Fatal error initializing 'com.android.tools.idea.AndroidInitialConfigurator'

Question

My Android Studio encountered an error when starting it. Here is the snapshot: error snapshot

java.lang.RuntimeException: com.intellij.ide.plugins.PluginManager$StartupAbortedException: Fatal error initializing 'com.android.tools.idea.AndroidInitialConfigurator'
    at com.intellij.idea.IdeaApplication.run(IdeaApplication.java:213)
    at com.intellij.idea.MainImpl$1.lambda$null$0(MainImpl.java:49)
    at java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch(InvocationEvent.java:311)
    at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(EventQueue.java:762)
    at java.awt.EventQueue.access$500(EventQueue.java:98)
    at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(EventQueue.java:715)
    at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(EventQueue.java:709)
    at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
    at java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:80)
    at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:732)
    at com.intellij.ide.IdeEventQueue.dispatchEvent(IdeEventQueue.java:346)
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(EventDispatchThread.java:201)
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(EventDispatchThread.java:116)
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:105)
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:101)
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:93)
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:82)
Caused by: com.intellij.ide.plugins.PluginManager$StartupAbortedException: Fatal error initializing 'com.android.tools.idea.AndroidInitialConfigurator'
    at com.intellij.ide.plugins.PluginManager.handleComponentError(PluginManager.java:276)
    at com.intellij.openapi.components.impl.PlatformComponentManagerImpl.handleInitComponentError(PlatformComponentManagerImpl.java:43)
    at com.intellij.openapi.components.impl.ComponentManagerImpl$ComponentConfigComponentAdapter.getComponentInstance(ComponentManagerImpl.java:515)
    at com.intellij.openapi.components.impl.ComponentManagerImpl.createComponents(ComponentManagerImpl.java:119)
    at com.intellij.openapi.application.impl.ApplicationImpl.lambda$createComponents$9(ApplicationImpl.java:447)
    at com.intellij.openapi.progress.impl.CoreProgressManager.lambda$runProcess$1(CoreProgressManager.java:157)
    at com.intellij.openapi.progress.impl.CoreProgressManager.registerIndicatorAndRun(CoreProgressManager.java:543)
    at com.intellij.openapi.progress.impl.CoreProgressManager.executeProcessUnderProgress(CoreProgressManager.java:488)
    at com.intellij.openapi.progress.impl.ProgressManagerImpl.executeProcessUnderProgress(ProgressManagerImpl.java:94)
    at com.intellij.openapi.progress.impl.CoreProgressManager.runProcess(CoreProgressManager.java:144)
    at com.intellij.openapi.application.impl.ApplicationImpl.createComponents(ApplicationImpl.java:454)
    at com.intellij.openapi.components.impl.ComponentManagerImpl.init(ComponentManagerImpl.java:103)
    at com.intellij.openapi.application.impl.ApplicationImpl.load(ApplicationImpl.java:406)
    at com.intellij.openapi.application.impl.ApplicationImpl.load(ApplicationImpl.java:392)
    at com.intellij.idea.IdeaApplication.run(IdeaApplication.java:206)
    ... 16 more

It probably caused by an accidentally shutdown of my Mac. I tried the solution here Errors while starting Android Studio. But it doesn't work.

Help!!!

Answer 1

C:\Users\...\AppData\Roaming\Google\AndroidStudio2021.2\Plugins

must be removed

Answer 2

Solution Uninstall your android studio first, then download the old version first. make sure java SDK and JRE are installed on your PC and added to the environment variable, After installing Old version Run Andriod Studio then update for the latest version

Answer 3

I was getting the same error. until I Gave full control permissions to the C:/Android folder where your adb tools are installed.

• Right click on C:/Android -> "Properties"
• Go to "security" -> select your current user and then "Edit"
• check all Permissions.

Answer 4

I manage to run it by doing

1. run terminal
2. sudo /Applications/AndroidStudio.app/Contents/MacOS/studio

Answer 5

I was facing the same issue on MacOS, and the accepted answer didn't fix it for me.

For me this error was fixed after running Android Studio with admin privilages.

sudo /Applications/Android\ Studio.app/Contents/MacOS/studio

Answer 6

Ok after trying all kinds of solutions for two days I finally figure out the right way. It seems there is no correct answer from Google so in case anyone encounter the same error in the future I would like to post the right solution here:

Reason: incorrectly install some plugins of Android Studio. You can find out this error caused by plugins from the first line of the error message:

java.lang.RuntimeException: com.intellij.ide.**plugins**.**PluginManager**$StartupAbortedException:

Therefore the reason is clearly the problem of some uncertain installed plugins.

Solution: find the plugins folder of Android Studio (in MAC open the application content of Android Studio; in Windows you can find that under C:\Users....AndroidStudioX.X\config\plugins) then delete the latest installed one.

That's it. You don't even need to restart your computer. Just reopen Android Studio and it should be able to work now!

I tried all kinds of solutions from Google but ended up with finding out the essential reason first. What a day.

Please vote me if this is helpful!

Answer 7

Reinstalling IntelliJ Idea suffice. No need to delete the IDE folders found in the user's home directory.

WARNING: Install the full version with JDK, to be safe. I got the same problem again later because I attempted to use the JDK I already had to run the tool. This problem occurs if the JDK provided is not compatible with the JDK required by IntelliJ IDEA.