android studio start failed - Java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

Question

Internal error. Please report to https://code.google.com/p/android/issues

java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Argument for @NotNull parameter 'name' of com/android/tools/idea/welcome/Platform. must not be null at com.intellij.idea.IdeaApplication.run(IdeaApplication.java:178) at com.intellij.idea.MainImpl$1$1$1.run(MainImpl.java:52) at java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch(InvocationEvent.java:209) at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(EventQueue.java:715) at java.awt.EventQueue.access$400(EventQueue.java:82) at java.awt.EventQueue$2.run(EventQueue.java:676) at java.awt.EventQueue$2.run(EventQueue.java:674) at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) at java.security.AccessControlContext$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(AccessControlContext.java:86) at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:685) at com.intellij.ide.IdeEventQueue.dispatchEvent(IdeEventQueue.java:362) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(EventDispatchThread.java:296) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(EventDispatchThread.java:211) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:201) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:196) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:188) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:122) Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Argument for @NotNull parameter 'name' of com/android/tools/idea/welcome/Platform. must not be null at com.android.tools.idea.welcome.Platform.(Platform.java) at com.android.tools.idea.welcome.Platform.getLatestPlatform(Platform.java:72) at com.android.tools.idea.welcome.Platform.createSubtree(Platform.java:89) at com.android.tools.idea.welcome.InstallComponentsPath.createComponentTree(InstallComponentsPath.java:81) at com.android.tools.idea.welcome.InstallComponentsPath.init(InstallComponentsPath.java:215) at com.android.tools.idea.wizard.DynamicWizardPath.attachToWizard(DynamicWizardPath.java:97) at com.android.tools.idea.wizard.DynamicWizard.addPath(DynamicWizard.java:233) at com.android.tools.idea.welcome.FirstRunWizard.init(FirstRunWizard.java:75) at com.android.tools.idea.welcome.FirstRunWizardHost.setupWizard(FirstRunWizardHost.java:100) at com.android.tools.idea.welcome.FirstRunWizardHost.getWelcomePanel(FirstRunWizardHost.java:92) at com.intellij.openapi.wm.impl.welcomeScreen.WelcomeFrame.(WelcomeFrame.java:68) at com.intellij.openapi.wm.impl.welcomeScreen.WelcomeFrame.showNow(WelcomeFrame.java:173) at com.intellij.idea.IdeaApplication$IdeStarter.main(IdeaApplication.java:302) at com.intellij.idea.IdeaApplication.run(IdeaApplication.java:172) ... 16 more

i tried to reinstall but nothing worked. my android studio not starting.

Answer 1

I was having the same problem and found this post:

https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=183063&colspec=ID%20Type%20Status%20Owner%20Summary%20Stars

It looks like a older version of Android Studio is the culprit. Try downloading from here: http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html

Answer 2

Open the folder "bin" under the directory where you installed your Android Studio. Find the file "idea.properties" and open it with Notepad++/UltraEdit/other_edit_tools. Add "disable.android.first.run=true" as the final line and save the file. Restart Android Studio