I'm trying to setup IntelliJ IDEA to develop android applications and I faced an issue with android sdk. As far as I know, I need to download the sdk separately. But I all I managed to find was Android command line tools which is obviously not something I need. So my question how can I get android sdk for IntelliJ IDEA?
You can install whichever android SDK or API from Intellij. I have the 2018.1 version but I hope this works in earlier versions too. You can find the options to install the SDKs here:
Same problem I have with IDEA 2017.1.1. I installed tools_r25.2.3-windows.zip and managed to install them.
I've done:
unzipped it to C:\Android\android_sdk\
renamed "tools" folder to "tools-sdk"
executed
C:\Android\android_sdk\tools_inst\bin>sdkmanager --update
prepared file my_file with lines:
build-tools;24.0.0
platforms;android-24
tools
emulator
Executed:
C:\Android\android_sdk\tools_inst\bin>sdkmanager --package_file=my_file
Then gave IntelliJ IDEA folder C:\Android\android_sdk as Android SDK Home Folder.
Then IDEA asks to install something additional. The test android project compiles and runs on emulation (AVD Manager works). I had to install 22 Platform and Build Tools though because android-24 virtual device asked for a password.
The only problem is I still have no SDK Manager with GUI interface.
First of all make sure you'be setup JDK properly. If not, you can download it from here.
Now go to Android Developer official site and download Android Studio.
If you are already done with above mentioned points the few point you might be missing.
When asked to choose the JDK (not SDK) you need to choose the Java JDK which you've installed earlier. Should be under C:\Program Files\Java\jdk{version}
Choose a New platform ( if there's not one selected ) , the SDK platform is the android platform at C:\Program Files\Android\android-sdk-windows.
Please let me know if it didn't help.
Reference:
https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/2017.1/getting-started-with-android-development.html
I had the same issue. I tried downloading sdk via android eclipse setup process. Eclipse automatically downloads the sdk. This sdk has a gui sdkmanager and can be used in idea as well. Here is the link to download eclipse.
(Android Studio installed on my computer.)
As i see users missed a point while installing android SDK.
You should show the Android SDK at AppData folder to IntellijIdea.
C:\Users\Your_Username\AppData\Local\Android\SDK_Folder.
References: https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/prerequisites-for-android-development.html
https://www.jetbrains.com/help/img/idea/2017.2/AndroidSDKManager.png
You can download the android SDK from this link here. I hope it should be helpful that link.
I updated Eclipse with the new SDK tools (rev. 23), but now when Eclipse starts I receive the error:
This Android SDK requires Android Developer Toolkit version 23.0.0 or above. Current version is 22.6.3.v201404151837-1123206. Please update ADT to the latest version.
No updates were found with "Check for updates". If I try "Install new software", I can see version 23, but I can't upgrade due to the following error:
Cannot complete the install because of a conflicting dependency.
Software being installed: Android Development Tools 23.0.0.1245622 (com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.feature.feature.group 23.0.0.1245622)
Software currently installed: Android Developer Tools 22.2.1.v201309180102-833290 (com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.package.product 22.2.1.v201309180102-833290)
Only one of the following can be installed at once:
ADT Package 22.6.3.v201404151837-1123206 (com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.package 22.6.3.v201404151837-1123206)
ADT Package 23.0.0.1245622 (com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.package 23.0.0.1245622)
Cannot satisfy dependency:
From: Android Development Tools 23.0.0.1245622 (com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.feature.feature.group 23.0.0.1245622)
To: com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.package [23.0.0.1245622]
Cannot satisfy dependency:
From: Android Development Tools 22.6.3.v201404151837-1123206 (com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.feature.group 22.6.3.v201404151837-1123206)
To: com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.package [22.6.3.v201404151837-1123206]
Cannot satisfy dependency:
From: ADT Package 22.2.1.v201309180102-833290 (com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.package.feature.group 22.2.1.v201309180102-833290)
To: com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.feature.group 22.2.0
Cannot satisfy dependency:
From: Android Developer Tools 22.2.1.v201309180102-833290 (com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.package.product 22.2.1.v201309180102-833290)
To: com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.package.feature.group [22.2.1.v201309180102-833290]
After download of the last ADT from the web site, it seems there's another problem.
With SDK Tools rev. 23 proguard is not installed, the folder SDK dir/tools/proguard is missing, and other tools are missing. This version contains several bugs.
Google has released ADT v23.0.2. This solved many problems of previous ADT version 23.
Step-by-step:
Menu Help → Install New Software...
For "Work with", select the Android source https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse
Tick ADT v23.0 for installation, then click "Next"
Eclipse will show "Install Remediation Page" since there is conflict with previous version. (If it does not, see below.) Select "Update my installation to be compatible with items being installed" to uninstall the old version and install the new one. After that, proceed with the usual steps.
Note: When I installed the new version of ADT, I didn't include the new version of "Android Native Development Tools" package. Instead, I installed the rest of packages first, and then installed "Android Native Development Tools". For a reason, if I try to install all the new packages including "Android Native Development Tools", the installation fails.
If there is no "Remediation page", the only way to remove the ADT plugin from Eclipse is to go to menu Help → About Eclipse → Installation Details and uninstall from there. But there is a risk of uninstalling Eclipse itself.
Google response:
This is a packaging bug. The entire proguard file is missing. We'll have an update asap, but until then just copy it over from a previous version of the tools:
http://dl.google.com/android/android-sdk_r22.6.2-linux.tgz
http://dl.google.com/android/android-sdk_r22.6.2-windows.zip
http://dl.google.com/android/android-sdk_r22.6.2-macosx.zip
and copy over the following files:
tools/hprof-conv
tools/support/annotations.jar
tools/proguard
So at the end if you started from a new ADT copy by hand the files :)
Edit: with the latest ADT release, the bundle should now work with auto-update, so install these new versions:
linux 64 bit vm: http://dl.google.com/android/adt/adt-bundle-linux-x86_64-20140702.zip
linux 32 bit vm: http://dl.google.com/android/adt/adt-bundle-linux-x86-20140702.zip
mac: http://dl.google.com/android/adt/adt-bundle-mac-x86_64-20140702.zip
win32: http://dl.google.com/android/adt/adt-bundle-windows-x86-20140702.zip
win64: http://dl.google.com/android/adt/adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20140702.zip
Don't try to upgrade from previous version because it doesn’t work at all.
If you have got problems with zipalign, it's now under build-tools and no more under tools/ so you can do a symbolic link or just copy it into the expected folder.
None of the other answers worked for me using the ADT bundle published on developer.android.com.
I ended up downloading the latest version of Eclipse (not the ADT bundle) and then installing the ADT plugin via menu Help → Install new software → entering https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse (mentioned by #RED_).
I also had to update my workspace to point to my previous workspace, and most things seemed to be restored.
On a side note: This seems like a good time to migrate to Android Studio...
NOTE: Use this approach with caution because this might break your Eclipse installation (see comments).
This might help you if you installed the ADT plugin manually. But if you are using the version of Eclipse from the Eclipse ADT Bundle the below steps could break your Eclipse installation, and you may not be able to use Eclipse again!
Go to
Menu Help → About Eclipse SDK → Installation Details.
Now you will see all 22.0 versions and then click Uninstall button at bottom.
After uninstallation goto:
Menu Help → Install New Software → enter http://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse/
Then install all the things, and now it is ready.
I was updating my build server today and came across the same issue. It has been reported here:
https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=72419
The fix is in progress and the work around according to the project manager is:
Please wait for an updated version within a day or two. Until then, your workaround is to do download one of
http://dl.google.com/android/android-sdk_r22.6.2-linux.tgz
http://dl.google.com/android/android-sdk_r22.6.2-windows.zip
http://dl.google.com/android/android-sdk_r22.6.2-macosx.zip
and copy over the following files:
tools/hprof-conv
tools/support/annotations.jar
tools/proguard
[edit]
zipalign was missing for me too, check to see if you need to copy this as well
It works for me :)
If for some reason you installed an ADT preview and need to revert back to the current stable, you can't use the dialog to install "new" software since what you want is actually an older one. Instead do this:
Open Help > About Eclipse... on Windows or Linux. On Mac, use the app's menu > About...
Click the "Installation Details" button.
Select the "Installation History" tab.
Select one of the previous configurations.
Click the "Revert" button at the bottom.
is what they are saying about this:
OK, guys, sorry about all this trouble, and we apologize for the messed up releases. Here's the summary:
There is no way to update an existing ADT bundle that you might have downloaded.
You can do one of two options:
Install Eclipse from eclipse.org and install ADT by pointing to the update site: https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse
Download bundles from here:
Linux 64-bit VM: http://dl.google.com/android/adt/adt-bundle-linux-x86_64-20140702.zip
Linux 32-bit VM: http://dl.google.com/android/adt/adt-bundle-linux-x86-20140702.zip
Mac: http://dl.google.com/android/adt/adt-bundle-mac-x86_64-20140702.zip
Windows 32-bit: http://dl.google.com/android/adt/adt-bundle-windows-x86-20140702.zip
Windows 64-bit: http://dl.google.com/android/adt/adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20140702.zip
Starting with ADT bundle 23.0.2, you should be able to update to future versions of ADT.
Source: https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=72912
I have done following to resolve an issue.
Go to http://developer.android.com/sdk/installing/installing-adt.html and download the latest ADT ZIP file (at the bottom of page).
Go to Eclipse → menu Help → About Eclipse → Installation details
Delete Android DDM, Android Development Tools, Hierarchy Viewer, Native Development Tools, TraceView, etc., 22.X version.
Menu Help* → Install New Software → Add → Archive → *Select the downloaded ZIP file in step 1.
Select all the latest version of all 23 which I have deleted in step 3 and accept the license agreement.
Restart Eclipse, and it fixes my issue.
Only helped:
Fresh Eclipse installation (http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/packages/eclipse-ide-java-developers/lunar)
Help --> Install New Software --> https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse/
If you install a new Eclipse version it will work.
Here's what I did:
Installed the new Eclipse version, Luna
Made a backup of the current workspace.
Ran the new Eclipse, Luna, and updated the workspace
Installed the ADT plugin (Help -> Install New Software)
Restarted Eclipse
Done
There is a lot of confusion going around in this thread. There are two solutions depending on how you installed ADT.
If you installed the ADT plugin manually then I believe you can use the "Delete ADT" -> "Install New Software" approach.
If you are using the ADT Bundle then do not follow that solution! You will break Eclipse. Here is an update from a Google member - read #18:
https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=72912
You must download a new version of the ADT-Bundle (yep, it's frustrating!).
Just uninstall the previous ADT.
Go to menu Help → About Eclipse → Installation Details
Uninstall all plugins which Id start with com.android.ide
Install ADT again from the update site.
DO NOT DO THIS
Warning: Please see the comments below this answer. These steps have had a negative impact for many people.
Click Help / Install new software...
Click on What is "already installed" (as in picture below)
In the new window you can uninstall the old ADT (uninstall Android Development Tools, Android DDMS, Android Hierarchy Viewer, Android TraceView, Android Native Development Tools and Tracer for OpenGL ES)
Restart Eclipse
Then again click on Help / Install New Software
Choose ADT... Install
I hope it helps!
After trying the approaches in other answers without success, I just installed a new bundle from http://developer.android.com/sdk/installing/index.html?pkg=adt and that worked fine.
Do the following:
As you don't want to re-download all the platforms again, copy the existing one from /OLD_ANDROID_SDK_PATH/sdk/platforms to /NEW_ANDROID_SDK_PATH/sdk/platforms.
When opening the new Eclipse from the recent downloaded bundle, make sure you reuse the previous 'workspace' folder. That will ensure that all your previous settings will be remembered.
After opening the new Eclipse on the previous workspace, please check if the used Android SDK is pointing to the new one (Eclipse preferences -> Android). It might be pointing to the old one, as you've reused the previews workspace settings.
With these steps, you should't have to reconfigure everything, and you won't need to spend time troubleshooting this BUG on this upgrade from Google Developers.
Good luck! ;-)
You need to uninstall the old version and install 23
uninstall:
Help > about Eclipse SDK > Installation Details
select Android related packages to uninstall
And then install V23.
There is no way to update an existing ADT bundle that you might have downloaded.
You can do one of two options:
Install Eclipse from eclipse.org and install ADT by pointing to the update site: https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse
Download bundles from:
Linux 64 bit VM: http://dl.google.com/android/adt/adt-bundle-linux-x86_64-20140702.zip
Linux 32 bit VM: http://dl.google.com/android/adt/adt-bundle-linux-x86-20140702.zip
Mac: http://dl.google.com/android/adt/adt-bundle-mac-x86_64-20140702.zip
Windows 32 bit: http://dl.google.com/android/adt/adt-bundle-windows-x86-20140702.zip
Windows 64 bit: http://dl.google.com/android/adt/adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20140702.zip
Starting with ADT bundle 23.0.2, you should be able to update to future versions of ADT.
I was getting the same "conflicting dependency" error on Mac OS X 10.9.3 and simply upgrading was not an option. What finally worked was downloading the latest Eclipse ADT bundle zip file from developer.android.com, extracting it and moving only "eclipse" folder to the place where my old eclipse folder was. (extracting the Eclipse ADT bundle zip file will give you "eclipse" and "sdk" folders).
If you decide to go the same route, first make sure you know what your Workspace path is. This can be found in Preferences. Then rename your old "eclipse" directory (not Eclipse.app) to something like eclipse-22.6.3, then move extracted "eclipse" folder into its place. Run new Eclipse.app inside, and when it asks you about Workspace, just enter the same path as you noted above. Or it can also be set later in Preferences.
Maybe worth adding is that to re-enable Android SDK Manager and Android Virtual Device Manager choose Window -> Customize Perspective -> Command Groups Availability and select Android SDK and AVD Manager. This will add these 2 items to the "Window" menu item for the current perspective (Java).
I didn't move the extracted "sdk" folder, because I already had sdk folder in the same directory as eclipse, which I have already updated to the latest Android tools. But if it makes you feel safer, you can also rename your old sdk folder (for backup purposes) and move the freshly extracted one into its place.
I faced the same problem and solved it. You need to uninstall the Android plugin entirely from within Eclipse (from the "about" section..), including trace view..
Then added the ADT Plugin again (https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse/) and install it.
The problem is solved!
I guess it's a bug with the SDK manager or ADT Plugin update mechanism...
How to update from 22.xx.x to 23.0.2 (my solution). This will beat the dependency issues.
I was suffering from this issue for days, and I have tried every single solution on this link, but no luck. I finally figured out a solution that actually works!
Please note that this solution works in Windows 7 (64 bit). It should probably work for other Windows operating systems.
Here we go:
download the latest ADT bundle from
http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html#download
unzip it and open "eclipse" folder --> "plugins" folder
Now go to your old eclipse and open "eclipse" folder --> "plugins" folder, and copy everything inside.
Now paste them into the "plugins" folder of the (NEW ECLIPSE), but DO NOT overwrite anything.
While inside of the "plugins" folder of your new Eclipse, do the search. Type in 22. (notice 22 with a dot) and hit enter.
The search result will show up all the files or folders with .....22.6...... For example,
com.android.ide.eclipse.adt_**22.6.2**.v201403212031-1085508
Highlight all of these files/folders and hit delete key.
Make sure to update your old API/SDK to the latest version and load this sdk directory to work with your new eclipse.
or
You can watch this video, which shows you how to move all your SDK/API to your new SDK folder.
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPZpJdnbbN0
I have not tried to update from any other ADT versions, but I think it should work for any old ADT versions too.
Don't forget to backup stuff before attempting.
What I have just found is that you need to update your ADT plugin in your Eclipse (whether stand alone or ADT Bundle) before updating your build tool.
If your Eclipse installation points to the most recent Build Tool and your Eclipse is having ADT 22.x, it will show those errors.
What worked for me: (on Ubuntu 14.04 64-bit)
Installed an older version of Eclipse and ADT (from the Bundle)
This copy of Eclipse was pointing to an older SDK verion with old build tools (before 20)
Updated the ADT to v23 (via archive, in my case)
Pointed Eclipse to the latest version of build tools.
You may not have an older copy of Eclipse and Build tools, in that case you can uninstall latest build tool from SDK Manager and install the older copy.
Once everything starts working fine, do the above steps.
I am trying to upload older copies of such bundles somewhere on the Internet, will update the links here, once I am done uploading.
I found these instructions in a comment.
Download the newest version of ADT and use your existing workspace. This is actually the least pain-full upgrade you'll ever do. It didn't mess with the .android folder so I still had my original debug key. Only things missing were a couple of add ons I hardly ever use and they are easily installed into the new version.
Note don't install into your existing adt folder create a new folder so you can still fall back if the new install doesn't work.
On ADT-bundled Eclipse I had to first uninstall the ADT and then do a fresh install.
To remove the ADT plugin from Eclipse:
Go to menu Help → About Eclipse → Installation Details.
Select ADT plug-in, then click Uninstall.
After uninstallation install ADT from Help → Install new software.
For me it helped to delete Android 4.4W which is also API 20 and might be a cause for the conflict. So only install Android 4.4W or Android L until they fix it.
And (again this might only be for me) it only works in Android Studio not in Eclipse ...
I had to delete ADT and install it again.
However be warned, this caused me and one other person to have an annotations.jar missing errors in the Java Build path for certain projects, probably because it was trying to look for an old SDK, so upgrading projects is the next step I have to take.
The errors relate to libraries mostly, Google Play Services, Facebook SDK, ActionBarCompat.
For this step, you uninstall ADT, then put the URL back in to download them. The url is: https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse
I found a solution for the problem with "conflicting dependency". I don't have the same page of Daniel Díaz's response, but a page show "conflicting dependency", and I can't make anything.
The problem is that I'm not the owner of the file. Eclipse was installed in other session (on OS X). I have the right to read and write the Eclipse file, but I'm not the owner. Make a "chown" command on all Eclipse files to solve the problem. After, I have the same result as Daniel Diaz.
I hope this helps someone.
WARNING
There is now an update for ADT 23.0.1, but the Windows and Linux scripts are messed up, so wait with the upgrade!
You could check for example tools/proguard/bin/*.sh in http://dl.google.com/android/android-sdk_r23.0.1-windows.zip.
I did this to solve the same issue (in OS X):
Help > Install New Software > Add or select this repository "http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/updates/4.3"
Under "Eclipse platform" select the newest version of Eclipse.
The installer will ask if you want to uninstall the ADT, click finish.
Restart Eclipse and install ONLY the ADT 23 using this repository: https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse.
Restart Eclipse and install DDMS, Hierarchy Viewer, Trace View etc.
Restart Eclipse again.
Hope it helps.
If Eclipse gives an error after uninstalling the ADT plugin from your Eclipse installation, try to edit file config.ini in the Eclipse folder → configuration. Find:
eclipse.application=
And change it to:
eclipse.application=org.eclipse.ui.ide.workbench
I hope it works for you too.
I simply went to my Android resources folder on my C:/ drive (C:/Android), deleted the 'eclipse' folder and all its contents. I downloaded Android Developer Tools once more and just moved over the 'eclipse' folder.
I started up and everything was fine; I had updated to version 23.
Hopefully this helps, possibly not suitable for everyone as some of you have Eclipse modifications but for someone who, like me, wanted a quick fix and get back to developing this seemed to be the easiest path.
I am using Eclipse v4.3 (Kepler), and this is how I solved my problem.
Goto menu Help → Install new software → click Add.
In the popup, give any name (I named it as Eclipse ADT Plugin), and in the link's place, use https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse/
Once you click OK, you will be displayed with new packages that will be installed and old packages that will be deleted. Don't worry about these packages. Click OK.
New packages will be installed, and this should solve your problem.
I get the following error when I start my Eclipse.
And when I try to update from Help > Install New Software...
using the eclipse update link https://dl-ssl.google.com/eclipse/plugin/4.2
It gives me following error:
Cannot complete the install because of a conflicting dependency.
Software being installed: Android Development Tools 23.0.1.1256982 (com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.feature.feature.group 23.0.1.1256982)
Software currently installed: Android Development Tools 22.6.3.v201404151837-1123206 (com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.feature.group 22.6.3.v201404151837-1123206)
Only one of the following can be installed at once:
ADT XML Overlay 23.0.1.1256982 (overlay.com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.overlay 23.0.1.1256982)
ADT XML Overlay 22.6.3.v201404151837-1123206 (overlay.com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.overlay 22.6.3.v201404151837-1123206)
Cannot satisfy dependency:
From: Android Development Tools 23.0.1.1256982 (com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.feature.feature.group 23.0.1.1256982)
To: overlay.com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.overlay [23.0.1.1256982]
Cannot satisfy dependency:
From: Android Development Tools 22.6.3.v201404151837-1123206 (com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.feature.group 22.6.3.v201404151837-1123206)
To: overlay.com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.overlay [22.6.3.v201404151837-1123206]
What should I do now?
If you have a conflict with the previous version:
Select Help > Install New Software
Click on already installed
Select all Android software on version 22.*
Click on Uninstall
Work with: https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse/
Select Developer Tools and Next
Next, Accept the license agreement and Finish.
EDIT :
This trick is probably no more necessary!
Try to upgrade your SDK tools to 23.0.2+ and build&platform tools to rev 20 before.
The best solution to this is to download a new ADT from http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
Go to Help - About Eclipse and click Installation Details
On tab Installed Software, select all row that has version 22.6.3 then click Uninstall
Go to Help - Install new software, select work with ADT Plugin - http://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse/
Check the Developer Tools and now install without conflict
AS you have done the upgrade to SDK 23.0 without upgrading the ADT it will show this kind error as you have mentioned in the screen shot.
Simply upgrading the SDK to 23.0 is of no use until and unless you also update the related development tool in ADT.
Follow the steps
First delete the SDK 23.0 and update the ADT to 23.0
For doing the update you need to click on Install new software from
help and choose the ADT/https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse/
under the link upon which you get the new Development tools to
update click all >next to continue .
Upon successful completion you can now update the SDK to 23.0.
Note:- Many of those who tried to update the SDK have face a problem Cannot complete the installation because of conflict dependancy
So its better to just stick to the 22.6v of the ADT.
The update to 23.0 is filled with bugs and it will take some time to fix the bugs
I also got the error of OP this morning. I clicked on "Check for Updates" but it was always saying "No updates available".
I found this thread and thought "Oh man, I'm gonna sit on this all day".
But lucky for me (and for you who will find this thread perhaps in a few weeks), the solution is getting easier. I just did this:
Help > Install New Software
choose the update site https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse/
it offered me the new ADT-Packages with version 23.0.3 and I chose all of them
it showed me the known conflicting-dependency-error BUT offered me directly a solution: It will deinstall the 22* ADT-packages for me. I just clicked "ok" and it automatically deinstalled the old packages and installed the new ones :)
no need to do any thing,
just download new eclipse, install ADT 23.0.0 from below link
https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse/
your problem solve...
its happened because you have SDK 23.0.1 and ADT 23.0.1 update not available....
yesterday i have same issue, i have solved that..
You are not alone.
This thing happened also to me. I tried many many solutions suggested on the internet but I had to use the "PLAN B"
I downloaded and installed new adt bundle and reimported all my projects and libraries. It takes some time but it is not that long :)
I hope that google will come up with fix, because the update to 23.0.0.2 also didnt work for me (same error).
So keep smiling and install new ADT :)
On Linux (Ubuntu), I managed to solve the problem in a bit of a 'hackish' way. It may be useful if you're reluctant to download stuff all over again (like me) :)
Warning: I suspect this won't work if the ADT and SDK versions are too far apart. (For me, it worked for ADT 22.6.2 and Android SDK update 24.)
Modify the file $SDK_HOME/tools/lib/plugin.prop ($SDK_HOME = base directory of your Android SDK installation), to contain the current ADT version, instead of the actual (updated) SDK version. In my case the original content of the file was
plugin.version=23.0.0
which I changed as
plugin.version=22.6.2
This suppresses the "Please update ADT..." issue, but ADT won't work properly as it won't be able to identify some of the components relocated by newer SDK updates.
Create shortcuts (symlinks) or copies of missing SDK components, at the locations where ADT expects to see them. You can find the expected locations using ADT's error consoles.
For example, in my case, the DDMS console showed an error
[2016-02-27 19:33:33 - DDMS] DDMS files not found: /usr/lib/sdk/tools/hprof-conv
as soon as I tried to switch to the DDMS perspective. So I just created a symlink $SDK_HOME/tools/hprof-conv pointing to $SDK_HOME/platform-tools/hprof-conv (which has been relocated):
me#computer:$SDK_HOME/tools$ ln -s ../platform-tools/hprof-conv hprof-conv
For me, after these 2 steps, ADT started working without any problems/errors.
#Kalpesh DON'T delete SDK 23.0 it will remove your "tools" folder and you won't be able to run SDK Manager after that. I know because I have just done that. Bad suggestion!
The solution from Kikiwa worked for me.
I have also come across this issue and figure out few steps that will help in a way or other.
One thing to note that the error "This Android SDK requires Android Developer Toolkit version 23.0.0 or above" will only come if you have updated your Android SDK Tool and Android SDK Platform Tool before updating your ADT.
Here are the steps that will help you to get rid of this: -
You can try the steps provided by Kikiwa but that might create some issues like removing your android SDK. So the solution is to re-configure your eclipse with re-installing the Android SDK.
Steps given by user285oo6 will also create some issues like when you delete the Updated SDK 23.0 then it will also remove the files from Platform-tools and tools folder from SDK directory. Now your eclipse wont start as it wont find the necessary files that are required to identify Android SDK or it may throw and error says "cannot find tools for the SDK" or "cannot find the version of ADT" or "emulator.exe not found".
In this case the solution is to restore your SDK Manager files along with Platform-tools and tools folder. Now the question arises how you will get it? Below are links for the same
http://dl.google.com/android/android-sdk_r22.6.2-linux.tgz
http://dl.google.com/android/android-sdk_r22.6.2-windows.zip
http://dl.google.com/android/android-sdk_r22.6.2-macosx.zip
This will download the SDK platform ZIP files and it contains the SDK manager along with tools folder. My Suggestion is to extract them and replace the
-tools folder
-SDK Manager.exe
-AVD Manager.exe
in your android SDK directory.
Now you have latest ADT installed (if you have follow the user285oo6 steps. If not then install it using your eclipse with URL https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse/) i.e. version 23.x.x and SDK on the older version.
Now you have to restart your eclipse and update the Android SDK tool and SDK Platform tool. This will work. I have done it for windows OS and was able to get it up and running
I know I am bit late but its always good to be late then never.
Please let me know if anyone has any question or confusion with the steps
I installed the ADT bundle from http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html yesterday, and I was following a basic Hello World tutorial. I created a new Android Application Project with a Blank Activity named MainActivity. The resulting project has an empty src folder and empty res\layout folder. There is a R.java file in the gen folder but it has no reference to MainActivity. This is what the SDK manager says I have installed
Android SDK Tools v 22.6
Android SDK Platform-tools v 19.0.1
Android SDK Build-tools v 19
SDK Platform v 3
ARM EABI v7a System Image v 2
Android Support Library v 19.0.1
Google USB Driver v 9
I also tried manually creating an activity by right clicking the src folder and going to Android Activity, but when I hit Finish on the creation wizard, nothing happens. Does anyone have any clues as to what's going on? Did I miss a key component to install or something?
If you updated to Android SDK Tools version 22.6, you are required to Update DDMS Tools and Plugins.
Go to "Help Menu Bar" -> "Install New software" and install (this will update it)
url: https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse/
Also update "Developer Tools" and "NDK Plugins" to latest Version.
This steps is useful for me and worked also.
The comment see comment by NewShelbyWoo solved the issue
It's new feature of ADT 22.6.2
Even in "None" theme ADT(22.6.2) create "Fragment Layout"
There is four ways:
Try to change "Target" and "Compile" to API 14 or higher. But you need then remove all entries of "Fragment Layouts"
Uncheck "Create activity" checkbox, and create activity manually. Good howto: Best way to add Activity to an Android project in Eclipse?
Downgrade to 22.3.0 for example
Try to change templates. In link below you find howto.
I use third way for my apps with APIs lower 14. In different directories I have installed 22.3.0 and 22.6.2
There in 22.6.2 is some other bugs with blank files and problems with AVD. New version of ADT really buggy...
Look also this links:
ADT blank activity created with fragment activity..
Eclipse doesn't generate MainActivity.java & activity_main.xml
and search.,
https://stackoverflow.com/search?q=adt+22.6
i followed those steps to solve the above problem.
Hope this is work's,Thank you :)
When you upgrade to SDK tools by 22.x you need to upgrade ADT plugin.
follow these steps to upgrade ADT:
Help > Install New software install
add the below url and click on next.
url: https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse/.
But some times it complaining about conflicts, in that case,
First uninstall the existing ADT plug in. and try again.
To Uninstall Existing ADT plug in:
Help>About Eclipse Platform> and delete the pluging.
now follow the above steps.
workspace has to be set to the the SDK folder. After doing this, I have had no problems. For example, after downloading and installing Eclipse, my directory structure is as follows:
/Users/username/Development/adt-bundle-mac-x86_64-20140702/
/eclipse/
/sdk/
/HelloWorld/
It's annoying because the default workspace was set as documents/workspace (changing permissions with chmod 777 workspace didn't work in my case. Plus it's inconvenient that all my projects are mixed in with other folders in the SDK folder.
With Luna and ADT plug-in version: 23.0.4.1468518
there is a patch available right now to fix:
https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?can=2&start=0&num=100&q=&colspec=ID%20Type%20Status%20Owner%20Summary%20Stars&groupby=&sort=&id=82393
Just follow directions near bottom to uninstall and download and install the issue as archive|local
I have Win7-64 laptop, installed JDK, Eclise is working. I am failing to install the Android SDK. I downloaded 'adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20131030' from developer.android. When I used SDK Manager, i could select required installation components and it shows as complete. However, I dont see anything in the 'All Programs'. I also dont see any plugin (that I was supposed to see) in the Eclipse as well. So I gather I am missing some step. Can anyone help. Pl see![][1]
Your downloaded sdk files may not shown in All Programs as they are not executable nor meaningless to be clickable.
Sometimes many folks got a problem to point out exact SDK path, so more than one SDK binaries are downloaded. I think your eclipse cannot find sdk path properly.
To find out where the SDK path is, it displays in SDK Manager.
Then, you can set the path in Eclipse Eclipse->Window->Preferences-> select Android from left hand menu. Check SDK Location has same path; see screenshot.
FYI, as downloaded files are just a bunch of binaries used only for Android development, you can copy the whole android-sdk folder to other place.
I personally recommend to change the directory to C:\Android or C:\User\<me>\Documents\Android-sdk as default directory is in C:\Users\<me>\AppData\Local hidden folder.
The ADT bundle includes an Eclipse executable fully configured with the Android SDK tools. It does not add a plugin to an existing Eclipse install. To launch ADT/Eclipse goto . Search for eclipse.exe within that directory. This is the executable you need to launch.
On my Mac, the Eclipse executable is in /Applications/adt-bundle-mac-x86_64/eclipse/Eclipse.app/Contents/MacOS/eclipse. Just a guess, but on Windows, the path will probably look something like adt-bundle-windows-x86/eclipse/Eclipse.app/Contents/windows/eclipse.exe
I would personally suggest to use Android Studio 2.1 for easy install of plugins as whenever there is an update to any platform tools or build tools they are readily available and the dependency injection is far better with the build tools such as Gradle which are bundled with the Android Studio .
Android Studio
Android adt is plugin to use Android SDK in Eclipse IDE. You have SDK you have Eclipse now you need to install adt plugin in eclipse to use your SDK.
You can refer Android developers for plugin installation
https://stuff.mit.edu/afs/sipb/project/android/docs/sdk/installing/installing-adt.html#Download
For "I dont see anything in the 'All Programs' I also dont see any plugin" part you will not see any extra program installed in your system as adt is extension of eclipse. When you will have adt in place you should be able to see Android option in eclipse preferences. You should also be see Android APplication option while creating new project.