Having trouble setting up Unity 5 with android sdk on mac - android

I'm trying to create a mobile game for android through unity and running into some difficulties.
When watching tutorials and googling this is what is shown is that it is navigated to through the Preferences > External Tools. But there is no option there for me.
Here is a comparison side by side of how guides say it should look vs how it looks for me.
Any help is appreciated!

Mac unity android sdk path setting
If you have Android Studio installed.
The path for SDK is “/Users/username/Library/Android/sdk”.
But sometimes the “Library” folder is hidden.
To see the hidden files, follow the link: http://ianlunn.co.uk/articles/quickly-showhide-hidden-files-mac-os-x-mavericks/
Or follow the steps below
* Open Terminal found in Finder > Applications > Utilities
* In Terminal, paste the following: defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles YES
* Press return
* Hold the ‘Option/alt’ key, then right click on the Finder icon in the dock and click Relaunch.
Once you done this. Open unity->Unity->Preferences->External tools
In that find SDK path option, click browse, then drag the “sdk” folder which you just opened above in Finder…
Done…
If its still giving error then consider below case:
Sometimes Unity won’t recognise Android Studio’s sdk tools and gives error and ask you to again set the path.
To solve this, download separate sdk tools from Google.
Link : https://dl.google.com/android/repository/tools_r25.2.3-macosx.zip
Once you download the “tools” folder.
Then copy it and replace it in “/Users/username/Library/Android/sdk”.
And try again…
I know this is not written well…but if you are struggling a lot ..if will just give you an correct hint. I struggled a lot for this issue…so wanted to help you all.
Thank you…

I do not know how it looks on Mac, but on Windows you should opt-in Android Build Support when you installing Unity.

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Why can't I locate the Android SDK?

Visual studio installation states that the SDK is installed:
However, I cannot find it anywhere. I searched all locations, including this tutorial (there isn't even a folder named Android there). Anyway, any suggestions, what could be the issue? I clearly installed it manually.
Download de SDK(NOT ANDROID STUDIO) Check the Image
Is in the bottom of this LINK
Later just click install and next, next, and you have Android SDK, check where is the folder...

Unable to unpack file android-sdk-r22.6.2-windows.zip: error in opening zip file

I want to using the Android studio for develop Android apps. After I installed and run the Android studio this error displayed :
Can you help me?
Unfortunately that is because of sanctions of Google on Iranian users.
In this step Android Studio tries to download android-sdk-r22.6.2-windows.zip but instead of actual file it gets the error page in html format and then try to unzip the html and it leads to generating this error.
Best way is to use a VPN or proxy to change your IP.
We hate you Google.That's All We Know.
To solve this problem you could do this instructions step by step:
run your antifilter for example psiphone;
goto "Default Settings->appearance and settings > System Settings > HTTP Proxy" and set it auto detect proxy settings or Manual proxy configuration on the "Default Settings->appearance and settings > System Settings > Android SDK" click on Edit text;
3.Click on Next
Now your configuration will be done without error.
I had renamed my Android SDK folder due to which this problem occured. As soon as I renamed Android SDK folder back to it's original name, the Android Studio started successfully without showing this error.
This is because Android Studio was not able to find the SDK folder and it was automatically downloading a new SDK.
It happened to me too, and I live in UAE! So I don't think it's related to Iran.
What I ended up doing was just to close Android studio and re-run the setup again and everything worked normally. 🤔
I hope it helps someone out there. 😎
OS: MAC OS X El Capitan 10.11.6
You can simply download the package needed from the Google separately and install it in its default location.
During the setup wizard of Android Studio where it asks for the SDK package to be installed just click the button below and chose the destination folder which you've installed the latest SDK package.
After clicking next it will check and say your SDK is up to date and the wizard will complete.
This method works for people who have access issues regarding filtering problems of Google SDK download links during the setup.

Set local documentation for android studio 0.8

I want to set local documentation path in android studio 0.8, but i cant do this. I google this, but i can't find any solution for this problem. Can any body help me please.
Thanks a lot.
I found the solution in Android Studio 2.1 :
First, you have to see which Android SDK you are using from the Project Structure. Currently I am using Android 7.0 because the problem was caused by Android 7.1.1 SDK (I will explain why).
Now, open the Standalone SDK Manager. Find the SDK version that you use, then select Documentation for Android SDK then Install package and you will have a local copy of the docs automatically used by your AS.
As you can see, there is no documentation available to download for Android 7.1.1, that's why Android Studio was loading it from the Android developer website.
So, the solution is to use an Android SDK that has a downloadable documentation.
I had the same problem.Documentation was empty when I used documentation shortcut(ctrl + Q) and I also couldn't change the documentation paths because it wasn't there! so here is the solution:
Delete C:\Users[user name].AndroidStudioBeta folder.(Don't worry it just delete your configurations! ;) )
rename C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-studio\sdk (SDK path)folder to something else.
run Android studio and make sure you don't import you configurations.
Now you can change new sdk folder's name back to SDK .
Android studio will ask you new path for SDK ,so you can continue.
If you have downloaded the documentation using SDK manager, it'll get added automatically when you add an SDK in "Project Structure"
In Android Studio, You can verify this by selecting File -> Project Structure -> SDKs (on left pane).
Select one added SDK from the list, Select the tab "Documentation Paths" from right most pane. Check whether the path is automatically added. If not, add it manually by clicking the plus (+) button on right.
The only way I could accomplish this on AS 1.0 is to run local web server (Abyss Web Server) to host the documentation from here (C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\sdk\docs). And use Fiddler as proxy to remap url developer.android.com to 127.0.0.1:8080 (Abyss address), setting Fiddler's address as proxy in AS settings.
Oh, and created a .bat file to run and stop this all together.
Really dirty trick, but the only I found.

Android-studio Selected directory is not valid home for Android SDK

I installed android studio but while selecting android SDK I am getting following error. I tried solution which is on this post but no luck. How can I solve this?
I had this problem, select SDK folder (NOT SDK->sources or SDK-platforms)
I resolved with the instructions here,
http://www.blog.teamguru.in/2018/04/06/selected-directory-is-not-a-valid-home-for-sdk/
Just close current error window and let run the android studio
Open the SDK manager as shown below
Click on Edit SDK location as shown below
Simply press next button if there is correct location for SDK you want to install there
Let it be downloaded
Install platform and SDK tools and
Enjoy
Try restarting the application. Close all related studio processes, then right click "run as administrator".
You should be fine after this.
I got the same issue. You must enable the Android Support Plugin
Configuration > Plugin > Android Support Plugin. Check it.
Close error window
Go to gradle tab
select "Gradle settings", wrench icon
Search for SDK setup
Select appropriate sdk for your device.
Next, two times
Wait for install
There is all..
None of the other answers work. After the installation, immediately close Android Studio, then start it as administrator. A message might popup asking for the sdk manager location. Ignore it (Close the popup). Go to Tools > SDK Manager and click on the edit button on the right of Android SDK Location. Then click Next, next and you're good to go. Android Studio will let you install the sdk manager.
I had the same problem but what I found is that it requires the parent folder of the following things AVD manager,SDK manager,tools,platform-tools,build-tools etc.So what you need is to find the parent directory of these things, which you might find with a name such as android-sdk or android-sdk-windows(in case you are using windows OS).Make sure the above said contents are in that folder and select it.I hope you will find this useful.
Download the SDK from http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
Start SDK manager and make everything up to date
Also, make sure you have set the language level to
7.0 Diamonds, ARM, Multi-catch, etc
I had this problem on Linux. Apparently you need write access to some place in that directory, so I just took ownership of the entire thing:
sudo chown -R thomas:thomas /opt/android-sdk
Could be that something similar is going on on Windows as well.
If like me, a MacOs user which has installed Android Studio on my Mac and if you've tried everything you can think of but was still unable to set the Android SDK directory in Android Studio, follow the next steps (I know the site where I got the bundle is a freeware site but the package is the right one):
1. Download adt-bundle-mac (Android Developer Tools) from [here][1].
2. Unzip the file and browse into the unzipped folder.
3. Copy only the sdk dir to /Users/username/Library/Android
4. Open Android Studio, the error about the SDK folder which is not set will pop up, set the path to the SDK to "/Users/username/Library/Android/sdk".
5. Now Android Studio will accept the path and you're good to go.
I wasted about 2 hours until I fixed it so I hope that by writing this answer I'll save you some 2 hours.
The sdk folder contains the platform-tools folder.
I copied this folder and named it platforms, then it worked for me.
Just delete(preferably permanently) all the android directories in whatever location they are present(e.g. C:\Program Files\Android, C:\users\respective user\respective android folders). Remove the installer as well(if possible). Make sure to save all your Android Studio files in some external storage (preferably).
The main thing is to get Android studio with SDK.
Now go to the android studio website and install android studio leaving all settings default. There you will also get to install the SDK and it's linking.
It will take some time to load and will load nearly 1.5 GB files.
This worked for my case.
In my case I wasn't giving him admin permission
Steps to follow:
Close Android Studio.
Restart Android Studio and Give the path of Empty Folder .
Install Sdk in that folder(Sdk will automatically install and will get configure automatically.)
With Android Studio 4.1.2 the easiest thing is to close the project (file / close project). That's how you get to the wizard that automatically sets up the SDK for you.
The default location that it suggests is /Users/stan/Library/Android/sdk (exactly the same that I was trying to set up manually but AS kept saying it's invalid)

Could not find folder 'tools' inside SDK

I am doing Android Development using Eclipse. I have downloaded all the required software, but I am having the same problem as discussed in "Unable to set up Android Target in Eclipse". Now I do not find the solution of the problem on that discussion so let me rewrite the problem again,
When I load Eclipse and create a new Android project, it keeps on waiting for the ADT to load. To figure out what is wrong I went to preferences and tried to put the location of the ADT I created in it but it keeps giving me this error when I put the address of ADT,
Could not find folder 'tools' inside SDK 'E:\Documents and
Settings\me\android-sdks'..
How can this issue be resolved?
I created the folder tools manually, now I am getting this error:
[2011-12-24 15:23:56 - DDMS] DDMS files not found: E:\Documents and Settings\me\android-sdks\platform-tools\adb.exe E:\Documents and Settings\me\android-sdks\tools\hprof-conv.exe E:\Documents and Settings\me\android-sdks\tools\traceview.bat
[2011-12-24 15:42:06 - DDMS] DDMS files not found: E:\Documents and Settings\me\.android\platform-tools\adb.exe E:\Documents and Settings\me\.android\tools\hprof-conv.exe E:\Documents and Settings\me\.android\tools\traceview.bat
If you install Eclipse properly then:
Start Eclipse
From the menu bar, select Window > Preferences > Android
For Android location, browse the folder in which you install Android SDKs.
In Android SDKs folder, rename the folder platforms-tools to tools.
Select the folder Android SDKs through Preferences dialog box.
If I get you correctly you have just downloaded Android sdk and want to configure it working with Eclipse. I think you miss one step from the installation of the sdk:
1) you download it
2) you extract it somewhere
3) then go to the specified directory and start AndroidManager (or was it just android??). There you specify you need platform-tools and the manager will configure that for you. This will also provide you with the 'adb' executable which is crucial for the Android developement.
After that you install ADT (which I think you already did) and from Eclipse preferences -> Android options you get a place to specify where your android-sdk is. If you specify it after you did the 'step 3' you should be good to go.
I am not 100% sure I got it correctly and what your state is, so please forgive me if my comment is irrelevant. If I am wrong I will be happy to help if you provide some more details.
Something I am completely sure is that you shouldn't need to create the folder 'tools' by yourself.
PS: The description I gave is for newer versions of android sdk, but if you are encountering a problem with older version I will recommend you to start from scratch with newer version. It shouldn't take you that long time.
This can also happen due to the bad unzipping process of SDK.It Happend to me.
Dont use inbuilt windows unzip process.
use WINRAR software for unzipping sdk
By default it looks for the SDK tools in "C:\Documents and Settings\user\android-sdks". Some times we install it at another location. So you just have to select the correct path and it will done.
I faced similar issue when the SDK tools installation was failed during the initial setup. To resolution is to download SDK tools from Android Developer Site
Expand "USE AN EXISTING IDE" section and download standalone SDK tools
Choose your destination as (%HOMEPATH%\android-sdks)
Now start Android-SDKs folder and run SDK manager
If you get the "Failed to find DDMS files..." do this:
Open eclipse
Open install new software
Click "Add..." -> type in (e.g.) "Android_over_HTTP" and in address put "http://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse/".
Don't be alarmed that its not https, this helps to fetch stuff over http. This trick helped me to resolve the issue on MAC, I believe that this also should work on Windows / Linux
Hope this helps !
In my case i was using Ubuntu. Where the was two directories one was /android-sdks
and /android-sdk-linux. I used the second one it works for me :)
My solution was to remove the Eclipse ADT plugin via menu "Help > About Eclipse SDK > Installation Details". Eclipse will restart.
Next go to Menu "Help > Install New Software", then add the ADT plugin url "https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse" (or select the existing link from the dropdown).
This will re-install the latest ADT, including the DDMS files.
For me it was a simple case of specifying the path to the 'sdk' subfolder rather than the top level folder.
In my case I needed to input
/Users/Myusername/Documents/adt-bundle-mac-x86_64-20140321/sdk
instead of
/Users/Myusername/Documents/adt-bundle-mac-x86_64-20140321

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