Android Studio: ExternalSystemException

Question

When I open a project (Android application) in my Android studio, it shows the external system. (I cloned this Android app into my system from github repo).

Event Log: ExternalSystemException: Failed to save '/home/prasang/Privly/privly-android/local.properties'/home/rest path app / -android / local.properties (permission allowed)

Answer 1

I'm not sure if you are using a Mac or Windows computer, but this hotfix works for Mac.

I came across the same error after cloning a copy of the Android migration guide from github here on Mac OS Sierra:

https://github.com/lgvalle/Material-Animations 

To fix the error, you must go to your Mac and find the folder in which you cloned the code. Then you will need to "Get Information".

Now change the permission below so that the system, employees, and everyone can read and write to the folder. Then try opening the repo again in Android Studio and you will find that the error has disappeared.