{"id":6438,"date":"2021-06-04T06:48:25","date_gmt":"2021-06-04T06:48:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scmgalaxy.com\/tutorials\/?p=6438"},"modified":"2021-06-04T06:48:40","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T06:48:40","slug":"flutter-not-showing-open-for-editing-in-android-studio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scmgalaxy.com\/tutorials\/flutter-not-showing-open-for-editing-in-android-studio\/","title":{"rendered":"[SOLVED] Flutter:  Not showing &#8220;Open for editing in Android Studio&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The problem is caused by missing&nbsp;<code>.iml<\/code>&nbsp;project files. These files are added automatically to the&nbsp;<code>.gitignore<\/code>&nbsp;file but they should not. To fix it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Delete&nbsp;<code>.idea<\/code>&nbsp;folder.<\/li><li>Create a new temporary Flutter project with the same name.<\/li><li>Copy from the project to your existing project these 2 missing files:<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><code>[project_name].iml<\/code><\/li><li><code>android\/[project_name]_android.iml<\/code><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"4\"><li>Open Android Studio and the problem should be gone.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To avoid it in the future, make sure .iml files are not excluded in the gitignore. There is a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/flutter\/flutter\/issues\/54092\">Github issue<\/a>&nbsp;on this topic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The problem is caused by missing&nbsp;.iml&nbsp;project files. These files are added automatically to the&nbsp;.gitignore&nbsp;file but they should not. 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