How to fix 'Unable to determine application id: com.android.tools.idea.run.ApkProvisionException: No outputs for the main artifact of variant:'

Question

First clean your project by

Build -> Clean project

Then rebuild project

Build -> Rebuild project

Then run your project. I hope this will work.

if not then go to

File -> Invalidate Caches / Restart -> Invalidate and restart

The last option is you can sync Gradle again in case nothing worked

Your Gradle is out of sync. Go to: File -> Sync Project with Gradle Files. It should fix the problem.

This is because your gradle version in project build.gradle configuration is too old for a newer Android Studio version, like Android Studio 3.6.1,

1. you should change the gradle configuration into a newer one under: build.gradle(project)->buildscript->dependencies->classpath;

for example, you should change:

classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.3.1'

into:

classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.1.2'

2. after this, may be you should also change the configuration in gradle-wrapper.properties into a newer version, for example, change:

distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-3.3-all.zip

into:

distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-4.4-all.zip

3. after this, may be you should also add google() at:

build.gradle(project)->buildscript->repositories

and

build.gradle(project)->allprojects->repositories

I have the same issue with a Cordova Project after I updated Android Studio to 3.6.1

As a workaround (at least for the first installation of the app) I use installDebug Gradle Task from Gradle Tab View -> Tasks -> Install

I faced this problem today.

Select nothing from the installation option and click on the add icon button. Select Run Gradle task.

Double click on the run Gradle task and there will be a pop-up option like the image. Change the first option to the app and the second option to install debug like the image.

Now finally you solved the problem

For me the solution was apparently to update the Gradle plugin...