Android Studio waiting for build to finish

Question

I have a problem. When I start a new project in Android Studio and select a navigation drawer activity it happens. I don\'t have access to my activiy_main_drawer.xml

Answer 1

I am using Android Studio 3.1.3 (#AI-173.4819257), Android Build Plugin for Gradle 3.1.3 and Gradle 4.4. I tried all possible options mentioned on various posts but nothing worked for me. I want to use ConstraintLayout which is default with AS 3.1.3. My observation and workaround are as follows.

Observation: This issue occurs when a new project created with empty activity and default layout. I also get "IDE Error Occurred" once Gradle sync finishes.

Workaround: Create an empty activity, activity class (MainActivity.java) and layout (activity_main.xml). Once it is done, create a new layout file (say activity_cltest.xml) using New -> Android Resource File after clicking right button on "app". Create new layout as per your requirements. Once done, update MainActivity.java by replacing R.layout.activity_main with R.layout.activity_cltest.

I also tried to copy content of activity_cltest.xml to activity_main.xml but still for activity_main.xml, error persists. Effectively, once a new project is created, activity_main.xml should not be used and deleted.

However, for some reasons, syntax highlighting of "R.layout.activity_cltest" within MainActivity.java doesn't work.