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I just updated Android Studio to version 4.2. I was surprised to not see the Gradle tasks in my project.

In the previous version, 4.1.3, I could see the tasks as shown here:

working in version 4.1.3

But now I only see the dependencies in version 4.2:

Not working in 4.2

I tried to clear Android Studio's cache and sync my project again, but there was no change.

Is this a feature change?

LeMimit
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OK, I found why I got this behaviour in android studio 4.2.

It is intended behaviour. I found the answer in this post: https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/185420705.

Gradle task list is large and slow to populate in Android projects. This feature by default is disabled for performance reasons. You can re-enable it in: Settings | Experimental | Do not build Gradle task list during Gradle sync.

Reload the Gradle project by clicking the "Sync Project with gradle Files" icon and the tasks will appear.

It could be cool that this experimental change is put in the release note of android studio 4.2.

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Boken
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LeMimit
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  • @vewert You can still run the tasks from command line, for example: `./gradlew app:dependencies` – Bencri May 07 '21 at 08:11
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    Should this option stay unticked? Or do I do it once and get it back to what it was? – Ahmad Hamwi Oct 30 '22 at 04:57
  • I was missing the JAVA_HOME environment variable on my (fresh) system, so I just had to install Java, and all worked as expected after performing the above. – RobinM Feb 01 '23 at 13:54
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    I am on Android Studio Flamingo 2022.2.1 Patch 2, and that option is no longer displayed. Instead there is an option "Only include test tasks in the Gradle task list generated during Gradle sync", and my task list only includes test tasks – Adam Burley Jun 29 '23 at 11:02
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Go to File -> Settings -> Experimental and uncheck Do not build Gradle task list during Gradle sync, then sync the project File -> Sync Project with Gradle Files. If the problem is still there, just reboot Android Studio.

1.Do not build Gradle task list during Gradle sync

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For Android Studio Electric Eel | 2022.1.1 and later

Update Jun 23rd 2023: the same with Android Studio Flamingo

Go to Settings and uncheck this thing in below picture:

After that, sync your project again enter image description here

Tony
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Solution 1:

You can alternatively use the below gradle command to get all the tasks and run those in terminal

./gradlew tasks --all

Solution 2.

You can also create run configuration to run the tasks like below:

Step 1:

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Step 2:

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Step 3:

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Then your run configuration will be listed like in step 1 image. You can choose and simply run it as usual.

Rajesh.k
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Inside your android studio, select File option in toolbar -> then click on Settings option.

  1. From settings, select the last option "Experimental"
  2. Within there, select Uncheck the option that I have shared the screenshot below.
  3. Then click Apply.enter image description here

4. After that, Sync your project again from the file option, over their Sync project with Gradle Files

All set :)

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To check the task list use the below command

./gradlew task

You will get the list of available task. To execute a particular task run command as follow

./gradlew <taskname>
Minion
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This solution works for me

Go to File -> Settings -> Experimental and uncheck Do not build Gradle task list during Gradle sync, then sync the project File -> Sync Project with Gradle Files.

tech.mohit.garg
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I had a similar issue and I solved it by executing the following terminal command in my Android Studio Terminal:

./gradlew tasks --all
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