This looks like an Android Studio specific error. As a workaround you can simply deploy using the 'gcloud app deploy <https://cloud.google.com/sdk/gcloud/reference/app/deploy>' command in the path location of your module's (now called 'service') app.yaml or appengine-web.xml file.
If the deployment cannot find this configuration file it will result in the error you are experiencing. Just ensure you have the latest GCloud installed by running 'gcloud components update <https://cloud.google.com/sdk/gcloud/reference/components/update>' before deploying. - Note that Google Groups is for general product discussions and not for technical support. It is recommended to post further detailed questions <https://stackoverflow.com/help/how-to-ask> to Stack Overflow <https://cloud.google.com/support/docs/stackexchange> using the supported Cloud and Android Studio tags. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to google-appengine+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to google-appengine@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/google-appengine/0ebf8d9b-dc65-444f-ae3c-f50b76854918%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.