Android IDE error - AlreadyDisposedException while opening Android studio

Question

I have Android studio dolphin version.

While I try to open Android studio, an error dialog box appears and it shows like

IDE error occured
See details and submit report

And the report shows an error as below

com.intellij.serviceContainer.AlreadyDisposedException: Already disposed: Module: 'AppName.app' (disposed)
    at com.intellij.serviceContainer.ComponentManagerImpl.checkState(ComponentManagerImpl.kt:184)
    at com.intellij.serviceContainer.ComponentManagerImpl.getComponent(ComponentManagerImpl.kt:533)
    at com.intellij.facet.FacetManager.getInstance(FacetManager.java:15)
    at com.intellij.facet.impl.ProjectFacetManagerImpl.getIndex(ProjectFacetManagerImpl.java:76)
    at com.intellij.facet.impl.ProjectFacetManagerImpl.hasFacets(ProjectFacetManagerImpl.java:100)
    at com.intellij.facet.impl.ui.FacetDependentToolWindowManager$1.facetRemoved(FacetDependentToolWindowManager.java:58)
    at com.intellij.facet.impl.ProjectWideFacetListenersRegistryImpl$ProjectWideFacetListenerWrapper.facetRemoved(ProjectWideFacetListenersRegistryImpl.java:86)
    at com.intellij.facet.impl.FacetEventsPublisher.onFacetRemoved(FacetEventsPublisher.kt:129)
    at com.intellij.facet.impl.FacetEventsPublisher.onModuleRemoved(FacetEventsPublisher.kt:89)
    at com.intellij.facet.impl.FacetEventsPublisher.access$onModuleRemoved(FacetEventsPublisher.kt:17)
    at com.intellij.facet.impl.FacetEventsPublisher$1.moduleRemoved(FacetEventsPublisher.kt:29)
    at com.intellij.util.messages.impl.MessageBusImpl.invokeMethod(MessageBusImpl.java:645)
    at com.intellij.util.messages.impl.MessageBusImpl.invokeListener(MessageBusImpl.java:624)
    at com.intellij.util.messages.impl.MessageBusImpl.deliverMessage(MessageBusImpl.java:417)
    at com.intellij.util.messages.impl.MessageBusImpl.pumpWaitingBuses(MessageBusImpl.java:390)
    at com.intellij.util.messages.impl.MessageBusImpl.pumpMessages(MessageBusImpl.java:372)
    at com.intellij.util.messages.impl.MessageBusImpl.access$200(MessageBusImpl.java:33)
    at com.intellij.util.messages.impl.MessageBusImpl$MessagePublisher.invoke(MessageBusImpl.java:179)
    at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy87.moduleRemoved(Unknown Source)
    at com.intellij.workspaceModel.ide.impl.legacyBridge.module.ModuleManagerBridgeImpl.fireEventAndDisposeModule(ModuleManagerBridgeImpl.kt:63)
    at com.intellij.workspaceModel.ide.impl.legacyBridge.module.ModuleManagerComponentBridge.processModuleChange(ModuleManagerComponentBridge.kt:181)
    at com.intellij.workspaceModel.ide.impl.legacyBridge.module.ModuleManagerComponentBridge.access$processModuleChange(ModuleManagerComponentBridge.kt:45)
    at com.intellij.workspaceModel.ide.impl.legacyBridge.module.ModuleManagerComponentBridge$2$changed$1.invoke(ModuleManagerComponentBridge.kt:126)
    at com.intellij.workspaceModel.ide.impl.legacyBridge.module.ModuleManagerComponentBridge$2$changed$1.invoke(ModuleManagerComponentBridge.kt:74)
    at com.intellij.workspaceModel.ide.impl.UtilsKt.executeOrQueueOnDispatchThread(utils.kt:13)
    at com.intellij.workspaceModel.ide.impl.legacyBridge.module.ModuleManagerComponentBridge$2.changed(ModuleManagerComponentBridge.kt:102)
    at com.intellij.workspaceModel.ide.WorkspaceModelTopics$EventsDispatcher.changed(WorkspaceModelTopics.kt:118)
    at com.intellij.util.messages.impl.MessageBusImpl.invokeMethod(MessageBusImpl.java:645)
    at com.intellij.util.messages.impl.MessageBusImpl.invokeListener(MessageBusImpl.java:624)
    at com.intellij.util.messages.impl.MessageBusImpl.deliverMessage(MessageBusImpl.java:417)
    at com.intellij.util.messages.impl.MessageBusImpl.pumpWaitingBuses(MessageBusImpl.java:390)
    at com.intellij.util.messages.impl.MessageBusImpl.pumpMessages(MessageBusImpl.java:372)
    at com.intellij.util.messages.impl.MessageBusImpl.access$200(MessageBusImpl.java:33)
    at com.intellij.util.messages.impl.MessageBusImpl$MessagePublisher.invoke(MessageBusImpl.java:179)
    at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy96.changed(Unknown Source)
    at com.intellij.workspaceModel.ide.impl.WorkspaceModelImpl.onChanged(WorkspaceModelImpl.kt:112)
    at com.intellij.workspaceModel.ide.impl.WorkspaceModelImpl.access$onChanged(WorkspaceModelImpl.kt:19)
    at com.intellij.workspaceModel.ide.impl.WorkspaceModelImpl$updateProjectModel$2.invoke(WorkspaceModelImpl.kt:75)
    at com.intellij.workspaceModel.ide.impl.WorkspaceModelImpl$updateProjectModel$2.invoke(WorkspaceModelImpl.kt:19)
    at com.intellij.workspaceModel.storage.impl.VersionedEntityStorageImpl.replace(VersionedEntityStorageImpl.kt:183)
    at com.intellij.workspaceModel.ide.impl.WorkspaceModelImpl.updateProjectModel(WorkspaceModelImpl.kt:75)
    at com.intellij.workspaceModel.ide.impl.jps.serialization.JpsProjectModelSynchronizer$applyLoadedStorage$1.run(JpsProjectModelSynchronizer.kt:212)
    at com.intellij.openapi.application.WriteAction.lambda$runAndWait$2(WriteAction.java:115)
    at com.intellij.openapi.application.impl.ApplicationImpl.runWriteActionWithClass(ApplicationImpl.java:935)
    at com.intellij.openapi.application.impl.ApplicationImpl.runWriteAction(ApplicationImpl.java:961)
    at com.intellij.openapi.application.WriteAction.compute(WriteAction.java:96)
    at com.intellij.openapi.application.WriteAction.lambda$computeAndWait$3(WriteAction.java:149)
    at com.intellij.openapi.application.WriteThread.lambda$submit$0(WriteThread.java:27)
    at com.intellij.openapi.application.WriteThread.lambda$submit$1(WriteThread.java:43)
    at com.intellij.openapi.application.TransactionGuardImpl.runWithWritingAllowed(TransactionGuardImpl.java:214)
    at com.intellij.openapi.application.TransactionGuardImpl.access$200(TransactionGuardImpl.java:21)
    at com.intellij.openapi.application.TransactionGuardImpl$2.run(TransactionGuardImpl.java:196)
    at com.intellij.openapi.application.impl.ApplicationImpl.runIntendedWriteActionOnCurrentThread(ApplicationImpl.java:805)
    at com.intellij.openapi.application.impl.ApplicationImpl.lambda$invokeLaterOnWriteThread$10(ApplicationImpl.java:794)
    at com.intellij.openapi.application.impl.FlushQueue.doRun(FlushQueue.java:82)
    at com.intellij.openapi.application.impl.FlushQueue.runNextEvent(FlushQueue.java:131)
    at com.intellij.openapi.application.impl.FlushQueue.flushNow(FlushQueue.java:47)
    at com.intellij.openapi.application.impl.FlushQueue$FlushNow.run(FlushQueue.java:187)
    at java.desktop/java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch(InvocationEvent.java:313)
    at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(EventQueue.java:776)
    at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(EventQueue.java:727)
    at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(EventQueue.java:721)
    at java.base/java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
    at java.base/java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:85)
    at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:746)
    at com.intellij.ide.IdeEventQueue.defaultDispatchEvent(IdeEventQueue.java:891)
    at com.intellij.ide.IdeEventQueue._dispatchEvent(IdeEventQueue.java:760)
    at com.intellij.ide.IdeEventQueue.lambda$dispatchEvent$6(IdeEventQueue.java:447)
    at com.intellij.openapi.progress.impl.CoreProgressManager.computePrioritized(CoreProgressManager.java:818)
    at com.intellij.ide.IdeEventQueue.lambda$dispatchEvent$7(IdeEventQueue.java:446)
    at com.intellij.openapi.application.impl.ApplicationImpl.runIntendedWriteActionOnCurrentThread(ApplicationImpl.java:805)
    at com.intellij.ide.IdeEventQueue.dispatchEvent(IdeEventQueue.java:492)
    at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(EventDispatchThread.java:203)
    at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(EventDispatchThread.java:124)
    at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:113)
    at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:109)
    at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:101)
    at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:90)
    Suppressed: java.lang.RuntimeException
        at com.intellij.openapi.application.WriteAction.computeAndWait(WriteAction.java:158)
        at com.intellij.openapi.application.WriteAction.computeAndWait(WriteAction.java:128)
        at com.intellij.openapi.application.WriteAction.runAndWait(WriteAction.java:114)
        at com.intellij.workspaceModel.ide.impl.jps.serialization.JpsProjectModelSynchronizer.applyLoadedStorage(JpsProjectModelSynchronizer.kt:209)
        at com.intellij.workspaceModel.ide.impl.jps.serialization.JpsProjectModelSynchronizer.loadProject(JpsProjectModelSynchronizer.kt:229)
        at com.intellij.workspaceModel.ide.impl.jps.serialization.DelayedProjectSynchronizer.runActivity(DelayedProjectSynchronizer.kt:23)
        at com.intellij.ide.startup.impl.StartupManagerImpl.runStartupActivity(StartupManagerImpl.kt:312)
        at com.intellij.ide.startup.impl.StartupManagerImpl.runActivityAndMeasureDuration(StartupManagerImpl.kt:293)
        at com.intellij.ide.startup.impl.StartupManagerImpl.runActivityAndMeasureDuration$default(StartupManagerImpl.kt:288)
        at com.intellij.ide.startup.impl.StartupManagerImpl$runPostStartupActivities$1$1.run(StartupManagerImpl.kt:245)
        at com.intellij.openapi.project.DumbServiceImpl.runWithWaitForSmartModeDisabled(DumbServiceImpl.java:645)
        at com.intellij.ide.startup.impl.StartupManagerImpl$runPostStartupActivities$1.accept(StartupManagerImpl.kt:244)
        at com.intellij.ide.startup.impl.StartupManagerImpl$runPostStartupActivities$1.accept(StartupManagerImpl.kt:62)
        at com.intellij.openapi.extensions.impl.ExtensionPointImpl.processWithPluginDescriptor(ExtensionPointImpl.java:299)
        at com.intellij.openapi.extensions.ExtensionPointName.processWithPluginDescriptor(ExtensionPointName.java:144)
        at com.intellij.ide.startup.impl.StartupManagerImpl.runPostStartupActivities(StartupManagerImpl.kt:239)
        at com.intellij.ide.startup.impl.StartupManagerImpl.access$runPostStartupActivities(StartupManagerImpl.kt:62)
        at com.intellij.ide.startup.impl.StartupManagerImpl$projectOpened$3$1.run(StartupManagerImpl.kt:189)
        at com.intellij.openapi.progress.impl.CoreProgressManager.lambda$runProcess$2(CoreProgressManager.java:188)
        at com.intellij.openapi.progress.impl.CoreProgressManager.lambda$executeProcessUnderProgress$12(CoreProgressManager.java:624)
        at com.intellij.openapi.progress.impl.CoreProgressManager.registerIndicatorAndRun(CoreProgressManager.java:698)
        at com.intellij.openapi.progress.impl.CoreProgressManager.computeUnderProgress(CoreProgressManager.java:646)
        at com.intellij.openapi.progress.impl.CoreProgressManager.executeProcessUnderProgress(CoreProgressManager.java:623)
        at com.intellij.openapi.progress.impl.ProgressManagerImpl.executeProcessUnderProgress(ProgressManagerImpl.java:66)
        at com.intellij.openapi.progress.impl.CoreProgressManager.runProcess(CoreProgressManager.java:175)
        at com.intellij.openapi.progress.util.BackgroundTaskUtil.runUnderDisposeAwareIndicator(BackgroundTaskUtil.java:277)
        at com.intellij.openapi.progress.util.BackgroundTaskUtil.runUnderDisposeAwareIndicator(BackgroundTaskUtil.java:255)
        at com.intellij.ide.startup.impl.StartupManagerImpl$projectOpened$3.run(StartupManagerImpl.kt:189)
        at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinTask$RunnableExecuteAction.exec(ForkJoinTask.java:1426)
        at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinTask.doExec(ForkJoinTask.java:290)
        at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinPool$WorkQueue.topLevelExec(ForkJoinPool.java:1020)
        at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinPool.scan(ForkJoinPool.java:1656)
        at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinPool.runWorker(ForkJoinPool.java:1594)
        at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinWorkerThread.run(ForkJoinWorkerThread.java:183)

And also another dialog box appears as

Unable to save settings
Failed to save settings. Please restart Android Studio

On the top, in the configuration tab, it now shows Add Configuration where it showed app with an android icon previously.

The project explorer keeps on loading forever. The same problem occurs whenever I try to create a new project as well.

There is no modules.xml file and some folders in the .idea folder are missing which the previous projects have.

What I have tried so far

• Invalidated caches and Restarted

• Deleted .idea and .app folder and restarted

• Created a new project to check if the same error occurs

• Uninstalled and reinstalled Android studio

• Clicked on Repair IDE and followed the steps

• Installed previous android studio versions and checked

But none the above steps seem to help resolve the issue.

Answer 1

I know it's an old post, but it's relating to a similar issue and might still be of use:

Android Studio - Gradle sync failed: Already disposed

As stated,

As it turned out, the problem was that I was trying to open a project directory that was a symlink to the actual location (on the same partition). Gradle (on command line) had no issues building the project from the symlinked location, however, opening it in Android Studio resulted in the obscure and non helpful error described above.

Also, some have reported this worked for them:

1. Delete module folder and modules.xml file under .idea folder.
2. Close Android Studio
3. Reopen and sync

So it might effectively be because your module.xml file is missing