[Bug]: Android Studio requires "Sync Project with Gradle Files" after opening

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Capacitor Version

Capacitor Doctor

Latest Dependencies:

@capacitor/cli: 7.2.0
@capacitor/core: 7.2.0
@capacitor/android: 7.2.0
@capacitor/ios: 7.2.0

Installed Dependencies:

@capacitor/ios: not installed
@capacitor/cli: 7.2.0
@capacitor/android: 7.2.0
@capacitor/core: 7.2.0

[success] Android looking great! 👌

Other API Details

c:\inetpub\wwwroot\OnlineNews>node -v
v22.14.0

c:\inetpub\wwwroot\OnlineNews>npm -v
11.3.0

Platforms Affected

• iOS
• Android
• Web

Current Behavior

After upgrading to Capacitor 7.2 and Android Studio Meerkat | 2024.3.1 Patch 1 (targeting SDK 35) I'm seeing "IDE error occurred" when opening the Capacitor project in Android Studio (via "npx cap open android") and trying to build an APK.

This prevents building the app, but after doing ""Sync Project with Gradle Files" from the file menu everything mysteriously works.

Following is the output from the first attempt to build the APK.

java.lang.IllegalStateException: getGradleProjectPath(Module: 'android.app') == null
	at com.android.tools.idea.projectsystem.gradle.GradleModuleSystem.getGradleProjectPath(GradleModuleSystem.kt:566)
	at com.android.tools.idea.projectsystem.gradle.GradleModuleSystem.getDynamicFeatureModules(GradleModuleSystem.kt:551)
	at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.variant.view.BuildVariantTableModelKt.buildVariantTableModelRows(BuildVariantTableModel.kt:124)
	at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.variant.view.BuildVariantTableModelKt.access$buildVariantTableModelRows(BuildVariantTableModel.kt:1)
	at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.variant.view.BuildVariantTableModel$Companion.create(BuildVariantTableModel.kt:86)
	at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.variant.view.BuildVariantTableModel.create(BuildVariantTableModel.kt)
	at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.variant.view.BuildVariantView.updateContents(BuildVariantView.java:139)
	at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.variant.view.BuildVariantView.updateContents(BuildVariantView.java:170)
	at com.android.tools.idea.gradle.variant.conflict.ConflictSet.showSelectionConflicts$lambda$0(ConflictSet.kt:55)
	at com.intellij.openapi.application.TransactionGuardImpl.runWithWritingAllowed(TransactionGuardImpl.java:236)
	at com.intellij.openapi.application.TransactionGuardImpl.access$100(TransactionGuardImpl.java:25)
	at com.intellij.openapi.application.TransactionGuardImpl$1.run(TransactionGuardImpl.java:198)
	at com.intellij.openapi.application.impl.AnyThreadWriteThreadingSupport.runIntendedWriteActionOnCurrentThread$lambda$2(AnyThreadWriteThreadingSupport.kt:217)
	at com.intellij.openapi.application.impl.AnyThreadWriteThreadingSupport.runWriteIntentReadAction(AnyThreadWriteThreadingSupport.kt:128)
	at com.intellij.openapi.application.impl.AnyThreadWriteThreadingSupport.runIntendedWriteActionOnCurrentThread(AnyThreadWriteThreadingSupport.kt:216)
	at com.intellij.openapi.application.impl.ApplicationImpl.runIntendedWriteActionOnCurrentThread(ApplicationImpl.java:843)
	at com.intellij.openapi.application.impl.ApplicationImpl$2.run(ApplicationImpl.java:421)
	at com.intellij.util.concurrency.ChildContext$runInChildContext$1.invoke(propagation.kt:103)
	at com.intellij.util.concurrency.ChildContext$runInChildContext$1.invoke(propagation.kt:103)
	at com.intellij.util.concurrency.ChildContext.runInChildContext(propagation.kt:109)
	at com.intellij.util.concurrency.ChildContext.runInChildContext(propagation.kt:103)
	at com.intellij.util.concurrency.ContextRunnable.run(ContextRunnable.java:27)
	at com.intellij.openapi.application.impl.FlushQueue.runNextEvent(FlushQueue.java:117)
	at com.intellij.openapi.application.impl.FlushQueue.flushNow(FlushQueue.java:43)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch(Unknown Source)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(Unknown Source)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(Unknown Source)
	at java.base/java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Unknown Source)
	at java.base/java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(Unknown Source)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
	at com.intellij.ide.IdeEventQueue.defaultDispatchEvent(IdeEventQueue.kt:675)
	at com.intellij.ide.IdeEventQueue._dispatchEvent(IdeEventQueue.kt:573)
	at com.intellij.ide.IdeEventQueue.dispatchEvent$lambda$18$lambda$17$lambda$16$lambda$15(IdeEventQueue.kt:355)
	at com.intellij.openapi.progress.impl.CoreProgressManager.computePrioritized(CoreProgressManager.java:857)
	at com.intellij.ide.IdeEventQueue.dispatchEvent$lambda$18$lambda$17$lambda$16(IdeEventQueue.kt:354)
	at com.intellij.ide.IdeEventQueueKt.performActivity$lambda$2$lambda$1(IdeEventQueue.kt:1045)
	at com.intellij.openapi.application.WriteIntentReadAction.lambda$run$0(WriteIntentReadAction.java:24)
	at com.intellij.openapi.application.impl.AnyThreadWriteThreadingSupport.runWriteIntentReadAction(AnyThreadWriteThreadingSupport.kt:128)
	at com.intellij.openapi.application.impl.ApplicationImpl.runWriteIntentReadAction(ApplicationImpl.java:917)
	at com.intellij.openapi.application.WriteIntentReadAction.compute(WriteIntentReadAction.java:55)
	at com.intellij.openapi.application.WriteIntentReadAction.run(WriteIntentReadAction.java:23)
	at com.intellij.ide.IdeEventQueueKt.performActivity$lambda$2(IdeEventQueue.kt:1045)
	at com.intellij.ide.IdeEventQueueKt.performActivity$lambda$3(IdeEventQueue.kt:1054)
	at com.intellij.openapi.application.TransactionGuardImpl.performActivity(TransactionGuardImpl.java:109)
	at com.intellij.ide.IdeEventQueueKt.performActivity(IdeEventQueue.kt:1054)
	at com.intellij.ide.IdeEventQueue.dispatchEvent$lambda$18(IdeEventQueue.kt:349)
	at com.intellij.ide.IdeEventQueue.dispatchEvent(IdeEventQueue.kt:395)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(Unknown Source)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(Unknown Source)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(Unknown Source)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(Unknown Source)

Expected Behavior

Android Studio should be ready to build the APK after opening via "npx cap open android"

Project Reproduction

I suspect any android project will exhibit this problem

Additional Information

No response

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