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Error about Android Studio on Macbook M1: An error occurred while trying to compute required packages

I've downloaded Android Studio from the official website, the one for M1 chip (arm).
Basically running it for the first time, the error is the following:
An error occurred while trying to compute required packages
I was searching about it the whole day to figure out a way to make Android Studio work, but that error keeps showing. Not completely sure if it's related to M1 Macbook, as on my Intel one it works as expected.
What I already tried to do:
Installing the command line tools, then placing it on SDK folder (Users/user/Library/Android/sdk). Then added the bin to the PATH (Reference)
After doing that, when executing the sdkmanager on terminal I get the following message Could not find or load main class com.android.sdklib.tool.sdkmanager.SdkManagerCli
Then I searched again and it leaded me to this thread, then as on the answers I tried to rename the folder, then other tries not related. I fell into many links and references that did not work at all.
After that I try to check what happens if I click on New Project, then the following is shown:
The Android SDK location cannot be at the filesystem root
As the message indicates, the issue is The Android SDK location cannot be at the filesystem root, so I searched again about it
I looked into that and got to a few links, for example this one and this one. Before doing that search I clicked on the Edit button, which lead me to the Android SDK to be updated/installed (Nice!), so I had to delete the content I had on Android folder (inside Library) and clicked next...then, I got the same message An error occurred while trying to compute required packages.
Then I thought "ok, maybe if I change the SDK location", so I changed to ../Documents/sdk, which ended up in the same result
Seems like no matter what I do, it ends up showing up that same message.
When I run java -version that's what I see:
java version "1.8.0_311"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_311-b11)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.311-b11, mixed mode)
Did anyone have the same issue? Am I doing something wrong? Not sure how to proceed from here, despite of the Android Studio version I download it's always the same result.
Any help is appreciated.

This is what solved it for me on my M1.
Go to Android Studio Preview and download the latest Canary build for Apple chip (Chipmunk). Don't worry this is just to get through the initial setup.
Unpack it, run it, let it install all the SDK components, accept licenses, etc as usual.
Once it's done, simply close it and delete it.
Now when you start your stable Android Studio (Arctic Fox) you should not see the error.

I tried over a dozen 2021 stable and Canary builds from https://developer.android.com/studio/archive and couldn't get any of them to work.
This is the only thing I could find that worked:
Download, unpackage and run Android Studio 3.6.3 android-studio-ide-192.6392135-mac.zip from here.
Proceed through the initial setup and let it download and install the SDK. Ignore any errors at the end.
Delete this version and open the stable Android Studio like normal.
You can now proceed through setup!

I also faced this issue a couple days and I changed my mind to not use Android Studio. And It's fixed!
My alternative option is to download IntelliJ community edition and install Android SDK to your machine.
Image for IntelliJ Download Page
After (IntelliJ) installation is complete,
You need also to create new project, select android then download SDK. (thanks for #SteveRoger 's comment)
then open Android Studio again and follow its setup wizard. It will show that my machine has been already installed Android SDK and it can run perfectly at this time.
Hope this is an alternative solution for you.
Have a great day.

I solved the problem with these steps:
Install the old Android Studio 3.6.3 (find the old Android Studio at https://developer.android.com/studio/archive)
Install the Android SDK
Overwrite the installation with the Apple Chip version of Android Studio

I had the same problem with my MacBook air(m1 chip) as you mentioned.
How did I solve it?
Just download the IDE - Intellij IDEA and create a new project, select Android Project and there download Android SDK, now you can install android studio again and the sdk is installed.

I've also had this exact same issue when downloading Android Studio 7.0.3. Here's what helped me.
Download the command line tools, place them in the SDK folder (e.g., on mac: /Users/user/Library/Android/sdk), and then add the bin folder to the PATH.
Install the latest platform: in a terminal, execute ./sdkmanager "platforms;android-31"
Next up execute this command ./sdkmanager --channel=3 emulator (this switches the channel from stable=0 to canary=3 )
Open Android Studio, and go to the SDK Manager (Appearance and Behavior > System Settings > Android SDK)
Click on "Edit", and then select the sdk folder. Then "Next" > "Next" > "Finish".
Now restart Android Studio and everything should work

I had the exact same error as OP. Follow what Art Fedorychak mentioned, it worked for me as well. It seems like the current stable build of the Apple M1 android studio version doesn't actually initialize an SDK if one doesn't already exist, but it seems to be able to update and or / initialize one that does as long as the same folder is being referenced, so we just need to use a working SDK for M1 on the initial run and then revert back to the stable AS

This is what solved it for me:
Download & install IntelliJ IDEA. https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/download/#section=mac
Open IntelliJ IDEA and create New Android Project
Download sdk success
Open Android Studio & checked it worked

My solution to this problem is simply to put the SDK in another location. For myself, I put the SDK folder to subfolders in Documents. The SDK download will initiate.

Not able to create a Xamarin-component for android Source code

• I have used the command
xamarin-component.exe package C:\cmp\AndroidComponent\component
for creating Xamarin component.While building the Sample android project, it is showing the below error. (I have used the command xamarin-component.exe package C:\cmp\AndroidComponent\component -verbose to display the error message in detail).
Error message:
C:\Program Files
(x86)\MSBuild\Xamarin\Android\Xamarin.Android.Bindings.targets(155,2):
error MSB3644: The reference assemblies for framework
"MonoAndroid,Version=v1.0" were not found. To resolve this, install
the SDK or Targeting Pack for this framework version or retarget your
application to a version of the framework for which you have the SDK
or Targeting Pack installed. Note that assemblies will be resolved
from the Global Assembly Cache (GAC) and will be used in place of
reference assemblies. Therefore your assembly may not be correctly
targeted for the framework you intend.
[C:\cmp\AndroidComponent\component\samples\App17\VidyoClientAndroid\VidyoClientAndroid.csproj]
Note:
I am able to create a Xamarin component for iOS source code successfully.
• While creating the Xamarin component for Android source code, internally msbuild.exe is getting called from 64 bit folder(C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\14.0\bin**amd64**\msbuild.exe "/p:Configuration=Release" "C:\cmp\AndroidComponent\component\samples\App17\App17.sln"...).
• Build is successful when msbuild.exe is called from path: “C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\14.0\Bin\msbuild.exe”(32 bit) explicitly while building the android project explicity.

We ran into the same issue; you were close to the right answer, and the forums had the correct one.
First lets look at the portion of code that is erroring (Xamarin.Android.Common.targets; in the newer versions of Xamarin this code is much further down):
<Target Name="_GetReferenceAssemblyPaths">
<GetReferenceAssemblyPaths
TargetFrameworkMoniker="$(TargetFrameworkIdentifier),Version=v1.0"
RootPath="$(TargetFrameworkRootPath)">
<Output TaskParameter="ReferenceAssemblyPaths" PropertyName="_XATargetFrameworkDirectories" />
</GetReferenceAssemblyPaths>
The most important part here is the
$(TargetFrameworkRootPath)
When NuGet is ran via the command line we see that it is using the 64bit MSBuild Executable:
MSBuild auto-detection: using msbuild version '14.0' from 'C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\14.0\bin\amd64'.
(You correctly identified this yourself above) but just to be clear for anyone following along.
When you use the 64bit version of MSBuild $(TargetFrameworkRootPath) gets defined as C:\Program Files\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework However Xamarin does not install any of the Framework Utilities to that directory; instead everything lives in the x86 version here C:\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework
When you read online a ton of people get this problem solved by installing Visual Studio 2017; but that is a red-herring it only works because it causes NuGet to use MSBuild 15 which ships with Visual Studio 2017 which apparently is not affected by this bug.
There are a few ways to fix this issue:
Tell NuGet to use the x86 MSBuild when you Restore using the optional -MSBuildPath argument as described here How Can I Tell NuGet What MSBuild Executable to Use?
Upgrade to Visual Studio 2017 to get MSBuild 15
Define $(TargetFrameworkRootPath) to be C:\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework; this can be done however you please, the biggest hammer is to set it as an environment variable in the environment prior to execution. Note this will probably cause a bunch of unintended side-affects if you're not careful. <- DON'T DO THIS, Even as suggested in the forms.

Android Studio - Plugin Too Old (Gradle)

Quite new to Android Dev, and I've been getting a strange error recently. I've searched online, and nothing seems to do the trick, so while I understand that this might be a duplicate question, no other previously asked question was able to offer me a working solution.
When I make a new project in Android Studio (version 2.2 Preview 1), I get bombarded with the error:
Error:(1, 0) Plugin is too old, please update to a more recent version, or set ANDROID_DAILY_OVERRIDE environment variable to "84c9986024dd3d7a4767dc5c38710ff1b96f1a21"
With two options: "Fix plugin version and sync project" which seems to do nothing. Upon clicking. And "Open File" which just opens the "build.gradle" file.
In my settings, I have Android Studio set to use the default gradle wrapper. I even set the distributionurl to the newest gradle version, but apparently even that is "too old"...
I have no idea what's causing this problem.
Another peculiar thing I've noticed is that in the project panel, it seems that my project doesnt look as it should.
The project in question looks like this:
Whereas, I understand that it should look more like this:
Again, no idea what's going on... I'm pretty new to Android Studio, but I'll do my best to answer any questions you may have.

While I believe the message may be because you have a 2.2 Preview build of Android Studio, it may want you to use a beta build of the Android Gradle Plugin.
Note: This is not related to the version of Gradle. The latest supported version of Gradle is 2.14.1, which you can check the Android Studio Release Notes, and also here.
From that first link, what I find most people don't understand.
The plugin runs independent of Android Studio so the plugin and the Gradle build system can be updated independently of Android Studio
Or Configuring your build, which explains why they are separated.
you can build your Android apps from within Android Studio, the command line on your machine, or on machines where Android Studio is not installed (such as continuous integration servers). If you are not using Android Studio, you can learn how to build and run your app from the command line. The output of the build is the same whether you are building a project from the command line, on a remote machine, or using Android Studio.

what is packaged_resources?

I am new to Xamarin for visual studio , when I tried to build the auto generated app from visual studio 2015 without any editing it just did not build and those errors occurred :
*Severity Code Description Project File Line Suppression State Error The file "obj\Debug\android\bin\packaged_resources" does not exist. App1
*Severity Code Description Project File Line Suppression State
Error "aapt.exe" exited with code -1073741819. App1
I tried many solutions from those who had the same problem but I can't seem to find any solution that actally works for me.

One additional detail that is not mentioned but might be a part of the problem is that the resource files can only contain 'a'-'Z', '0'-'9' and '_' characters. A single resource file can ruin the whole build, which is exactly what happened to me. I suggest to anyone running into this mistake to double check the file names of resources.

Same problem with me. It seems it´s a bug.
Lots of posts out there:
https://forums.xamarin.com/discussion/65862/i-cant-build-any-android-project
At this one I´ve seen a light and worked for me:
https://bugzilla.xamarin.com/show_bug.cgi?id=39910
In short:
Close VS
DEL your folder C:\users\\appdata\local\xamarin
DEL your project sub-folders BIN and OBJ at Droid and IOS
Use Nuget to update your projects packages
Update Android Studio SDK if neccessary
Reopen VS and rebuild your solution.
I hope you have same luck... It was really annoying...
Please let us know. Bye.

Ran into the same problem. After toiling on it for a while, I finally found a viable solution. Apparently, this is like caused by a bug in Android Build Tools 24.0.0. And removing those from the system should solve the problem. A bug has been reported, you can find more details on the link below:
https://releases.xamarin.com/technical-bulletin-android-sdk-build-tools-24/

Installing an older "Android SDK build tools" Version was the solution for me.
Start the SDK Manager (in VS 15):
Tools -> Android -> Android SDK Manager ..
Install "Android SDK Build-tools" version 23.0.1
Uninstall all other "Android SDK Build-tools" versions
Build -> rebuild the project / workspace
(Even safer: run a clean, restart VS, run build)
This was successful with:
Android SDK Tools 25.2.3
Android SDK Platform Tools 25.0.1
Android SDK build tools version 23.0.1
If that works, you can test newer build tools.

NDK not found at specified location

After installing Xamarin Studio I went to the options to make sure the Android SDK, JDK and NDK were all found. The first two in fact were, but the NDK was not found. It asked to specify location, and I did specify the location (when I clicked "browse" it took me to the folder where the NDK actually was). Yet, it still does not recognize it and says NDK not found at the specified location.

When using Xamarin Studio, if you are getting the error XA5101 error ("Missing Android NDK toolchains directory") you would need to download the Android NDK separately from:
http://developer.android.com/tools/sdk/ndk/index.html
Then he should unzip downloaded file and open the Xamarin IDE and go to the following menu location:
Tools ==> Options ==> SDK Locations ==> Android
Select the location of the unzipped folder.
Then close the IDE and reopen it (force close/restart if it persists in task/process manager).
Alternate to try:
Not finding NDK may also be caused because of mismatched configuration
for AVD Manager. More specifically, the Xamarin may be creating
devices & AVDs in your %USERPROFILE%.android while the
debugger/runtime emulation EXPECTS the AVDs in the ADT directory. You
can try copying ZAVD2-related files and directories into the
%USERPROFILE%.android\avd and see if that resolves the issue.
===== Initial post ======
[In case of eclipse] I think the answer is here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/11825963/918535
//goto Preference → Android → NDK and choose your ndk location
//If your NDK location is already set, the builder in the toolchain editor may be wrong. Go to project properties, C/C++ Build | Tool Chain Editor and select Android Builder as current builder.
// in your .bashsrc file, you may also need to add the env variable:
NDK_HOME=/opt/android-ndk-r8
export NDK_HOME

Okay, so I found the issue. There was no ndk-stack.exe file in my NDK location. I was thinking I would delete/uninstall everything related to NDK and reinstall. This is when I came upon ndk-build.cmd, just thought id click it since it was a cmd, and it created the ndk-stack.exe at a location on my computer which was found by both the Xamarin studio and Visual Studio( noticed later that even VS couldnt find the NDK but after the cmd, it did). Thank you for the help.

In case this catches anyone else out, I had this issue but it was because I checked "Enable AOT (Experimental)" in the Android Build Code Generation settings. This setting is off by default so probably should have left well enough alone.

Open ndk-stack.cmd with notepad to see full path of ndk-stack.exe
You can find this file in "installation-path\android-ndk\prebuilt\windows\bin\ndk-stack.exe"

my advice is to download NDK that is coherent to your version of Visual Studio, for instance, if you have VS 2015 download NDK of 2015 or 2016 year, it really helped, cause there wasn't that EXE file in NDK of 2019 version, but it was in the NDK of 2016

Change android min sdk version 4.2 or higher (API LEVEL 17+)