I'm going to post the question and the answer here for people, who, just like me have been trying to find a solution for this stupid problem (I expected better from you Google).
For folks installing the Android SDK along with Eclipse (with the ADT plugin) on a mac, here's a problem I'm sure everyone is facing:
After unzipping the SDK to some location and installing Eclipse with the ADT plugin (for users who haven't got this far, refer to Installing the Android SDK) when trying to point Eclipse to the SDK in the preferences, it says "Can't parse the SDK as platforms is missing". To install SDK platforms, you try to run the AVD Manager (Eclipse>>Window>>AVD Manager OR AndroidSDKFolder/tools/android) it says it needs the platforms folder.
Silly thing is that there's a readme in the android sdk folder that says the sdk doesn't contain platforms and you need to download them using AVD manager.
Chicken and egg problem :P
How to fix it? Look down below in the answers....
I created the "platforms" and "add-ons" folders in the same folder that contains the "tools" folder. NOW run androidsdk>>tools>>android and no more complaints.
I hope this will help the next android cadet and push him along :D
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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 accidentally deleted some of the plugins inside Extras Folder in Android SDK. Coz it looks broke. Now my problem is I dont know how to recover it. And my android emulator is not working coz it cant select device that the Google provides. Can someone tell me what to do.
Just open the SDK Manager and redownload the missing things.
You can download whatever gets deleted using Android SDK Manager
I'm pretty sure you can patch your install with the packages from the SDK download: [http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html]
Once you have downloaded the package install the sdk and all the required API's. These are the stand-alone Android SDK Tools. The packages provide the basic SDK tools for app development.
I have the same problem. In my case, I have been deleted android support library accidentally. When I want to re-install this package, it not show in list of my extras in Android SDK Manager.
If I run my Android SDK Manager from Eclipse, the missing packages not shown. But when I go to my SDK directory and manually run SDKManager.exe as administrator, It's work.
and the result is :
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.
When i create a new android application project in eclipse the gen - file is empty.
I found out I have to install android sdk build-tools but in the tools folder there's just the Android SDK tools and the android platform tools.
It's revision 22
You need to start the SDK Manager and download the build-tools from there.
You'll need to update the ADT (Android Development Tools) in Eclipse to the newest version first (see this post for more info on how to do this). What also worked for me was to get the Android API and all the extras updated before I could update the build-tools.
May be you can use ADT bundle (http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html) and avoid the manual installing of SDK and eclipse plugins. All you need to do is to download it, unzip it and start using eclipse to create your apps.
I had the same concern.
You may be looking in the wrong sdk folder.
I had two on my machine. One from before I started using the ADT Bundle. when you open Eclipse sometimes it opens the SDK manager for the wrong SDK. Open it manually from the bundle you downloaded.
Hope this helps.
I hope that this will help you and others. I had downloaded the "build tools" myself and placed in "Android home". I even used some of the tools several times but could not link them to other tools listed under sdkmanager. After much searching, I found that;
deleting the old tools that I installed manually, and
re-installing the same package version of the tools using the sdkmanager
helped me. After this the tools showed up under the list of packages in the sdkmanager. I had not noticed that my "build tools" were not listed on sdkmanager before as I had installed them myself and barely used the manager.
If you don't want to go through this (reinstall) hassle, I noticed that the only difference between the auto install and manual is that sdkmanager kept the package version directory structure for the "build tools". For example, if you download version 4.0.5, then it will be in
<ANDROID-HOME>/build-tools/4.0.5/
whereas I had done away with this to keep the file path shorter. After this, all should be fine.
Note: this is like learning that white space matters in some languages and not others. You just have to follow the thing's rules. Also question is a duplicate of this one.
Ubuntu Linux 10.04//Eclipse 3.5.2
I'm new to Eclipse and Android. Eclipse is up and running simple Jave apps OK. I moved on to downloading the Android SDK starter package, which seemed to go OK. Ran the SDK manager and downladed Platforms 7,8 & 9. Installed the ADT package in Eclipse.
I've tried to load the SDK path into the Eclipse Preferences, but it won't retain the path. After restart, Elipse says it can't find SDK package. Also,one message said that the (revision?) number of the ADT couldn't be found.
I've reinstalled Eclipse a couple of times, and then gone through the SDK & ADT download procedures a couple of times and am stuck. Any suggestions will be appreciated.
Hertfordkc
Stupid question caused by not thoroughly reading the Android Developers Guide and the tutorials before trying to start a project. Don't know why I didn't get a message about a missing XML file.