Cannot import project built by another developer to Android studio

[Kamalpreet Singh]

I hired a developer to develop a project for me. After completion of project, they provided me source code and .apk file separately

.apk file is provided to me so that I can publish it on Play Store.
Source code provided to me as promised earlier and they asked for extra price if I want source code.

My issue is I am able to run all projects in my Android Studio except the one they provided me. I am not too much experienced Android developer but I know basics. I did some research online already but nothing works for me.

I think the source code provided to me has some files missing such as build.gradle, settings.gradle etc

Developer said these files are generated by Android studio automatically and they cannot provide them.

Here is what I received from developer-

If I open this directory in Android studio, I see this message-

Clicking on configure shows-

Then this is what I see in project tab-

and this-

If I reopen the project, I see this error-

Anyone know what is going on? Please help

 

[James_Watson]

Are you sure that you have properly installed Android SDK as well as its components? Maybe you can have the developer help you get your local developing environment working well.

 

[Kamalpreet Singh]

Are you sure that you have properly installed Android SDK as well as its components? Maybe you can have the developer help you get your local developing environment working well.

I am able to run many other projects. For testing, I cloned some projects from Github and ran them in the Android studio, all of them worked fine.
I have even tried to create new project from Android Studio, that is working fine as well as running in the emulator too,

 

[Deleted User]

I think your developer isn't being very cooperative. Build.gradle is not an automatically generated file. It contains all the dependencies required to build your project, may have some manually added items, and is vital if you want to do anything with this project. The dev should have supplied all the required files to get the project to build, especially if you've paid for the development work.
At the very least, he/she should be providing you support to get this project building properly.

 

[James_Watson]

I think your developer isn't being very cooperative. Build.gradle is not an automatically generated file. It contains all the dependencies required to build your project, may have some manually added items, and is vital if you want to do anything with this project. The dev should have supplied all the required files to get the project to build, especially if you've paid for the development work.
At the very least, he/she should be providing you support to get this project building properly.

Right. I also think so.

 

[KBU2]

The developers is holding your source code for ransom and possibly for its copyrights.