I can't create a new project with java language anymore on Android Studio Flamingo?

Question

I updated my android studio to the flamingo version today, and I found it strange that there is no longer an option to select languages on the new project screen. Is this a bug? did I do something wrong? Or is there really no more support for the java language in Flamingo? How can I resolve this?

Thanks for any help! Unfortunately I didn't find any answer to this problem on the internet.

I do not know what to do.

Answer 1

I am using Android Studio Flamingo version. I also encountered the same issue. You should use other pre-defined activities to be able to select language type.

Ex: Empty Views Activity, Basic Views Activity, Bottom Navigation Views Activity etc.

Note:

• Empty Activity and Empty Views Activity are different
• Empty/Basic... Activity: uses Jetpack Compose for UI rendering
• Empty/Basic... Views Activity: uses XML based layouts and also provides us options to choose for Java or Kotlin language selection

I have attached a screenshot of it too.

Answer 2

Till the moment I always used Empty Activity because I wanted the project clean and only put in it the things I wanted. With Basic Views Activity it generates too much unwanted features (2 fragments, 2 layouts for activity). I am absolutely lost with this new version and cannot find Electric Eel (the version I used before) anywhere to downgrade Android.

Answer 3

I can see it, probably you have chosen the templates for a compose activity which now are the default ones, if the app is in compose it can only use kotlin and I guess that's why if the compose option is selected it doesn't allow you to choose java then.

After selecting Empty Activity (in compose):

After selecting one of the traditional views options like the Basic Views Activity:

Answer 4

On Android Studio Flamingo | 2022.2.1, you can select Empty Views Activity when creating a new project as shown below.

And you can still choose the Java or Kotlin language as usual.