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i get this error when starting android studio

java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: com.intellij.ide.plugins.PluginManagerCore.loadDescriptors()[Lcom/intellij/ide/plugins/IdeaPluginDescriptorImpl;
at com.a.a.b.b.ar.a(ar.java:121)
at com.a.a.b.b.ar.a(ar.java:71)
at com.intellij.idea.MainImpl.start(MainImpl.java:19)
at com.intellij.idea.StartupUtil.startApp(StartupUtil.java:303)
at com.intellij.idea.StartupUtil.prepareApp(StartupUtil.java:245)
at com.intellij.ide.plugins.MainRunner.lambda$start$0(MainRunner.java:47)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748) .... JRE 1.8.0_242 release-1644-b3-6222593 amd64 by JetBrains s.r.o ***/opt/android-studio-ide-201.6858069-linux/android-studio/jre/jre

my operating system is ubuntu 20.04 LTS 64bit

Alex
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  • I'm facing the same issue. I don't know what caused this but sdkmanager is also not working and shows `java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/xml/bind/annotation/XmlSchema` this error. – Mushaheed Syed Oct 23 '20 at 14:26
  • Just use JetBrains toolbox https://www.jetbrains.com/toolbox-app/ to install Android studio, and everything should work out of a box. – Bogdan Mart Oct 26 '20 at 00:12
  • I had to delete the android studio's user config folder in ~/.local/share/Google to fix the issue. – Mushaheed Syed Oct 26 '20 at 15:31
  • There's a glitch in 4.1 on some systems. Use canary instead. – Riley Oct 30 '20 at 02:23

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I first encountered this issue after updating my Android Studio to 4.0.1 allbeit on a MacOS. To fix this issue, please take the following steps:

  1. Go to the directory ~/Library/Application Support/AndroidStudio
  2. You would find marketplace folder in this location.
  3. Rename this folder and attempt starting Android Studio again.
  4. When Android Studio starts up again, go to Android Studio -> Preferences
  5. Goto Plugins and click installed.
  6. The incompatible plugins would surface at this stage. Click delete/uninstall for these plugins.
  7. Restart the IDE and all should be perfect.
Zoe
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Adeyemi
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That error indicates an issue in IDE plugins.

Remove the Android Studio folder in ~/.local/share/Google/.

This should fix your issue.

Mushaheed Syed
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I had the same problem on my machine. It was solved by deleting the plugins folder located in .local/share/JetBrains/Toolbox/apps/AndroidStudio/ch-0/201.6953283.plugins/marketplace. Note that 201.6953283 was my current version of Android Studio.

Andreas Adelino
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You can use the canary build until Google releases v4.2. This worked for me. Just open software install and search for "android studio canary."

Riley
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I ran into this issue after upgrading from Android Studio 4.0.1 to 4.1.1, but solved it by deleting some plugins under the directory ~/.local/share/Google/AndroidStudio4.1. The plugins I deleted were:

idea-multimarkdown
Gauge-Java-Intellij
markdown
marketplace
Wesley Tokoi
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i dont know what cause this issue but run it as sudo solve it .
your installation directory is /opt so run this command on terminal

sudo ./opt/androidStudioDirectory/bin/studio.sh
Neo Mn
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    This is not the correct solution. Running in sudo does solve this problem but no tools are working without root permissions. We cannot run SDKs like Flutter with root privileges. – Mushaheed Syed Oct 23 '20 at 14:24
  • Running it as root is not a good solution. Root is very powerful, and should never be used when it isn't required (like in this situation). Just like @SyedMushaheed said, using `sudo` can also break some SDKs / tools. – Riley Oct 30 '20 at 02:25
  • Instead of running Android Studio as root try out [my solution](https://stackoverflow.com/a/65035000/2163155) – Wesley Tokoi Nov 27 '20 at 09:42