LogCat Missing from Android Studio 3.1.3

Question

I recently installed Android Studio 3.1.3 on my laptop in order to start learning android/mobile development (I am still new to all of this). The LogCat option seems to be missing though (refer to images below)

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What I tried to do in order to fix the problem:

-uninstalling and reinstalling android studio (along with updating it...)

-researching the problem (no useful results as all the solutions were to press alt-6 or go to View->Tool Windows)

It would be a huge help/relief if someone knows how to solve this problem. Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

I know it is an old question, but I encountered this problem at least twice so it might help someone.

The problem seems to be the path of the project you're looking at. It should be pointing to the folder containing the 'app' and 'gradle' folders inside your project.

1. Go to File > Open
2. Select the folder with the 'app' folder inside your project
3. Press 'Open'

If you see something like this you can now probably open the Logcat window with alt-6 or View->Tool Windows.

Note that for some reason, it didn't work for me at first until I opened the app folder, run a build and then opened the folder containing the app folder.