I've already installed android sdk and the adt plugin on eclipse helios* on windows 7. when i go to preference, however, i got a problem in locating my sdk location. my sdk location was "C:\Program Files\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools". it says "Could not find folder 'tool...roid-sdk\platform-tools\'". I also tried to update android sdk, but it says access denied.
I've been looking into some forums about this, but i only found those that has problems locating the adb.exe on their folders. Any help would be appreciated, because i badly need to develop an android app for my thesis and tech presentation. thank you very much.
*eclipse helios is not really installed, I'm using its program files that i copied. i don't know if installing it or just running the files will affect the android sdk, so..yeah.
I found my SDK location in the following way (I have Windows 7 OS, and I use Eclipse):
In Eclipse: Window -> Preferences -> Android.
There, you can find it in a textbox, near the label "SDK Location".
I hope it will help someone in the future.
Judging from what's configured in my Eclipse (and I can work with Android, launch Emulators and all, so it's configured OK), you should not use the following path :
C:\Program Files\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools
But only this one :
C:\Program Files\Android\android-sdk
Basically, you should indicate the path to the directory that contains the whole SDK, and not to the platform-tools directory.
Related
so I've downloaded the Android Studio IDE from the official website, installed, and run it. When I try to create a new project this is what I get:
Obviously I click on (open SDK manager):
I then click on (Edit):
At first, the directory /Android/SDK was totally missing, so I added it manually by creating the two folders Android and SDK in the directory C:\Users\Sam\AppData\Local\ . Which led to the line "target folder is neither empty nor does it point to an existing SDK installation". The SDK manager was never Installed, I couldn't find it in the directory mentioned. Therefore, I downloaded the SDK tools and put it in the directory specified, but that didn't work. An SO thread has suggested that I don't have enough storage space for the SDK, but I have almost 31GB of empty space on my C:\ drive, another one has suggested that I have a proxy/ http problem but I don't think that this is the problem here since I've downloaded the IDE with no problems.
After I hit next this is what I get:
Now how could the SDK could be is up to date while there isn't any SDK to be seen?
I'd appreciate some help, have a nice day
this error may arise when your sdk folder not a 'platforms' folder and you must make an empty folder and rename it to 'platforms'. platforms folder must be in the sdk folder.
I downloaded SDK installers alone and solved the problem. One site to get the installers is: SDK Installer
So, I've been trying to build a project in LibGDX for about 10 hours now. In case you'r unfamiliar, LibGDX is one of those platforms where you specify a project directory at the start, along with any required SDKs and then when you're ready to start coding it will generate a project for you.
Anyway, I've been having a problem where every time I try to build it fails with the single error message:
Execution failed for task :core:compileJava.
Could not find tools.jar
I'm guessing "tools.jar" is a package within the Android SDK, as this is the only repository needed to build, it doesn't ask for a JRE or even the Java SDK. just the Android SDK.
I have been looking in the SDK manager, I have installed all of the packages labelled "Android-SDK Tools", "Android-SDK Platform Tools" and "Android SDK Build Tools" but there is nothing else that includes "tools.jar", I am looking for some light shed on this topic as it is a very grey area. I would like to know where this .jar file comes from and what exactly it includes. Can it be installed from the Android SDK?
There have been similar questions like this before which only fit narrow situations, If someone could provide a holistic description of the tools.jar package it would benefit a great deal for me and everyone else that needs it in their 3rd-party android IDEs.
For the record, it's building with Gradle and my current SDK is well-equipped enough to build full-fledged apps in Android Studio.
Please don't answer this question with a question unless I have left out some information that is dire to finding an adequate solution
Try copying tools.jar from %JAVA_HOME\lib to Android Studio\lib
For me, copying tools.jar to Android lib folder alone didn't solve my problem.
But I also had to create a System Variable 'JAVA_HOME' in Windows Environment Variables with path to the latest JDK folder.
Restarted Android Studio, and this solved by problem.
My Android Studio Version: 4.2.1
The "tools.jar" is provided by Oracle JDK which is required by android studio for compilation - I have faced this issue after updating android studio to latest version in my PC.
To Resolve the issue follow below steps:
In Android studio File -> Project Structure -> SDKs (Under Platform Settings)
A) Add JDK path by pressing '+' symbol in middle pane if suppose JDK/JDK home path is not present in the middle pane already (Middle pane also contains the Downloaded Android SDK's)
B) Java sdk will be usually present/installed in the path
64 bit => "C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.X.Y_ABC" (In my PC it is 1.8.0_202) or
32 bit => "C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.X.Y_ABC"
If suppose you don't have JDK installed in your PC, please download and install from Oracle Java website
https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/javase/javase-jdk8-downloads.html
Set JDK and JRE Path(Download both from webpage mentioned in step 2) in system environment variable
A) Press windows key type "Edit the system environment variables" and open the application
B) Go to Advanced -> Environment Variables
Under system variables add JAVA_HOME and JRE_HOME as below
Set Windows system environment variable
Add jdk lib path on the Path environment variable under user variables (this step is required only if the error not resolves with the previous steps)
C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.X.Y_ABC\lib
In my case, I have five jdk and some have tools.jar and other not, my solution is copy paste this tools.jar in all lib of jdk.
Nothing worked for me. So I Copied tools.jar and pasted it in C:\Users\UMAR_\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\platforms\android-30 which is the path to the library for the Android API 30 Platform. I pasted tools.jar in every folder and it start working.
I didn't have tools.jar initially but followed this link and downloaded https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/javase/javase-jdk8-downloads.html
Also added to a environment variable.. but what worked was in the first para, I still don't know if adding to variable was necessary or not.
I followed a tutorial to install Eclipse and the Android development files onto an Ubuntu (Lucid) installation and Iv a feeling things are not quite right.
The tutorial can be found here.
The problem seems to be that because everything was installed into the /opt folder I am unable to load any of the sample files because of course they are read only, and I'm unsure about how safe it would be to run Eclipse as root.
My thoughts were to remove all of the Android files and start again and set the location in my /home folder somewhere, but I am unable to find any information on actually removing it (Or if this is in fact the best thing to do).
Here's what you need to do:
Install the latest java JDK.
Within eclipse, install the android ADT plugin http://developer.android.com/sdk/eclipse-adt.html
Download and install the android sdk http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
Run the AVD manager (in the android sdk) to install the platform components. (this can be ran from within eclipse)
In eclipse, go to preferences/android and set the SDK path.
Create an android application!
Good luck!
I'm trying to get 'hello world' working on the Android SDK with Eclipse. I'm following this tutorial step by step:
http://developer.android.com/resources/tutorials/hello-world.html
but i'm returned the error "Error executing aapt. Please check aapt is present at C:\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools\aapt.exe"
For some reason, the "platform-tools" folder does not exist under my installation. In its place I find "platforms" and "tools". Presumably, my SDK version is different to that used in the tutorial.
I can't work out what i need to change or update. Can someone please point me in the correct direction?
Thank you
Totally agree with izzy, but other times (usually on 64 bit OS machines or with multiple android platforms) when you install the latest SDK version the folder platform-tools had missing the "appt.exe".
To solve this you need to search on *android-sdk\build-tools* folder and subfolders like \build-tools\17.0.0 in my case, and you will find aapt.exe, other necesary files and lib folder, just copy it everything to android-sdk\platform-tools and it will be done.
sometimes you may get the error that it can not install because it can not create the temp folder to install the tools. You simply just need to run the SDK manager as administrator and this will allow it to all work out.
if we will face appt.exe issue (could not found) just Follow the below steps:
1. Just Read It(https://developer.android.com/studio/command-line/aapt2)
Navigate to (ctrl+find and search) com.android.tools.build > then go to aapt2 from this url (https://dl.google.com/dl/android/maven2/index.html)
Insert the version name you copied into the following URL and specify your
target operating system: https://dl.google.com/dl/android/maven2/com/android/tools/build/aapt2/aapt2-version/aapt2-aapt2-version-[windows | linux | osx].jar
For example, to download version 3.2.0-alpha18-4804415 for Windows,
you would use: https://dl.google.com/dl/android/maven2/com/android/tools/build/aapt2/3.2.0-alpha18-4804415/aapt2-3.2.0-alpha18-4804415-windows.jar
Extract the jar file, Change the name aapt2.exe to apt.exe
Copy and paste into your android-sdk -> platform-tools
Run the program, Issue will be get resolved
Note: Means you have to download and set the aapt.exe path in System Environment Variable
*What version of the SDK are you running? (1.5_r2 or something?)*
I would suggest updating your SDK and be done with it ;)
You can do so trough the "Android SDK and AVD Manager".
Eclipse:
menu->window->"Android SDK and AVD Manager"
You might also want to change this setting:
menu->window->preferences->install/update->(expand)->automatic updates
Run the Android SDK Manager and be sure that you have checked and installed Tools>Android SDK Platform-tools.
I believe this package is responsible for the folder in question here.
I just found aapt.exe file in my latest Android-SDK folder (Android_SDK\build-tools\28.0.3)
You can check your latest sdk build-tools folder
or
You can search on total Android SDK folder by file name
I was able to delete my version (28.0.3) and Android Studio reinstalled it. The directory location was
C:\Users\YourUserName\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\build-tools
According to the beginner guide, to setup the ADT Plugin, one of the procedures is
http://developer.android.com/sdk/eclipse-adt.html#installing
For the SDK Location in the main
panel, click Browse... and locate your
downloaded SDK directory.
I went to Program Files, found Android directory, but none of those works.
Upon research, I found out that Android developers have warned me to take note of the SDK directory, which I didn't.
Now my question is, how do I get that directory path? I don't want to reinstall the SDK, and then install the updates (lots of mess...)
Thanks for the help!
Edited
That exe that you guys wanted me to look for is indeed inside platform-tools.
I installed Android SDK, and it gives me Android SDK Manager. So I am guessing I had the right thing installed on my PC.
The path to the SDK is:
C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Android\sdk
This can be used in Eclipse after you replace USERNAME with your Windows user name.
You can search your hard drive for one of the programs that's installed with the SDK. For instance, if you search for aapt.exe or adb.exe, they will be in the platform-tools directory underneath the installation directory (which is what you're after).
Search (Ctrl+F) your harddrive(s) for: SDK Manager.exe or adb.exe
The Android SDK directory is just the folder you get after uncompressing one of these files:
http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
There's no such "SDK installation"... may be, what you installed was the ADT plugin (which does not include the SDK). You have to download one of the ZIP files you find in the link above, uncompress it and boila! you have the SDK Folder.
Late to the conversion...
For me, I found this at:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk
This is the default location for Windows 64-bit.
Also, try to recall some of your default locations when not presented with some suggestions.
a simple windows search for android-sdk should help you find it, assuming you named it that. You also might just wanna try sdk
May be i am too much late here and question is already answered, but this may help those who still cannot find sdk location. Open eclipse, click window tab it will show a drop down menu, click preferences, in preferences window click Android, here u go Sdk location is right in front of u copy the address :)
I found it in this location:
C:\Users\amitsinha02\AppData\Local\Android\sdk\platform-tools
ADT Plugin (UNSUPPORTED)
The Eclipse ADT plugin is no longer supported, as per this announcement in June 2015.
The Eclipse ADT plugin has many known bugs and potential security bugs that will not be fixed.
You should immediately switch to use Android Studio, the official IDE for Android.
For help transitioning your projects, read Migrate to Android Studio.