Missing Database Inspector in Android Studio

Question

I have tried to find my Database Inspector in Android Studio in multiple ways, but to no avail:

1. View → Tool Windows → Database Inspector is not there
2. Help → Find Action → Database Inspector cannot be found with the search function
3. Deleting and re-downloading Android Studio: Error persists

What am I doing wrong?? How can I get my Database Inspector back?

Answer 1

Missing Android views in Flutter project?

I was working on a Flutter project and the typical Android related views were not present in the list of View → Tool Windows:

• App Inspection
• Logcat
• Device File Explorer
• Profiler
• Emulator

For some colleagues they were visible for the same project. When I opened different Android / Flutter projects, they were visible for me too. But not for this particular project. Re-installing Android Studio did not help.

Solution: Enable the Android Facet

It turned out that I had to enable the Android Facet for this project:

• Go to File → Project Structure
• Choose Facets
• Press the small + Button at the top
• Select Android from the list
• Confirm your project by clicking the project_name and press OK

This setting is stored locally in the .idea/project_name.iml. The .idea folder is excluded from version control in our .gitignore file. That is why re-installing did not help and other users had a different experience for the same project.

Android Studio Arctic Fox | 2020.3.1 Patch 1

Answer 2

On Android Studio Arctic Fox:

View > Tool Windows > App inspection