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When i open android studio it shows me blank screen like i don't have any projects with a yellow message at the top corner that says "can't load setting from file workspace.xml..."
After i tried to delete the workspace.xml file as suggested here and open android studio again the message didn't appear but it was still without any projects. Yesterday everything worked fine and i can still see my project data on the windows explorer. Can someone please tell me how to fix this issue.

go to your user folder
[SYSDRIVE]:\Users[your username] (ex. C:\Users\aman)
In this folder there should be a folder called .AndroidStudioBeta or .AndroidStudio (notice the period at the start - so on some OSes it would be hidden).
Delete this folder (or better yet, move it to a backup location - so you can return it if something goes wrong).
this will solve your problem.

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I want to add a new vector asset. I am trying to add a clipArt but it only shows in the dialog box "Nothing to show". No icon is showing and I want to add an icon. I don't know to fix this. Please help. I am still trying to learn android studio and I am practicing on how to use it.
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This a new problem introduced in the latest version of Android Studio 4.1.
This happens when your windows user name folder contains a space. Rename your user name’s folder removing the space and it will work again.
For some reason the space make the folder where the icons are located not visible to Android Studio.
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Those clip arts are located in "icons" folder inside your sdk folder on your hard drive and the sdk folder is generally this:
C:\Users\ --username-- \AppData\Local\Android\Sdk
I guess android studio cannot access the right sdk location so make sure the sdk location in your "File/Project Structure/SDK Location" matches the actual sdk location on your hard drive.
Alternatively, you can download the clip art you need from this link: Android Material and import them by choosing Local file in your Asset Studio.
In Android Studio 4.1.1 this issue is resolved. Update if possible.
It's working
Your SDK folder name must be spaced less, ex- (UTTAM, UttamSdk, Uttam_sdk)
HAPPY CODING :)
Same thing happened with me, also i was not able to change my user name because of Win 10 Single Lang. so i just moved my SDK folder to another path but there was not space between the path like from >> C:\Users\User Name\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk to >> C:\Users\Sdk.

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I had a similar issue and it was not visible in Windows because I hadn't given it a file extension.
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