Where did the "Profile or Debug APK..." option disappear to in Android Studio 3.4.1?

Question

Android Studio used to have the option to debug existing APKs from the File->Profile or Debug APK. I have used it in Android Studio version 3.4. Now at version 3.4.1, I cannot find it.

Does anyone know if the option was removed from Android Studio or where can I find it?

Answer 1

I had this same issue and here's how I solved it.

I had disabled APK and NDK support in hopes that it would speed up my IDE. I forgot to turn them back on. So I went into Preferences > Plugins and if you don't have them installed, install Android NDK and Android APK support. If you already have them installed, tick Android APK Support and it will prompt you to enable Android NDK Support if you don't have it enabled already.

Answer 2

Since Android Studio menu can be customize, by some way the option has been removed from your toolbar. To add it again go in File -> Settings -> Appearance & Behavior -> Menus and Toolbar

From here open the Main menu -> File -> File Open Actions folders.

Select the Open line, then click on the plus sign on top of the window next to the search bar. Click Add Action... and search for Profile or Debug APK... options.

Apply and you're good to go !

Edit

After some exchanges in the comments we fixed the issue another way.

You have to go into Settings -> Plugins first. Check if you have the plugin Android APK Support activated/installed. If not then install/activate it.

And now you're really good to go !