Intellij: Error building android project: no such package '@intellij_aspect//'

[tomrom95]

I am attempting to move an Android project from Gradle to Bazel, but I am encountering an error when I try to build through Android Studio.

Building the project through the command line (i.e bazel build //...), everything compiles successfully and I can run the app on an emulator. However, building the project in Android Studio using the bazel plugin results in the following error:

ERROR: Encountered error while reading extension file 'intellij_info_bundled.bzl': no such package '@intellij_aspect//': /private/var/tmp/_bazel_tommy/8d411f88fac27b5686c7986040e7ebb8/external/intellij_aspect must be an existing directory.

I am using Android Studio 3.2 and Bazel plugin version 2018.11.12.0.4. I have attempted a bazel clean, reinstallation of Android Studio, and several different Bazel plugin versions. Please let me know if you need me to add any more information regarding this issue.

[brendandouglas]

Which version of bazel are you using? Could you include the full bazel command printed in the 'Bazel Console' view when you try to sync?

[ghost]

My guess is that this is a problem with importing the plugin. I had the same error and fixed it by first removing the bazel cache:
rm -rf ~/.cache/bazel/_bazel_$USERNAME/

And then manually importing the plugin into Android Studio
mv aswb ~/.AndroidStudio3.3/config/plugins/

After a restart it detects the plugin properly.

Also make sure you have the correct plugin version for your Android Studio.

[exchgr]

If you're on macOS, the following helps:

1. Move ~/Library/Application Support/IntelliJIdea<version> to a directory without spaces.
2. In your idea.properties file, set idea.plugins.path to that directory.

For more on how to modify that property, check here https://intellij-support.jetbrains.com/hc/en-us/articles/207240985