Capacitor project - Root Gradle files are never created

[igtheo]

Hello,

I'm trying to set up my first Capacitor project, but I'm facing an unusual issue. After running npx cap add android and npx cap sync, the top-level build.gradle and settings.gradle files are not being created in my project root. The android folder itself is created successfully.

• My Operating System is: Windows 11
• My Node version is: v22.18.0
• My npm version is: 10.9.3

I have already tried the following troubleshooting steps without success:

1. Creating a brand new, clean project from scratch.
2. Running npx cap sync multiple times.
3. Completely uninstalling Node.js (including deleting npm cache folders), restarting my machine, and reinstalling the latest LTS version.
4. Running the commands from an administrator terminal.

The commands complete without showing any errors, but the root Gradle files are never created. I can't proceed with opening the project in Android Studio because of this.

Any ideas what could be causing this environmental issue? Thank you!