateBuildFile(GradleDslFileCache.java:47)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.BuildModelContext.getOrCreateBuildFile(BuildModelContext.java:96)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.model.GradleSettingsModelImpl.moduleModel(GradleSettingsModelImpl.java:188)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.model.GradleSettingsModelImpl.getParentModuleModel(GradleSettingsModelImpl.java:228)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.model.GradleBuildModelImpl.populateWithParentModuleSubProjectsProperties(GradleBuildModelImpl.java:202)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.model.GradleBuildModelImpl.lambda$parseBuildFile$1(GradleBuildModelImpl.java:182)
    at com.intellij.openapi.application.impl.ApplicationImpl.runReadAction(ApplicationImpl.java:897)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.model.GradleBuildModelImpl.parseBuildFile(GradleBuildModelImpl.java:181)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.files.GradleDslFileCache.getOrCreateBuildFile(GradleDslFileCache.java:47)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.BuildModelContext.getOrCreateBuildFile(BuildModelContext.java:96)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.BuildModelContext.getOrCreateBuildFile(BuildModelContext.java:101)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.apply.ApplyDslElement.addParsedElement(ApplyDslElement.java:60)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.elements.GradleDslBlockElement.addParsedElement(GradleDslBlockElement.java:44)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.groovy.GroovyDslParser.parse(GroovyDslParser.java:488)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.groovy.GroovyDslParser.access$300(GroovyDslParser.java:130)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.groovy.GroovyDslParser$2.visitApplicationStatement(GroovyDslParser.java:396)
    at org.jetbrains.plugins.groovy.lang.psi.impl.statements.expressions.GrApplicationStatementImpl.accept(GrApplicationStatementImpl.java:37)
    at org.jetbrains.plugins.groovy.lang.psi.impl.GroovyPsiElementImpl.acceptGroovyChildren(GroovyPsiElementImpl.java:77)
    at org.jetbrains.plugins.groovy.lang.psi.impl.statements.blocks.GrBlockImpl.acceptChildren(GrBlockImpl.java:71)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.groovy.GroovyDslParser.parse(GroovyDslParser.java:388)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.groovy.GroovyDslParser.parse(GroovyDslParser.java:382)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.groovy.GroovyDslParser.parse(GroovyDslParser.java:286)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.groovy.GroovyDslParser.access$100(GroovyDslParser.java:130)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.groovy.GroovyDslParser$1.process(GroovyDslParser.java:170)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.groovy.GroovyDslParser$1.visitMethodCallExpression(GroovyDslParser.java:146)
    at org.jetbrains.plugins.groovy.lang.psi.impl.statements.expressions.path.GrMethodCallExpressionImpl.accept(GrMethodCallExpressionImpl.java:47)
    at org.jetbrains.plugins.groovy.lang.psi.GroovyPsiElementVisitor.visitElement(GroovyPsiElementVisitor.java:18)
    at com.intellij.psi.impl.PsiElementBase.accept(PsiElementBase.java:274)
    at com.intellij.psi.impl.source.tree.SharedImplUtil.acceptChildren(SharedImplUtil.java:200)
    at com.intellij.psi.impl.source.PsiFileImpl.acceptChildren(PsiFileImpl.java:824)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.groovy.GroovyDslParser.parse(GroovyDslParser.java:143)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.files.GradleDslFile.parse(GradleDslFile.java:103)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.model.GradleBuildModelImpl.lambda$parseBuildFile$1(GradleBuildModelImpl.java:184)
    at com.intellij.openapi.application.impl.ApplicationImpl.runReadAction(ApplicationImpl.java:897)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.model.GradleBuildModelImpl.parseBuildFile(GradleBuildModelImpl.java:181)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.files.GradleDslFileCache.getOrCreateBuildFile(GradleDslFileCache.java:47)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.BuildModelContext.getOrCreateBuildFile(BuildModelContext.java:96)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.model.GradleSettingsModelImpl.moduleModel(GradleSettingsModelImpl.java:188)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.model.GradleSettingsModelImpl.getParentModuleModel(GradleSettingsModelImpl.java:228)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.model.GradleBuildModelImpl.populateWithParentModuleSubProjectsProperties(GradleBuildModelImpl.java:202)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.model.GradleBuildModelImpl.lambda$parseBuildFile$1(GradleBuildModelImpl.java:182)
    at com.intellij.openapi.application.impl.ApplicationImpl.runReadAction(ApplicationImpl.java:897)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.model.GradleBuildModelImpl.parseBuildFile(GradleBuildModelImpl.java:181)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.files.GradleDslFileCache.getOrCreateBuildFile(GradleDslFileCache.java:47)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.BuildModelContext.getOrCreateBuildFile(BuildModelContext.java:96)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.BuildModelContext.getOrCreateBuildFile(BuildModelContext.java:101)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.apply.ApplyDslElement.addParsedElement(ApplyDslElement.java:60)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.elements.GradleDslBlockElement.addParsedElement(GradleDslBlockElement.java:44)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.groovy.GroovyDslParser.parse(GroovyDslParser.java:488)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.groovy.GroovyDslParser.access$300(GroovyDslParser.java:130)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.groovy.GroovyDslParser$2.visitApplicationStatement(GroovyDslParser.java:396)
    at org.jetbrains.plugins.groovy.lang.psi.impl.statements.expressions.GrApplicationStatementImpl.accept(GrApplicationStatementImpl.java:37)
    at org.jetbrains.plugins.groovy.lang.psi.impl.GroovyPsiElementImpl.acceptGroovyChildren(GroovyPsiElementImpl.java:77)
    at org.jetbrains.plugins.groovy.lang.psi.impl.statements.blocks.GrBlockImpl.acceptChildren(GrBlockImpl.java:71)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.groovy.GroovyDslParser.parse(GroovyDslParser.java:388)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.groovy.GroovyDslParser.parse(GroovyDslParser.java:382)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.groovy.GroovyDslParser.parse(GroovyDslParser.java:286)
    at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.dsl.parser.groovy.GroovyDslParser.access$100(GroovyDslParser.java:130)
    at…

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Do you have the gradle.properties file in your project? Does it have any content? — Izabela Orlowska, Oct 22 '18 at 14:17
@IzabelaOrlowska thanks for asking. Yes I have one, only containing "org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx2G" — cV2, Oct 23 '18 at 05:39
Maybe try updating your gradle (the actual gradle, not the plugin) to a newer version? — Izabela Orlowska, Oct 23 '18 at 10:45
Thanks a lot for your additional proposal - tested it (it really was 2.2 systemwide) - also updated to 4.10.2 - unfortunately also no effect. — cV2, Oct 23 '18 at 14:38
Sorry about that, can you file an issue on https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/new?component=192708&template=840533 ? — Izabela Orlowska, Oct 23 '18 at 15:57
@IzabelaOrlowska thanks for your feedback, I just created: https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/118342198. Looking forward to see what the outcome will be. — cV2, Oct 24 '18 at 06:07
@IzabelaOrlowska FYI with a small hint from Google I was able to trace the issue down. We have a fix now. — cV2, Oct 24 '18 at 12:02

score 6 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 20 '22 at 10:09

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For me, the issue occurred because I unloaded a module, but forgot to remove the include:'my_lib' line from settings.gradle. Removing the include fixed the issue.

answered Sep 20 '22 at 10:09

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score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 24 '18 at 12:02

As mentioned and analyzed in the Google bug tracking issue https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/118342198

The issue was produced by configuring and adding a gradle constants file within a library sub project. That means:

This gradle dependency file was integrated in the top-level gradle file

appProject/someLibrary/some_constants.gradle

at

appProject/build.gradle

by

apply from: "someLibrary/some_constants.gradle"

Removing this line fixed the sync issue.

The overall solution was to move the some_constants.gradle file to the top level folder and just import it there directly.

apply from: "some_constants.gradle"

The interesting part: This sync issue just occurred if there was ONLY a library module within the project. As soon as an app module was also present this issue didn't occur anymore.

score 1 · Answer 3 · edited Oct 23 '18 at 14:20

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Try below steps to let Android Studio regenerate the .iml file.

Close your Android Studio.
Go to your project root dir and delete the .iml file.
Open your project again.

edited Oct 23 '18 at 14:20

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answered Oct 23 '18 at 01:03

shizhen

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Thanks a lot - Good try, unfortunately didn't resole the sync problem. One "funny" thing: At the end of the sync I see "Sync successful for a short amount of time - less than 1 second" - afterwards it changes to "failed… null" – cV2 Oct 23 '18 at 06:06

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 07 '19 at 14:10

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I started getting this after upgrading to Android Studio 3.3. The solution for me was to switch to the Beta Channel and download Android Studio 3.4 Beta 3, which contains the fix for that bug.

answered Feb 07 '19 at 14:10

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Jul 30 '19 at 20:01

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For me upgrading Gradle on the build.gradle to a newer version solve the issue.

Under build script on dependencies the Gradle classpath.

answered Jul 30 '19 at 20:01

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Gradle Sync Failed: Setup Project Failed: Null

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