My windows is on a 128GB ssd hard drive and it's running out of space. the folder
C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Android has 2 folders android-sdk and sdk folders that use about 30GB of space.
Is it possible to move these folders to an external hard drive?
If it is possible, what changes should I make in the android studio?
I do the same thing. In Android Studio go to Settings, select Appearance and Behaviour then System Settings then Android SDK
You can choose the SDK location at the top.
You'll need to copy/paste the files to that location to save yourself the downloading time.
Its very simple just copy the sdk to wherever you want and then change the sdk path in android studio. For that just open the local.properties file and set the path like this:
sdk.dir=your path here
To keep the most used simulator in SSD drive and the others used for testing in the slow drive i created Symbolic. They are NTFS objects that appear in a folder as a sub folder but can that point to another folder on another drive.
To create then, move to C:\Users\<user>\.android\avd and do this:
mklink /d W10.1_WXGA_Tablet_API_28.avd d:\androidSimulators\W10.1_WXGA_Tablet_API_28.avd
MDLink info here.
If using Linux based systems you can also do this with linked directories.
For windows 10 users, emulators are stored by default at here:
C:\Users\<user>\.android\avd
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Good day,I'm a student and I'm trying to create a virtual device in Android Studio, however my home internet is too slow to download a System Image, there is an internet cafe near me that has very fast internet and I plan to download the System Image there by accessing in my browser this link : https://dl.google.com/android/repository/sys-img/google_apis/x86-25_r08.zip
From this message in the window where Android Studio downloads the System Image for Android Nougat
To install:
- Google APIs Intel x86 Atom System Image (system-images;android-25;google_apis;x86)
Preparing "Install Google APIs Intel x86 Atom System Image".
Downloading https://dl.google.com/android/repository/sys-img/google_apis/x86-25_r08.zip
However I do not know how to install it in android studio. How am I able to install it myself on android studio and make an emulator?
Many thanks.
In windows: First locate your android-sdk. By default it's in your C:\Users\Your.name\AppData\Local\
in it's root folder. where you can find: SDK Manager.exe, make a folder name it "system-images", my api 25 image is at system-images\android-25\google_apis\x86_64\Files
Hope you can Figure it out. Comment if you have any problem.
In mac OSX:
~/Library/Android/sdk/system-images/android-[API_VERSION]/[API_TYPE]/x86
Replace [API_VERSION] with Android version you are downloading and the [API_TYPE] can either be google_apis_playstore or google_apis depending on whether the image you are downloading comes with Google Play or not.
On Windows 10:
Download the file from e.g.:
https://dl.google.com/android/repository/sys-img/google_apis/x86-27_r09.zip.
Extract the zipped file.
Copy (OR Cut, not recommended) the contents of the extracted folder e.g.: x86.
Find the android-sdk folder. By default, it should be located at C:\Users\[YOUR USER NAME]\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk.
Look for a folder named system-images. Create system-images if it doesn't exist. Depending on the file you downloaded, create
subfolders within system-images. E.g.:
system-images->android-27->google_apis.
Paste within google_apis.
Restart Android Studio and the system image should be selectable.
Shout if you need any further assistance.
FOR WINDOWS:
To get the exact path of the system-image, try to download from android studio first, after 1% download, stop the download and go to your sdk path.
E.g. C:\Users\TBR\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk, you will see a folder name "system-images"
this folder was created from the part download, open the sub-folder till you get to the last sub-folder.
E.g. C:\Users\TBR\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\system-images\android-27\google_apis\x86
i.e x86 is last sub folder (delete any content in this last sub-folder)
Download the system images manually, unzipped and copy the whole content, then paste it into your last sub-folder.
Download link for android-27 - https://dl.google.com/android/repository/sys-img/google_apis_playstore/x86-27_r03.zip
Go back to android studio and you will see the system-image there now.
For Windows 10:
Download the file from e.g.: https://dl.google.com/android/repository/sys-img/google_apis/x86-27_r09.zip. or Any other System Image
After Completion of Download
Extract the zipped file.
Copy extracted folder e.g.: x86.
Find the android-sdk folder. It is located at C:\Users\{your username}\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\
Find the folder system-images. Create system-images if it doesn't exist.
Create subfolders within system-images. E.g.: system-images/android-27
Check in link, if it has google_apis or google_apis_playstore:
https://dl.google.com/android/repository/sys-img/google_apis/x86-27_r09.zip.
or
https://dl.google.com/android/repository/sys-img/google_apis_playstore/x86-27_r09.zip.
Paste within google_apis if link has google_apis or Paste it in google_apis_playstore folder.
The Complete path of system image file :
C:\Users\{Your UserName}\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\system-images\android-30\google_apis\x86
or
C:\Users\{Your UserName}\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\system-images\android-30\google_apis_playstore\x86
Restart Android Studio and the system image should be selectable.
============= Good Luck ❤❤❤ =============
I have faced the same issue when manually installing an android-wear image. For android-wear images the directory structure looks like this.
<your_android_sdk_location>/system-images/android-<version>/android-wear/<extract_downloaded_android-wear_image_here>
example: For this wear image https://dl.google.com/android/repository/sys-img/android-wear/x86-28_r03.zip
<your_android_sdk_location>/system-images/android-28/android-wear/x86
Don't forget to restart the Android Studio!
Actually, if you extract downloaded zip archive, system will never find it.
You have to click in 'Download' tag, then in folder
%ANDROIDSDK%/system-images/android-25/
^^^ version of SDK you use
if google-api then additional folder 'google_apis' will be created .install file with the path, where archive is located.
Usually it is
C:\Users[YOUR USER NAME]\AppData\Local\Temp\PackageOperation01
Put there your zip archive and go to Download link again.
After that, it will not start download, but will start to check and unzip operation.
This resolves offline installation issue.
find the logfile for the android device manager (on my machine it was here: C:\Users(user name)\AppData\Local\Xamarin\Logs\16.0). At the end of the logfile (named like 2021-07-21_16-03-19.18380.devicemanager.log), you'll see it reference a path it's trying to download from and to. Here's what my log message looked like:
[21-07-21 21:03:29.66] [ProgressMonitor] Step "Downloading Google Play Intel x86 Atom System Image v9" did begin for AVD: pixel_2_pie_9_0_-_api_28, totalWork: 918028186
[21-07-21 21:03:29.67] Downloaded file '<USER_HOME>\AppData\Local\Temp\xamarin-android-sdk\x86-28_r09.zip' not found for Android SDK archive 'https://dl.google.com/android/repository/sys-img/google_apis_playstore/x86-28_r09.zip'
[21-07-21 21:06:08.50] [ProgressMonitor] downloading did report error with exception: System.TimeoutException: The operation has timed out. AVD Name: pixel_2_pie_9_0_-_api_28
So I went to the https://dl.google.com/android/repository/sys-img/google_apis_playstore/x86-28_r09.zip link and manually downoaded the file and copied it to <USER_HOME>\AppData\Local\Temp\xamarin-android-sdk\x86-28_r09.zip and clicked retry from the failed attempt inside the android device manager, and voila, it worked after 2 days of messing around with it.
For me the problem was that currently Android Studio doesn't list older system images (older than 29) in the "Create Device" wizard, and that even if the relevant system images have been downloaded already.
The workaround I found was to download system images and create emulator devices from the command line. This works even if you don't have the Android Studio - you just need the Android SDK installed.
To download a system image, go into the directory where the Android SDK is installed (by default this is at ~/Android/SDK on Linux), then in your terminal type: ./cmdline-tools/latest/bin/sdkmanager --list - this will list all the available system images, even very old ones (I see the oldest SDK is 10). They should have the path (the text in the first column) labeled with this format: system-images;android-<sdk-version>;<type>;<architecture> (there are also other stuff aside from system images, lets ignore these for now).
To download the system image you want, type ./cmdline-tools/latest/bin/sdkmanager --install "<path>" where "<path>" would be the first column from the available package list from the step above.
Then to create an emulator virtual device for this image, use the command line as well: type ./cmdline-tools/latest/bin/avdmanager create avd -d <device-type> -k '<system-image-path> -n '<device-name>', where:
"<device-type>" would be the name of the device you want to emulate, for example "pixel_4a" to emulate a Pixel 4a - use avdmanager list device to get the list of devices.
"<system-image-path>" would be the same path you used to download the system image, for example system-images;android-23;google_apis;x86_64.
"<device-name>" would be whatever name you want to be shown in Android Studio's "Device Manager" view.
For example: ./cmdline-tools/latest/bin/avdmanager create avd -d pixel_4a -k 'system-images;android-23;google_apis;x86_64' -n 'Pixel_4a_API_23'
If you had Android Studio running while doing all of that, you'd need to stop and restart it. If you want to copy the created files to another machine, you'd need to copy your entire Android SDK installation directory (or possibly only the "system-images" folder inside the SDK installation directory) and also the content of the Android SDK AVD configuration directory - if you created any AVDs - this would be ~/.android/avd under Linux.
Go to the AVD Manager in Android Studio (it is in the toolbar and looks like a tablet with an Android on it), then click on "Create Virtual Device" once a window called "Android Virtual Device Manager" pops up. Next, choose the device you want to pick, and then click "Next". You will then be able to download a system image.
I'm new in android developing. I use Android Studio 1.2. It's making some large size folders in C:. C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Temp\AndroidEmulator is about 5 GB. Can I delete or move the file. Or how can I change this path to another drive?
I am answering it based on Android Studio.(v1.5.1), Windows 10.
Most of those temporary files are copies of your app that is installed to your emulator. And some are because of the packages you add to your app using gradle.
Even when your emulator starts it creates a file of more than 1.3GB which disappear when you close the emulator.
About deleting the files. Yes you can delete those files and still able to do every thing you are doing, you can see all installed apps in your emulator and run them for test.
I suppose these are system image downloading.
If you do not need emulator, these files are useless to you. You can remove them through SDK Manager.
If these files remain in Temp, just delete them
By the way,to move your temp folder : http://www.wikihow.com/Change-Location-of-the-Temp-Folder-in-Windows-7
In Custom Installation option, you will have option to place Studio and AVD manger on other Locations whichever you prefer.
Why have I got two Android directories on my Mac?
Both are under ~/Library.
One is Android (which contains a 9.4GB sdk folder) and the other is android-sdk-mac_86 (which contains a 1.7GB system-images folder and a 1.7GB add-ons folder).
What's the difference and can I delete one of them?
The first question is which of the SDKs you use from your IDE (Android Studio?).
If it's not declared in your Android Studio preferences, it might be in a system variable (try echo $ANDROID_HOME from terminal)
My guess is that you're using the android-sdk-mac_x86, and you should keep that one. this looks like the latest official Stand-alone SDK, as written in the developer site:
Unpack the ZIP file you've downloaded. By default, it's unpacked into
a directory named android-sdk-mac_x86. Move it to an appropriate
location on your machine, such as a "Development" directory in your
home directory.
Make a note of the name and location of the SDK directory on your
system—you will need to refer to the SDK directory later when using
the SDK tools from the command line.
The folders you mentioned also fit what this SDK comes with.
If you are still not sure, you can rename one of them and see if everything still ticks.
I would personally delete both, and start with a fresh SDK that fits your current SDK packages, we usually carry junk from the past we don't actually need (http://developer.android.com/sdk/installing/adding-packages.html)
The Android directory contains Android studio and all the relevant files, while the other directory contains the stand alone SDK tools. You have the option to download either or both from their website.
You can delete both of them given you have the privileges.
When the downloading is finish,it comes a warning:"The Android SDK folder can no longer be inside the application folder.Please move it to a different location such as your home folder.When the IDE restart it will prompt you to enter the new location......"
And I restart it and choose a different loaction,but it didn't work.
"The Android SDK folder can no longer be inside the application
folder.Please move it to a different location such as your home
folder.When the IDE restart it will prompt you to enter the new
location"
Open the folder where you put your android studio, on Mac is (Applications/Android\ Studio.app/) and on Windows is %LOCALAPPDATA%\Android\android-studio\sdk, and move the sdk folder you find inside in another location. After you moved it in another location, press the retry button.
Cut sdk folder from (This is default location, you may have installed it somewhere else)
C:\Users\[Username]\AppData\Local\Android\android-studio
and paste it somewhere else then try to update.
Once it get updated then set the path your sdk in studio.
From Android Tools Project Site
To proceed, you should open up a file explorer or finder window, go to
the Android Studio installation (e.g. /Applications/Android
Studio.app) and move the sdk/ folder over to a different location,
such as your home directory. Once done, press Retry to finish
installing the patch. The reason this is necessary is two-fold: First,
we have made a lot of improvements to make the patch updater more
accurate, and in order for installation signatures to match, you
cannot have non-application folders inside the application directory.
Second, placing the SDK folder inside the application directory was
probably not a good idea to begin with: this folder should typically
be writable and in a directory with a lot of extra diskspace, such
that users can easily download and install additional libraries,
system images and so on. We are doing some work on the installer side
to make this easier to set up.
Grab sdk folder from
C:\Users[Username]\AppData\Local\Android\android-studio\sdk
and paste it somewhere else like C:\Users[Username]\AppData\Local\Android\android-studio
and start the update.
Then it will ask you to put the path. and its done
I am working on Android application which needs to play audio present in cal folder i.e sfdk folder. My doubt is wehere can I find SDK folder in File/Explorer option of
ddms.I find data and system folders in File/Explorer, but didnot find SDK folder.Can I be helped to sove this issue .
Thanks N Regards
Did you mean the Android APIs which are available with the sdk?
It is present in the project folder in Eclipse.(Couldnt post picture because of low reputation :-))
If you want to see the system files inside the emulator, go the command prompt and type
host $>adb shell
#>ls
You can see all the system files.
If you want to see the Android sdk, you should download the source code from the Android site.http://source.android.com/source/download.html
Thanks,
Sen
DDMS displays the content of your phone's internal disk space. There should be a folder named /sdcard that represents the sdcard, if you have one mounted on your phone or emulator.
If by "SDK folder" you mean the SDK that you installed on your PC, it's not going to be shown my DDMS. Feel free to clarify your question.