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all required information.

Studio Build: 3.2.1
Version of Gradle Plugin: Not important
Version of Gradle: Not important
Version of Java:
OS: Windows 10 x64 v1809 with all security patches applied when this issue was created.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create a repo in GitHub, called: FirstAppAndroidKotlin, like as:
https://github.com/dsfb/FirstAppAndroidKotlin .
2. Clone this repo in your local computer with GitHub Desktop app, for example.
3. Open Android Studio.
4. Create a new Android Project.
5. Set the project location to location of the folder where you cloned the github repo.
6. Align the name of the application to be the same of the folder name.
7. Check the checkbox: Include Kotlin support.
8. Click Next
9. Choose Phone and Tablets with API 15, in the form factors and minimum SDK Screen.
10. Choose Empty Activity in the next screen.
11. Accept the defaults options in the last screen, that is, click: Finish.
12. The error appears like:
Error message:
Argument for @NotNull parameter 'text2' of com/intellij/diff/comparison/ComparisonManagerImpl.isEquals must not be null
Details:
Argument for @NotNull parameter 'text2' of com/intellij/diff/comparison/ComparisonManagerImpl.isEquals must not be null
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Argument for @NotNull parameter 'text2' of com/intellij/diff/comparison/ComparisonManagerImpl.isEquals must not be null
at com.intellij.diff.comparison.ComparisonManagerImpl.$$$reportNull$$$0(ComparisonManagerImpl.java)
at com.intellij.diff.comparison.ComparisonManagerImpl.isEquals(ComparisonManagerImpl.java)
at com.android.tools.idea.templates.recipe.DefaultRecipeExecutor.compareFile(DefaultRecipeExecutor.java:695)
at com.android.tools.idea.templates.recipe.DefaultRecipeExecutor.copyTemplateResource(DefaultRecipeExecutor.java:580)
at com.android.tools.idea.templates.recipe.DefaultRecipeExecutor.copy(DefaultRecipeExecutor.java:252)
at com.android.tools.idea.templates.recipe.Recipe$CopyInstruction.execute(Recipe.java:147)
at com.android.tools.idea.templates.recipe.Recipe.executeInstructions(Recipe.java:120)
at com.android.tools.idea.templates.recipe.Recipe.execute(Recipe.java:105)
at com.android.tools.idea.templates.Template$4.process(Template.java:579)
at com.android.tools.idea.templates.FreemarkerUtils.processFreemarkerTemplate(FreemarkerUtils.java:104)
at com.android.tools.idea.templates.Template.executeRecipeFile(Template.java:568)
at com.android.tools.idea.templates.Template.access$200(Template.java:73)
at com.android.tools.idea.templates.Template$3.startElement(Template.java:530)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.startElement(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractXMLDocumentParser.emptyElement(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanStartElement(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl$FragmentContentDispatcher.dispatch(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XMLParser.parse(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.jaxp.SAXParserImpl$JAXPSAXParser.parse(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.jaxp.SAXParserImpl.parse(Unknown Source)
at com.android.tools.idea.templates.Template.processXml(Template.java:495)
at com.android.tools.idea.templates.Template.processFile(Template.java:479)
at com.android.tools.idea.templates.Template.lambda$doRender$2(Template.java:379)
at com.android.tools.idea.templates.Template$1.run(Template.java:358)
at com.intellij.openapi.application.RunResult.run(RunResult.java:35)
at com.intellij.openapi.command.WriteCommandAction.lambda$null$1(WriteCommandAction.java:175)
at com.intellij.openapi.application.impl.ApplicationImpl.runWriteAction(ApplicationImpl.java:1010)
at com.intellij.openapi.command.WriteCommandAction.lambda$performWriteCommandAction$2(WriteCommandAction.java:174)
at com.intellij.openapi.command.WriteCommandAction.lambda$doExecuteCommand$4(WriteCommandAction.java:214)
at com.intellij.openapi.command.impl.CoreCommandProcessor.executeCommand(CoreCommandProcessor.java:137)
at com.intellij.openapi.command.impl.CoreCommandProcessor.executeCommand(CoreCommandProcessor.java:105)
at com.intellij.openapi.command.WriteCommandAction.doExecuteCommand(WriteCommandAction.java:216)
at com.intellij.openapi.command.WriteCommandAction.performWriteCommandAction(WriteCommandAction.java:172)
at com.intellij.openapi.command.WriteCommandAction.execute(WriteCommandAction.java:155)
at com.android.tools.idea.templates.Template.runWriteCommandAction(Template.java:360)
at com.android.tools.idea.templates.Template.doRender(Template.java:378)
at com.android.tools.idea.templates.Template.lambda$render$0(Template.java:234)
at com.intellij.psi.impl.source.PostprocessReformattingAspect.disablePostprocessFormattingInside(PostprocessReformattingAspect.java:118)
at com.android.tools.idea.templates.Template.render(Template.java:234)
at com.android.tools.idea.npw.model.NewProjectModel$ProjectTemplateRenderer.performCreateProject(NewProjectModel.java:347)
at com.android.tools.idea.npw.model.NewProjectModel$ProjectTemplateRenderer.doDryRun(NewProjectModel.java:292)
at com.android.tools.idea.npw.model.MultiTemplateRenderer.countDown(MultiTemplateRenderer.java:157)
at com.android.tools.idea.npw.model.MultiTemplateRenderer.skipRender(MultiTemplateRenderer.java:131)
at com.android.tools.idea.npw.model.RenderTemplateModel.handleSkipped(RenderTemplateModel.java:210)
at com.android.tools.idea.wizard.model.ModelWizard.handleFinished(ModelWizard.java:409)
at com.android.tools.idea.wizard.model.ModelWizard.goForward(ModelWizard.java:331)
at com.android.tools.idea.wizard.model.ModelWizardDialog$FinishAction.doAction(ModelWizardDialog.java:307)
at com.intellij.openapi.ui.DialogWrapper$DialogWrapperAction.actionPerformed(DialogWrapper.java:1828)
at javax.swing.AbstractButton.fireActionPerformed(AbstractButton.java:2022)
at javax.swing.AbstractButton$Handler.actionPerformed(AbstractButton.java:2348)
at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.fireActionPerformed(DefaultButtonModel.java:402)
at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.setPressed(DefaultButtonModel.java:259)
at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicButtonListener.mouseReleased(BasicButtonListener.java:252)
at java.awt.Component.processMouseEvent(Component.java:6548)
at javax.swing.JComponent.processMouseEvent(JComponent.java:3325)
at java.awt.Component.processEvent(Component.java:6313)
at java.awt.Container.processEvent(Container.java:2237)
at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Component.java:4903)
at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2295)
at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:4725)
at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.retargetMouseEvent(Container.java:4889)
at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.processMouseEvent(Container.java:4526)
at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.dispatchEvent(Container.java:4467)
at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2281)
at java.awt.Window.dispatchEventImpl(Window.java:2746)
at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:4725)
at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(EventQueue.java:764)
at java.awt.EventQueue.access$500(EventQueue.java:98)
at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(EventQueue.java:715)
at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(EventQueue.java:709)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:80)
at java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:90)
at java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(EventQueue.java:737)
at java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(EventQueue.java:735)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:80)
at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:734)
at com.intellij.ide.IdeEventQueue.defaultDispatchEvent(IdeEventQueue.java:822)
at com.intellij.ide.IdeEventQueue._dispatchEvent(IdeEventQueue.java:759)
at com.intellij.ide.IdeEventQueue.dispatchEvent(IdeEventQueue.java:423)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(EventDispatchThread.java:201)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(EventDispatchThread.java:116)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(EventDispatchThread.java:109)
at java.awt.WaitDispatchSupport$2.run(WaitDispatchSupport.java:190)
at java.awt.WaitDispatchSupport$4.run(WaitDispatchSupport.java:235)
at java.awt.WaitDispatchSupport$4.run(WaitDispatchSupport.java:233)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.awt.WaitDispatchSupport.enter(WaitDispatchSupport.java:233)
at java.awt.Dialog.show(Dialog.java:1077)
at com.intellij.openapi.ui.impl.DialogWrapperPeerImpl$MyDialog.show(DialogWrapperPeerImpl.java:694)
at com.intellij.openapi.ui.impl.DialogWrapperPeerImpl.show(DialogWrapperPeerImpl.java:426)
at com.intellij.openapi.ui.DialogWrapper.invokeShow(DialogWrapper.java:1688)
at com.intellij.openapi.ui.DialogWrapper.show(DialogWrapper.java:1637)
at com.android.tools.idea.actions.AndroidNewProjectAction.actionPerformed(AndroidNewProjectAction.java:84)
at com.intellij.openapi.actionSystem.ex.ActionUtil.invokeAction(ActionUtil.java:337)
at com.intellij.openapi.actionSystem.ex.ActionUtil.invokeAction(ActionUtil.java:324)
at com.intellij.ui.components.labels.ActionLink$1.linkSelected(ActionLink.java:59)
at com.intellij.ui.components.labels.LinkLabel.doClick(LinkLabel.java:142)
at com.intellij.ui.components.labels.ActionLink.doClick(ActionLink.java:68)
at com.intellij.ui.components.labels.LinkLabel$MyMouseHandler.mouseReleased(LinkLabel.java:319)
at java.awt.Component.processMouseEvent(Component.java:6548)
at javax.swing.JComponent.processMouseEvent(JComponent.java:3325)
at java.awt.Component.processEvent(Component.java:6313)
at java.awt.Container.processEvent(Container.java:2237)
at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Component.java:4903)
at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2295)
at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:4725)
at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.retargetMouseEvent(Container.java:4889)
at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.processMouseEvent(Container.java:4526)
at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.dispatchEvent(Container.java:4467)
at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2281)
at java.awt.Window.dispatchEventImpl(Window.java:2746)
at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:4725)
at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(EventQueue.java:764)
at java.awt.EventQueue.access$500(EventQueue.java:98)
at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(EventQueue.java:715)
at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(EventQueue.java:709)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:80)
at java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:90)
at java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(EventQueue.java:737)
at java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(EventQueue.java:735)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:80)
at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:734)
at com.intellij.ide.IdeEventQueue.defaultDispatchEvent(IdeEventQueue.java:822)
at com.intellij.ide.IdeEventQueue._dispatchEvent(IdeEventQueue.java:759)
at com.intellij.ide.IdeEventQueue.dispatchEvent(IdeEventQueue.java:423)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(EventDispatchThread.java:201)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(EventDispatchThread.java:116)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:105)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:101)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:93)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:82)