Android Studio cannot resolve symbols after cleaning gradle cache

Question

I deleted all the existing artifacts (artifacts and metadata) Gradle has downloaded using:

rm -rf $HOME/.gradle/caches/

My issue is that now Android Studio cannot resolve any symbols from my dependencies. Eg. RecyclerView shows up as red and I cannot view it's source.

Things I have tried unsuccessfully:

• Invalidate caches and restart
• restart Android Studio
• rebuild project
• Refresh All Gradle Projects.

I was able to fix the issue by creating a copy of the project, but this is not an acceptable solution. I use the command to clear the cache several times a day and cannot be constantly creating copies.

Answer 1

1. Start Android Studio
2. Switch the file view from "Android" to "Project" view
3. Delete .idea
4. Delete .gradle
5. Delete all *.iml files
6. Files -> "Invalidate Caches / Restart"
7. "Invalidate and Restart"