Issue
Have anyone faced this issue with the new Android Studio 4.1. When I run the app to the simulator, everything works and builds. Later it also shows a message
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In the run, the error message is
Unable to determine application id: com.android.tools.idea.run.ApkProvisionException: Error loading build artifacts from: LOCATION/build/outputs/apk/act/debug/output-metadata.json
Solution
I just figured out that, if you upgrade your gradle in one branch and change your branch to something which had the old gradle, you may face this issue.
I just updated the gradle and it fixed the issue.For me I change from
classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:4.0.1'
to
classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:4.1.2'
Answered By - sadat
Answer Checked By - Mary Flores (JavaFixing Volunteer)