(I posted this response in another thread but wanted to create a topic on this also)
I found a solution to the uploading zip file of entire app. open up ai.studio by typing “a” then hitting “build app” (this is what I type, but you can type anything, as your goal is to open up ai.studio); Once the environment opens up, stop agent from running task “a”. Now instruct agent that you want to upload a zip file, and need agent to clean up the codebase to prevent duplicates or misfiling in the file explorer (previously, when uploading the zip file, there would be duplicate files such as “metadata.json and index.css).
After you give your initial prompt to clean up and delete the current files, agent will let you know it is going to keep the metadata and another file, and then tells you to go ahead and upload your zip folder. Upload zip folder to the file explorer.
Once files have been uploaded, click save and then prompt agent to delete the old Json files or any old files it had to keep, because your uploaded zip will have the json files need for the app.
App should now load.