I have just imported my eclipse project in android studio. it keeps my saying that
Error:SDK location not found. Define location with sdk.dir in the local.properties file or with an ANDROID_HOME environment variable.
I have seen some tutorials of editing local.properties files but it didnt work. here is my project.properties file:
sdk.dir=E:\\Mod Eclipse\\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20130219\\sdk
Actual directory of my folder is :
E:\Mod Eclipse\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20130219\sdk
A quick note about this if trying to run a Facebook sample and this error pops up, make sure you select the build.gradle file in the root of Facebook sdk, for all the samples when 'opening an existing project'. I got this error when I tried to open the gradle for just the Scrumptious sample from the 3.22 SDK
If you are sure that you have assigned correct SDK path in project settings,
and you can see it in local.properties as well, but still getting this error then there are chances that you are missing something in you project.
I was getting the same error after looking in to my project I found settings.gradle was missing.
and then add following script to your apps build.gradle
You will not face this error any more. It worked for me may be gradle set up was the blocking issue
My problem was:
I cloned a project from github
I clicked open existing Android Studio project
I chose the path of the inner sample app instead of the containing folder.
So what you should do is:
close the project.
click open existing Android Studio project
select the parent folder instead of the sample app.
You should also change it on Project Structure.
Close the current project and you'll see pop up with dialog which will then proceed to Configure option.
Configure -> Project Defaults -> Project Structure -> SDKs on left column -> Android SDK Home Path -> give the exact path as you did on local.properties and select Valid Target.
There you go.
The simplest solution sometimes is just do the File -> Invalidate Cache / Restart.
If it does not help then go for the more complicated stuff, as suggested in other answers
You can add a local.properties with to set the sdk.dir like sdk.dir=/Users/roofe/Library/Android/sdk.
But please note below, which is very important,
add the local.properties to the uppermost path of the project. Here the uppermost have some difference with root path of a project.
For example in the below project, I just use the ijkplayer-example, but this module also used other module with different cpu architecture.
If I only add local.properties to ijkplayer-example will not work. Here will get sdk location issue for other module.
While I can add the local.properties to the ijkplayer directory, then when I try to open the ijkplayer-example project, there will auto create a local.properties for ijkplayer-example, and everything works well.
In my case, it was a fresh install with checkout from github.
Just close the checkout window.
Create a new project (not from git, just a fresh one).
exit the project.
checkout whatever you like
Its just the fastest way that I found.
So I had the same issue, and none of the answers given previously helped me. What I did was check for new API updates (in my case, I updated to API level 23) and the problem was fixed.
Sync project with Gradle files, It will modify the project's local.properties file.
In Android Studio, I just clicked on File and then Choose Project Structure or Ctrl-Alt-Shift+S. This'll clearly show you the Android SDK location and an input box where you can browse to the correct one if it is not correct.
I add just local.properties file where my project is located. In local.properties:
sdk.dir=C\:\\Users\\dglig\\AppData\\Local\\Android\\Sdk
such kind of path is there which is our Sdk path.
So just create local.properties file manually and inside this just copy the Sdk file location.
Probably local.properties file missing.
Copy a local.properties from an existing file and add it to your current project. That worked for me.
I installed the SDK again (from here for example :
https://www.mediafire.com/file/azbsqg6dmg7z7np/Sdk+tools+for+android+studio.rar/file
& it created the directory & the packages, after installation.
Now I open android studio & everything is normal.
Everything posted so far was helpful in an overall learning capacity. However, most of the time, fixing one problem created others. What ended up working for me was completely deleting the GitHub project .zip file and any unzipped files. Then I made sure the correct .zip file was re-downloaded and unzipped. When it came time to open it in Android studio, I noticed there were 2 folders with identical project file names, one being contained in the other. The first (or upper) one is actually the .zip file. Open the other one!
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Created new project in Android Studio on the desktop.
in the Android view in the Project Explorer all looked normal.
Moved the project to a new folder on the desktop and opened it in Studio.
Now in the Android view in the project explorer there is no dropdown icon on the Java directory.
I have invalidated caches, cleaned the project and probably a couple of other things I have forgotten, still cannot see my source files.
I tried both copy and move using file explorer in win7.
I have faced the same issue, although #Igor answers fix your issue, it was different for me because the Java files are missing in the file directory. Same as you, I've also followed the same steps from https://developer.android.com/training/basics/firstapp/creating-project.html and there's nothing special with those steps.
I have resolved the issue by downloading the SDK quck fix in the "Messages Gradle Sync" explorer.
After that, the java folder will appear to the project explorer.
I've faced a similar issue: I could see my java directory in the Android view, but not in the Project view. I finally managed to fix it by going in the menu: File > Sync Project With Gradle Files.
Hope it helps someone.
Your top-level project in Android Studio should show the absolute path of the directory on your machine. Look in the Project perspective (not Android perspective). Like D:\workspace\myproject. Go ahead and navigate into that directory with file explorer on your machine, and make sure that its java sub-directory contains classes!
If you are using a library project , then you need to add below lines in gradle library level
android {
sourceSets {
main.java.srcDirs += 'src/main/kotlin'
}
and you need to change the word kotlin to java according to folder name you already have.
While creating an android project in Eclipse, I get the error:
[2014-03-13 15:14:36 - appcompat_v7] WARNING: unable to write jarlist cache file C:\Users\Neelakanteshwar\AndroidFirst\appcompat_v7\bin\jarlist.cache
And appcompat_v7 folder is created along with project folder in Eclipse.
Can anyone please help me to get the solution.
If you go to appcompat_v7/bin folder, you'll see that file jarlist.cache doesn´t appear or is unsynchronized. You need to refresh the appcompat_v7 folder, only press F5 over that folder.
The appcompat_v7 folder is added because you use an action bar component.
Aah. To avoid a new appcompat_v7_XX folder when you are creating a new project, choose a LEVEL API 14 as Minimum Required SDK.
After that, you must modifier the AndroidManifest.xml and put the level that you need.
<uses-sdk
android:minSdkVersion="14" ------> change it
android:targetSdkVersion="19" />`
Heads up! Delete all appcompat_v7_XX. It is a bug.
With appcompat_v7, you will see that Eclipse creates two XML files:
activity_main.xml
fragment_main.xml
If you want to have an option to create a project in the old way only with activity_main.xml, do that:
Make a copy of the folder "BlanckActivity" located in this path: \sdk\tools\templates\activities of an ADT previous version.
Rename the folder as BlankActivityNoFragment, then edit the field name of the file template.xml such that, it reads name=BlankActivityNoFragment
Copy the new folder in the same path of the new Eclipse IDE: sdk/tools/templates/activities
Now you´ll see the new template when you go to create a new project.
Remember to choose as Minimum Required SDK as API 14
Also got the same problem today.
Install and configure all the required components.
On the menu bar, go to: Project->Properties->Java build path.
On the order and export tab: check all the project libraries. I checked Android 4.4.
Change Workspace path in starting Eclipse:
from C:\Users\XXXXXXXX\workspace
to, for example D:\My_Folder
This may not be the professional way but it worked for me.
Manually create a folder named jar in the path: C:\Users\\***\appcompat_v7\bin\
Referesh your project in eclipse.
That's because you also need Adroid Version 2.1!
Go to Android SDK Manager and download Android Version 2.1 (API 7)
If you start a new Android App. Project there is typed that FROM 2.1 TILL 4.4 Android version.
So that mean the program is searching for the minimum Android version bro :)
BTW: Download the 2.2. Android Version, too. :)
Just got the same problem today.
In my case the combination of your advices became a solution:
In Eclipse project bar I have deleted Appcompat(XYZ) and the new project that I just created.
Checked for updates - no updates were found.
Clicked File -> Restart.
While creating new project have chosen API 14 as Minimum Required SDK.
Done.
Run an Eclipse update (Help -> Check for Updates) and let me know if this resolves your problems.
Just refresh the bin folder of appcompat_v7!
This worked for me.
When create android-support-v7-appcompat, mark the option "Copy projects into workspace". Now, it can write in the required directories.
I hope this is helpful for you.
Well... I met the same situation. I deleted my project from eclipse and on the disk, delete the workspace from the disk, and recreate the project in the new workspace... it works.......
A different approach worked in my case, saying it here if it can help someone. I also came across this weird problem of appcompat while creating a new project.
I have just clean and build the default appcompat_v7 project for 2 times which is created by eclipse itself and voila it worked! and all errors are gone, works perfectly.
I got the same error and the following steps worked for me.
Just delete the gen and bin folders
Clean(Re build) the project.
Here is *Simple Trick:*
Create New Project
If you get the warning of jarlist Not created under the console tab
Close Eclipse and ReOpen it
Now u r done. jarlist is included in appcompat_7/bin or appcompat_7_XX/bin
I have seen this same thing posted quite a few times, but whenever I try to import my project to my new work laptop I keep getting this error.
I have pulled the project from git (which his btw running fine on my old laptop).
Then I went to the sdk manager, downloaded all the tools, and all the SDK's available.
In the welcome screen, I went to Configure -> project Defaults -> Project structure.
Android SDK Tab says the path for projects without local.properties will be /Applications/Android Studio.app/sdk
This is correct.
Under SDKs I have all the available SDK's visible.
Project SDK is set to API 18
Yet still I get this error when trying to build my project.
Can anyone tell me where I havent looked yet?
I am running gradle 1.7 when trying to build which is downloaded from services.gradle.org
I had very similar situation (had a project on another machine and cloned it to my laptop and saw the same issue) and I looked in it.
Error message was coming from Sdk.groovy of Android gradle plugin:
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/tools/build/+/master/gradle/src/main/groovy/com/android/build/gradle/internal/Sdk.groovy
By looking at code, its findLocation needs to set androidSdkDir variable and there are only three ways to do it:
create local.properties file and have either sdk.dir or android.dir line.
have ANDROID_HOME environment variable defined.
System.getProperty("android.home") - I'm not sure how it works, but it seems like a Java thing.
While your Android Studio knows that the SDK is at that place, I doubt that Android Studio is passing that information to gradle and thus we're seeing that error.
I created local.properties file at the project root and put the following line and it compiled the code successfully.
sdk.dir = /Applications/Android Studio.app/sdk/
creating local.properties file in the root directory solved my issue
I somehow lost this file after pulling from GitHub
this is how my local.properties file looks like now:
## This file is automatically generated by Android Studio.
# Do not modify this file -- YOUR CHANGES WILL BE ERASED!
#
# This file must *NOT* be checked into Version Control Systems,
# as it contains information specific to your local configuration.
#
# Location of the SDK. This is only used by Gradle.
# For customization when using a Version Control System, please read the
# header note.
#Sat Feb 06 11:53:03 EST 2016
sdk.dir=/Users/****/Library/Android/sdk
I found the solution here:
http://xinyustudio.wordpress.com/2014/07/02/gradle-sdk-location-not-found-the-problem-and-solution/
Just create a file local.properties and add a line with sdk.dir=SDK_LOCATION
If none of the answers work for you which happened to me on macbook pro in one of the projects you can always try to run Android Studio with an alias command passing sdk.dir with each run:
alias studio='launchctl setenv ANDROID_HOME '\''/Users/username/Library/Android/sdk'\'' && open -a '\''Android Studio'\'''
To fix this problem, I had to define the ANDROID_HOME environment variable in the Windows OS.
To do this, I went to the System control panel.
I selected "Advanced system settings" in the left column.
On the "Advanced" tab, I selected "Environment Variables" at the bottom.
Here, I did not have an ANDROID_HOME variable defined. For this case, I selected "New..." and:
1) for "Variable name" I typed ANDROID_HOME,
2) for "Variable value", I typed the path to my SDK folder, e.g. "C:\...\AppData\Local\Android\sdk".
I then closed Android Studio and reopened, and everything worked.
Thanks to Dibish (https://stackoverflow.com/users/2244411/dibish) for one of his posts that gave me this idea.
Had the same problem in IntelliJ 12, even though I have ANDROID_HOME env variable it still gives the same error. I ended up creating local.properties file under the root of my project (my project has a main project w/ a few submodules in its own directories). This solved the error.
specifying sdk.dir=<SDK_PATH> in local.properties in root folder solved my problem.
I clone libgdx demo, can't import project. it also reminds like this.
Env:
Eclipse(Android-ADT)
window 7
so I create local.properties file at the project root, like following
sdk.dir = D:/adt-bundle-windows-x86/sdk
I hope this can help others!
Copy and paste the local.properties file from a project you created on your new computer to the folder containing the project from your old computer also works too if you don't want to (or know how to) create a new local.properties file.
I noticed that I get this error when I'm working on a new computer if I try to build from the command line first. However, if I build from Android Studio, it retrieves the SDK and creates the directory automatically. Then when I build from the command line it works.
You have also to ensure you have the correct SDK platform version installed in your environment by using SDK Manager.
If you have cloned a project from GitHub for example, and you've tried the methods mentioned here without success including:
Editing sdk.dir in the local.properties
Trying to set ANDROID_HOME environment variable
Or adding an alias as kasiara mentioned
You should try to see if you are trying to build a directory project that is a part within a bigger project, and so it may cause problems.
So load the entire project, and then run the project directory you'd like.
In my specific case I tried to create a React Native app using the react-native init installation process, when I encountered the discussed problem.
FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.
* What went wrong:
A problem occurred configuring project ':app'.
> SDK location not found. Define location with an ANDROID_SDK_ROOT environment variable or by setting the sdk.dir path in your project's local properties file at 'C:\Users\***\android\local.properties'.
I add this, because when developing an android app using react native, the 'root directory' to which so many answers refer, is actually the root of the android folder (and not the project's root folder, where App.js resides). This is also made clear by the directory marked in the error message.
To solve it, just add a local.properties file to the android folder, and type:
sdk.dir=C:/Users/{user name}/AppData/Local/Android/Sdk
Be sure to add the local disk's reference ('C:/'), because it did not work otherwise in my case.
I am using Android Studio for development (I/O Preview 0.2.3) and have used AS since I started my current project. Every time I open the project I get the Frameworks detected: Android framework is detected in the project Configure message in the event log. I can click Configure and it sorts things out straight away but its happens every time I open the project.
Its not really causing any issues, more of an annoyance than anything. Is there anyway of making AS remember that this is an Android project?
If Android Studio notices a difference in the path to the android SDK folder on disk and the path mentioned in your local.properties file, it will prompt and upon confirmation update the path in local.properties. I think you local.properties file is not retaining the change in SDK path once you close the project. Check you check if something is reverting the changes.
Also, try saving the local.properties file manually after updating the sdk.dir property with correct path..
It looks like this in the local.properties file.
# change the SDK path below to match the folder on your system
sdk.dir=D\:\\Android\\android-sdk
Try to import projectrather than just opening the project.
File --> New--> Import Project
Try open the SDK Manager and check if Android Support Repository is installed. If not, install if and reopen the project.
Change then name of your project. I had the same problem, because my project had name like "Smile&Smile" and the symbol & crashed normal assembly of my project. Also, don't use symbols like &, !, "",'' in the name of projects.
Just change first row with your build.gradle.
try use
apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
I have an Android project developed on Eclipse (GNU/Linux) that I last touched half a year ago. I am trying to import the project into Eclipse 3.6 on Windows (with ADT installed) installed using File -> Import Project in Eclipse. When the project is imported, I see the following error twice on the console:
[2010-12-10 02:17:12 -
com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.internal.project.AndroidManifestHelper]
Unable to read C:\Program
Files\Android\android-sdk-windows\AndroidManifest.xml:
java.io.FileNotFoundException:
C:\Program
Files\Android\android-sdk-windows\AndroidManifest.xml
(The system cannot find the file
specified)
Why is Eclipse looking for AndroidManifest.xml on the Android SDK path? The file actually seems to be in the project's directory. How do I fix this problem and get the project to compile?
A simple solution is to either reimport the AndroidManifest.xml file or make a change to the file and save it. This worked for me.
If you see an error about AndroidManifest.xml, or some problems
related to an Android zip file, right click on the project and select
Android Tools > Fix Project Properties. (The project is looking in the
wrong location for the library file, this will fix it for you.)
from: http://developer.android.com/resources/tutorials/notepad/notepad-ex1.html
The way you are importing the Android project into Eclipse is wrong. The Correct way of doing is File -> New Android Project. In the Contents Tab in "New Android Project", select "Create project from existing source" and choose the Build Target. That should fix your problem.
It appears that this error is produced because Eclipse thinks the default location for new Android projects is the Android SDK path. Even if the project location is changed, the error fails to be resolved, so the trick is to change the project location before Eclipse is aware of the condition generating the error.
To circumvent this quirk I imported the old project with the following steps:
File -> New -> Android Project
Un-check 'Use default location' and browse to project root directory.
Click 'Create project from existing source'
It's important to do step (2) before (3) otherwise the error persists and prevents running the project.
I had the same problem, all of the above did not work. I cleaned the project and it worked.
Instead of using File ---> New Android Project --> "Create project from existing sources", which will result in the error your are seeing, choose "Create project from existing sample" and choose it from the drop down. This will work.
Experienced JAVA developers tend to go with the first option which is normally there and works for classic Eclipse projects. But this is not your typical project and I bet the Google developers put this special case in the wizard to accommodate the differences.
I had the same problem. I was trying to compile the JakeWharton view page sample, so I checked out the GIT in a directory in a different folder then the workspace which caused the problem.
Eclipse was maintaining 2 folders:
1. A new workspace folder was made under the workspace directory, which eclipse checks for libraries and others source code including the AndroidManifest.xml file
2. The existing folder which was not under the Root workspace
To fix the problem after importing I had to manually move the files in the new workspace folder created by eclipse.
I met this problem when using Facebook SDK, now I solve it by doing this:
Close the project;
Copy "AndroidManifest.xml" file to the project's root path;
Open the project and refresh it, it's Done!
this worked for me by the way:
I changed the project name to the exact name of the project that I am importing.
Eclipse seems somewhat fragile in its naming conventions. One of the causes for this error is a difference between the project name and the folder name in the workspace. I imported a zip file for a project named "HelloDialogs" into a workspace folder named "HelloDialog". This caused the "AndroidManifest.xml file missing" error. Once I renamed the folder correctly, everything worked fine.
Because of the multiple different answers here, I thouhgt I'd add yet another one that worked for me, as I had exactly the same issue when first working with Phonegap android dev tools.
So I found (as mentioned by Gintautas in comments to the accepted answer), that I had to create a new project using the phonegap 'create' script, then when importing the project into eclipse. the only way to get this to work successfully was if the project was originally created in some temp folder somewhere other than the place I actually want to work with it.
So I created a project in windows like this in a cmd window...
c:\phonegap\phonegap-2.6.0\lib\android\bin>create.bat c:\temp\android_boilerplates\test app.test test
Then I imported the project in eclipse like this...
File > New > Project
Within the new project wizard select: "Android Project from Existing Code"
Click "Next"
Now navigate to the temp location of your project and set that to the root directory, check the project you want and check "Copy projects into workspace" as the example below...
Click "Finish"
And that's it, Eclipse should copy all your project files into your workspace and there shouldn't be any errors in your project (fingers crossed).
Your project should look something like this...
Hope that helps, it took me an age to work out why Eclipse didn't like creating a new project from existing code when the new project was being setup in the same place as the existing code. This isn't a problem for other languages I've used, so it was a little weird, but understandable as Eclipse (I'm guessing) seems to want to overwrite certain files.
Eclipse randomly decided to make another folder instead of the one that i had specified, but doesnt have any resources or data or layout etc in it..
it has some conflicts i guess..
anyway, a noob approach to this was, copying the original file to some other location(i put it to desktop)..
now create new project-create existing project, select this one from desktop, n VOILA.. its all fine.. :D
I am a little late to this game but I caused this same problem by generating the initial application into the exact location I was going to work on it. That is to say I put it directly into my current workspace. I then did File, Import, Existing Android Code Into Workspace. The import process blanked out my android.xml file.
I tried above solutions and had no joy. I then generated the initial application into a temp directory and imported from there. This worked for me.
The only way to import a project into eclipse workspace is to create an empty project and then drag and drop all the folders and files into this project. Why is this so is beyond me.
The answer from Raunak is wrong.
I found a .classpath file in the root directory of my Android project. I opened it and updated the file paths in it, and it seemed to fix the problem for me.
I had the problem when I tried to update an old project with recent code from the SVN. I had the Manifest.xml exported to my local file system as backup and deleted it. I've then reverted my complete project to the most recent version from the SVN and then it worked :)
This is what I had to do to get this to work. Fortunately I had backups of earlier "project".
1) Import the project as usual.
2) If the errors with empty xml etc. comes up, close the project.
3) Go to the original project if you have backup.
4) Copy all of the projects root files and directories and paste it over where Eclipse expects the projects root directories and files to be.
5) Open the project and refresh. Make "Clean" if necessary and you're done!
Always make backups because Eclipse f--kups! I learned this the hard way when suddenly my Android project refused to work because of empty manifest-file.
Sometimes if you automatically fix imports in MainActivity IDE imports android.R class instead of one that will be generated for the project. Remove the import and recompile.
when importing project from another workspace add existing project in workspace. and tick to the copy projects in workspace.then check the api level and supporting library from project.properties files.then rebuilt project and clean it.. it is works for me.
2017 Solution: Much Easier and tested solution is to remove your application folder from elipse project only then Import it again and the problem will be fixed immediately!