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I am trying to reinstall android studio. Previously it was on the C drive and now I want to install it on another drive, say D.I have completely uninstalled the previous android studio and folders from users/local folder. Now during installation, I am asked to specify the location for SDK. Can I change this from C:\Users\Cap\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk to any other drive? Will it lead to problems in the future?
You can absolutely change the SDK location. I personally prefer to use another drive than c for my Android SDK as when I format my c drive and reinstall Android Studio, I don't need to download SDK again. I can simply point my studio to the old location.
Yes, you can install the sdk in any drive you prefer.
Definitely yes, you can change this location. put sdk file in custom location and set that path, it will not produce any problem.
I see there a lot of similar topics pertaining to this issue but I did not find a solution for me among those posts. I just installed Android Studio v0.8.14 and it won't let me create a new project because I do not have an SDK path specified. For the life of me I cannot find where that path should be. I see many people have it located in C:/Android or someplace similar, however the only Android files I have are on my desktop in the extracted folder that came in the .zip. All paths inside that folder do not qualify as an appropriate SDK location, according to Android Studio. Am I being completely ridiculous and missing the obvious?
For Mac/OSX the default location is /Users/<username>/Library/Android/sdk.
Android Studio on Windows 8:
C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Android\sdk\extras\intel\Hardware_Accelerated_Execution_Manager\intelhaxm-android.exe
(in username : please enter valid username)
Install it and restart your Android Studio.
The above steps are similar for win 7 and also same for eclipse.
Update: Windows 10 (similar steps) - pointed out by RBT
This is the sdk path Android Studio installed for me:
"C:\Users\<username>\appdata\local\android\sdk"
I'm running windows 8.1.
You can find the path going into Android Studio -> Configure -> SDK Manager -> On the top left it should say SDK Path.
I don't think it's necessary to install the sdk separately, as the default option for Android Studio is to install the latest sdk too.
I had forgot where the sdk location was installed to so what I did was open Android Studio and selected Settings then used the following submenu
Current 1/1/2017:Tools -> SDK Manager
outdate: Appearance & Behavior -> System Settings -> Android SDK
There the sdk location was listed as Android SDK Location
Download the SDK from here: http://developer.android.com/sdk/ to C:\android-sdk\.
Then when you launch Android Studio again, it will prompt you for the SDK path just point it to: C:\android-sdk\.
Update: new download location, https://developer.android.com/studio/#command-tools
Linux (Ubuntu 18.4)
/home/<USER_NAME>/Android/Sdk
windows (8.1)
C:\Users\<USER_NAME>\AppData\Local\Android\sdk
(AppData folder is hidden, check folder properties first)
macOS (Sierra 10.12.6)
/Users/<USER_NAME>/Library/Android/sdk
macOS (Catalina or Mojave or Sierra):
After installing Android Studio (3.6+ or 2.3.x),
by default
sdk path: "/Users/< username >/Library/Android/sdk"
Remember:
may be
Library folder is hidden.
To make it visible:- Hit Command+shift+. OR
Open Terminal and type "chflags nohidden ~/Library/" then hit return.
windows:
After installing Android Studio,
by default
sdk path: "C:\Users< username >\AppData\Local\Android\sdk"
Remember:
by default
AppData folder is hidden, make it visible first.
Start Android Studio and select Configure --> SDK Manager
Then, check the path of Android SDK
If you can't find the SDK location, you may want to download it. Just scroll down to near end of the download page and select the Android SDK with respect to your OS.
C:\Users\Max\AppData\Local\Android\sdk\
The location I found it in for Windows 8.1. I think the default SDK folder. AppData is a hidden folder, so you will not locate it unless you type it in once you get into your C:\Users\ folder.
For Mac users running:
Open Android Studio
Select Android Studio -> Preferences -> System Settings -> Android
SDK
Your SDK location will be specified on the upper right side of the
screen under [Android SDK Location]
I'm running Android Studio 2.2.3
When i upgraded i just moved my SDK to my user folder C:\Users\Nick\Android-SDK and updated my path in Android Studio. Worked like a charm.
EDIT: (More detail) - My SDK was originally inside C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-studio\sdk, I just Cut and Paste the entire \sdk folder into C:\Users\Nick\Android-SDK, then set it inside Android Studio to the new location.
For Ubuntu users running:
Open Android Studio
Select Android Studio -> Settings -> Android SDK or
Android Studio -> Project structure -> SDK location or to open Project structure shortcut is (Ctrl+Alt+Shift+s)
Your SDK location will be specified on the upper right side of the screen under [Android SDK Location]
If your project is open click on Gradle Scripts >local.properties(SDK LOCATION), open it and there is the location of sdk with name
sdk.dir=C\:\\Users\\shiva\\AppData\\Local\\Android\\Sdk
Note don't forget the replace \\ to \ before coping the things(sdk location)
Default path in Windows
%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\
Linux 2021, after installed follow these steps!
Open the Preferences window by clicking File > Settings (on Mac, Android Studio > Preferences).
In the left panel, click Appearance & Behavior > Android SDK.
You will see the path
C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Android\sdk
This is the right path, if you looking up for sdkmanager.
Android SDK is in C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk
(MAC Users) To find sdk Location in Android Arctic Fox:
File >> Project Structure>> SDK Location.
Consider Using windows 7 64bits
C:\Users\Administrador\AppData\Local\Android\sdk
Windows 10 - when upgrading from AS 2.x to 3.01
AS has the SDK directory name changed from .../sdk to .../Sdk
Because I kept my original settings this caused an issue.
Changed back to lowercase and all working!
AndroidStudioFrontScreenI simply double clicked the Android dmg install file that I saved on the hard drive and when the initial screen came up I dragged the icon for Android Studio into the Applications folder, now I know where it is!!! Also when you run it, be sure to right click the Android Studio while on the Dock and select "Options" -> "Keep on Dock". Everything else works.
create a new folder in your android studio parent directory folder. Name it sdk or whatever you want.
Select that folder from the drop down list when asked.
Thats what solves it for me.
I tried the accepted solution but it didn't resolve the issue for me.
I had already installed Android Studio 2-3 years ago, but I uninstalled it at some point. Installing the latest version was giving me an error. I did multiple uninstalls/reinstallations, but the issue persisted.
I found an SDK was available on my machine in %LocalAppData%. I opened the environment variable and deleted all the references of Android like Android Home /Path. I performed the uninstallation of Android Studio and then reinstalled.
This time it worked and installed properly; it is even downloading the other SDK-related files.
If you are working on React native,please make sure you have installed these tools because I was missing and it resolved my issue
React Native doc for installation
I found this a couple of minutes back.
What renders the location unuseful is the fact that it is neither empty nor has the sdk.
One of the conditions needs to be met for the folder.
So, try this:
On Windows, go to Control Panel and search for 'show hidden folders and files'.
You will find a "Folders" option. On the submenu, you will see "Show hidden files and
folders".
[The options look like this.][1]
Refer this image.
[Click the option shown in the picture][2]
Click apply and ok.
Go to the location i.e. some location in appdata, or the location your android sdk was
about to be installed in. The location should be visible now.
Go to it and delete everything inside. (Don't delete the sdk folder, just the contents
inside it )
Go to android sdk manager and select the same location again. The error should vanish.
Happy installation!
In other words, this error only pops up if you had a previous failed installation.
If you're unable to do it still, hit me up at twitter #Vishma Pratim Das and I will be happy to assist you.
Thanks.
[1]: https://i.stack.imgur.com/G6P8S.png
[2]: https://i.stack.imgur.com/PeRUZ.png
I just installed Android Studio and has the same problem.
Banged my head for a few hours and found the solution - it's retarded.
So I installed Android Studio but when it asked me for the config folder, I provided the one from my IntelliJ. Well, turns out that stop the Android Studio setup and I had no SDK. Going to their site the SDK is nowhere to be found. It's not on any of the links from the other answers either.
My solution was to use a different folder for Android Studio. That ran the setup wizard and downloaded the SDK.
Sharing what worked for me in hopes that it helps someone else.
My issue was that my SDK was not installed together with the Android Studio IDE for some reason. How I managed to trigger the SDK installation was by going to File > Settings on Android Studio, then typing "sdk" in the searchbar. If your android sdk location is empty, click on "edit" right next to it and it should immediately prompt installation for your sdk.
Cheers!
For Linux, do not move/put android sdk under /usr/lib/ directory because it will only have read permissions and other libraries cannot be downloaded.
C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Android\sdk\extras\intel\Hardware_Accelerated_Execution_Manager\intelhaxm-android.exe
check this location in windows
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.
I have downloaded the Android Studio but when I want to create a new project, an error pops up saying "Your Android SDK is out date or missing templates..
How do I fix this project, or how do I update the SDK in the Android Studio?
Click here and update your SDK ;)
You can update your sdk in many ways.
1. Download sdk from developer site.
SET:file->project Structure->in android SDK section set custom path of sdk
2.Tools->Android->SDK manager update sdk
This seems like permission problem. Someone who packed Android Studio, has the original files under non-root account. If you unpack it as root, the files and dirs has no permission for "other" (just for owner). The person who is packing Android Studio knows a lot about Android and Java, but not much about Unix permissions (uch!). There are two possible solutions:
a) unpack android-studio-bundle-...-linux.tgz as normal user, not as root (this has an advantage - you will be able to update Andriod Studio by clicking menu; but this is generally stupid because you are open to malware attack)
b) fix read permissions for files and dirs for whole android-studio directory with something like: chmod -R 755 /opt/android-studio (not ideal because all files has "x" then, but it works)
Had a similar issue in linux. I am new user to android without any projects, I followed the instructions in https://developer.android.com/sdk/installing/adding-packages.html , Once I got to "In Eclipse or Android Studio, click SDK Manager in the toolbar", I noticed that from the welcome screen configure> Sdk Manager was greyed out. To solve,closed the program and relaunched as a sudo/superuser. Then go to Project Defaults> Project Structure. In the Android SDK location field go to "directory-where-you-installed-android-studio/android-studio/sdk'. Once done, click ok. Then close and relaunch the program once more. The SDK manger should be active now
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)