Android: Broken Code Completion / Intellisense in Android Studio

Description

Code completion does not work since React Native version 0.81.0

1. Tested against few version of Android Studio: Narwhal, Otter, Panda
2. Tested against few version of React Native: 0.81.x, 0.82.x, 0.83.x, 0.84.x

• Noticed that gradle-plugin [gradle-plugin-root] is missing from project hierarchy on the left in Android Studio, not sure whether it's due to change of recent AGP version

Steps to reproduce

1. Run React Native CLI to initiate project, e.g: npx @react-native-community/cli@latest init AwesomeProject0803 --version 0.81.0
2. Run yarn && yarn start
3. Run yarn android at least once
4. Open Android Studio & allow it to for gradle sync & indexing... etc
5. In MainActivity or MainApplication, try either of following
   a. Try to access React Native source code via Command + click in MacOS
   b. type on code to trigger code completion, e.g: override func onCreate to see whether anything happen

React Native Version

0.83.1

Affected Platforms

Build - MacOS, Runtime - Android

Output of npx @react-native-community/cli info

System:
  OS: macOS 26.2
  CPU: (12) arm64 Apple M2 Pro
  Memory: 134.20 MB / 16.00 GB
  Shell:
    version: "5.9"
    path: /bin/zsh
Binaries:
  Node:
    version: 22.14.0
    path: /Users/userA/Library/pnpm/node
  Yarn:
    version: 1.22.22
    path: /Users/userA/.yarn/bin/yarn
  npm:
    version: 10.9.2
    path: /Users/userA/Library/pnpm/npm
  Watchman: Not Found
Managers:
  CocoaPods: Not Found
SDKs:
  iOS SDK:
    Platforms:
      - DriverKit 25.2
      - iOS 26.2
      - macOS 26.2
      - tvOS 26.2
      - visionOS 26.2
      - watchOS 26.2
  Android SDK:
    API Levels:
      - "30"
      - "35"
      - "36"
    Build Tools:
      - 35.0.0
      - 36.0.0
      - 36.1.0
    System Images:
      - android-36 | Google Play ARM 64 v8a
    Android NDK: Not Found
IDEs:
  Android Studio: 2025.3 AI-253.29346.138.2531.14850935
  Xcode:
    version: 26.2/17C52
    path: /usr/bin/xcodebuild
Languages:
  Java:
    version: 17.0.10
    path: /usr/bin/javac
  Ruby:
    version: 2.6.10
    path: /usr/bin/ruby
npmPackages:
  "@react-native-community/cli":
    installed: 20.1.0
    wanted: 20.1.0
  react:
    installed: 19.2.3
    wanted: 19.2.3
  react-native:
    installed: 0.84.0-rc.4
    wanted: 0.84.0-rc.4
  react-native-macos: Not Found
npmGlobalPackages:
  "*react-native*": Not Found
Android:
  hermesEnabled: true
  newArchEnabled: true
iOS:
  hermesEnabled: Not found
  newArchEnabled: false

Stacktrace or Logs

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MANDATORY Reproducer

https://github.com/JunPG/AwesomeProject0831

Screenshots and Videos

React Native 0.80.3

React Native 0.83.1 (ReproducerApp)

React Native 0.84.0-rc

Start with the mandatory reproducer repository and compare the Android Studio project after Gradle sync for React Native 0.80.3 versus 0.81.x–0.84.x. Inspect MainActivity and MainApplication while checking whether gradle-plugin-root is present. Done means Android Studio restores source navigation and code completion for the reproduced project.