when setting up the the notepad exercise (http://developer.android.com/resources/tutorials/notepad/notepad-ex1.html) i am having problems getting past step 1 point 4. for build target it says no target available.
could someone offer any help please?
Might be a silly question, but have you downloaded the SDK and set up Eclipse with ADT? Have you been able to build the HelloWorld program?
You need to set your Android SDK location in Eclipse->Android preferences.
Eclipse->Window->Preferences->Android->SDK Location
You need to download at least one of the "essential SDK components" into your development environment:
http://developer.android.com/sdk/installing.html
Download one of the "SDK Platform Android" 1.* or 2.* from the Android SDK and AVD Manager (located on the toolbar towards the left - has a picture of a little Android guy with a down arrow). Once you have one of the platforms installed you will have a Build Target available in the list. I would just go ahead and download any available SDKs that you see in the under "Available".
Non of other answers worked for me. So here a short collection of them my solution at the end.
Checkliste
Android SDK installed? http://developer.android.com/sdk/installing.html
SDK Path in Eclipse: Eclipse->Window->Preferences->Android->SDK Location
Update Eclipse and Android SDK: Help > Check for Updates
Related
I'm trying to setup Android Studio on a new install of Mac OS X Yosemite. I downloaded the Android Studio Beta v0.8.14 from here: https://developer.android.com/sdk/installing/studio.html and upon launching it complained about not having an SDK (although the download page indicates it should include the SDK). I tried searching after installing for the SDK and can't find it (a few other posts indicate /Applications/Android Studio.app/sdk but that location doesn't exist). Where is the SDK installed and what is required to set it up?
Go to the SDK Manager and click Edit... next to the field for the location of the SDK. Then an "SDK Setup" window should display. There you can download the SDK.
Edit: This answer is deprecated as Android Studio seems to bundle everything since a while already.
Old answer
It seems the android-studio-bundle version is no longer available in the download page (instead there are only android-studio-ide). When you start Android Studio, it won't let you create a new projet until you configure the SDK location.
That means you have to download the SDK separately here, extract it somewhere, and configure it on Configure->Project Defaults->Project Structure. After that, the SDK Manager icon will be enabled and you can download the tools you want.
I had the same problem on Windows. After I re-installed it a few times, I found that the SDK was installed but hidden in C:\Users\<user name>\AppData\Local\Android\sdk.
Information for Windows
For some reason, which I have no time to investigate, Android seems to provide, currently, the IDE and the SDK separately, while in the Dev Webpage says the opposite.
This is the "complete" (false!) tool I have just downloaded: android-studio-ide-171.4443003-windows.exe (SDK is missing here, note the "ide" in the file name).
And this is the real complete tool I had downloaded few months ago, from the same place...: android-studio-bundle-162.3871768-windows.exe
Note that this last one has the "bundle" in the file name.
Please, download the bundle (IDE+SDK) from here:
https://dl.google.com/dl/android/studio/install/2.3.1.0/android-studio-bundle-162.3871768-windows.exe?hl=ko
I want to suppose (¿?) that similar link you can find for Linux or macOS just Googling for it.
Hope this helps!
It worked like this for me
Downloaded the Android Studio
Install Android Studio
Open Android Studio after installation.
You will get a dialog box to import settings if you already have Intellij installed on your machine. Say "Do not Import". Otherwise continue to next step.
It will ask you in the dialog box to pre-configure such as theme, path etc.
Just click next next...and then Finish. You will see the SDK tool will start downloading.
After installation is finished. You can find it in this path: C:\Users\<user name>\AppData\Local\Android\sdk
If you have ever installed Android Studio before and then removed it, it won't reinstall the SDK automatically (speculation: some Windows setting somewhere).
The solution is starting Android Studio and then
File -> Manage IDE Settings -> Restore Default Settings
This will wipe any custom settings you don't have at this point and trigger the SDK install
What Pablo wrote is misleading.
This is the "complete" (false!) tool I have just downloaded:
android-studio-ide-171.4443003-windows.exe (SDK is missing here, note
the "ide" in the file name).
Yes, it is IDE only, but after you install this IDE and first time run it, SDK will be downloaded automatically. So there is no need to download some outdated bundles. Just use default "green button" on https://developer.android.com/studio/index.html
I'm using Ubuntu, and had previously installed Android Studio. It was using too much space, so I deleted it. Now when I downloaded it and started ./studio.sh, it found my previous installation configuration directory and asked to import from there. I did, and then this problem occurred.
I put the directory .Android Studio 3.3 in the trash and restarted ./studio.sh, and it imported the SDK automatically for me. That was good, because I couldn't find it where it was supposed to be according to the dialog box. The 3.3 above is from the version of Android Studio I was installing.
in my case, my country is forbidden from google, and my PC's time zone was set by my counrty.
after I change my timezone to another country my problem solved and android studio download SDK and nkd easily
Re-install studio. If ANDROID_HOME is set to custom location then it will install sdk there else it will install SDK in C:\Users<user name>\AppData\Local\Android\sdk
Note:this is a temporary fix
If you have Eclipse then you can use that SDK for emulation.
Just run the sdk manager and emulate a version of android. Then while you are asking for emulating something ie while running code it will show your emulator as online and you can even use it.
Hope this helps you.
All the Best...
Im having trouble installing Eclipse to develop Android apps. I have installed the android-sdk-windows as well as Eclipse Juno (running on Windows 8).
When I start Eclipse I get the message "This version of ADT requires Android SDK Tools revision 21.0.0.rc9 or above. Current version is 15.0.0. Please updaye your SDK tools to the latest version"
I then open my SDK manager, and select to update and install the package. But I get the error messages as per the images below
Can anyone please help with this as its driving me crazy. I have looked on here for solutions but a lot of the explanations get very technical or skip "obvious" steps and I get stuck. I have installed and unistalled a number of times, but no luck. I have manually tried to change the filename as per the second error message but it says the file is in use so I cant rename it. I have closed all internet explorer applications when trying this, as well as disabling Norton antivirus, but still no luck.
Make your download from this link Get SDK. It have the IDE Eclipse and the installation of the SDK already configured. Maybe this help you..
Exit Eclipse while having the SDK Manager open. Then press Yes. I think this is the problem.
You don't need to download sdk or other stuff. following steps
Pre-requestries : Install Jdk and setting the JAVA_HOME and install eclipse
Start Eclipse, then select Help --> Install New Software
Click Add, in the top-right Corner
In the Add Repository dialog enter "ADT Plugin" for Name & the following URL for Location
https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse/
Click OK
In the available software dialog check the Developer Tools and click, Next.
Read the license and accept it.
That it. Finish.
Hope you got the way.
I'm developing for Android with Eclipse, and all was working well until yesterday. I used Ninite to update all my stuff, including JREs and everything (pro tip: do not do that), and it restarted my computer without asking in the middle of editing my workspace.
This caused all kinds of filthy problems, but now it all works, except for Android. I've updated Android SDK and the eclipse ADT, then when I try to tell Eclipse the SDK location, it gives this error:
This Android SDK requires Android Developer Toolkit version 14.0.0 or
above. Current version is 12.0.0.v201106281929-138431. Please update
ADT to the latest version.
Now, this is an outright lie. My ADT is version 14.0.something. I've tried Help>Check for updates, it says there are no updates. I've tried Help>Install new software...>Available Software Sites and removing the ADT repo, then reinstalling ADT, and it says it failed because I already have version 14.0.whatever.
How do I convince eclipse that my ADT is up to date??
I found the answer to the problem. (I'm using Helios, but it should work anyway)
Goto folder /Program Files(x86)/Eclipse/Plugins/ and make sure previous older versions of com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.package_##... are deleted (sometimes update fails to delete because of UAC). Keep the current desired version and complete the following.
Run Eclipse as administrator or disable UAC temporarily. (windows 7)
Go to Help → Install New Software.
On Work with: type https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse/ and press ENTER.
Wait for Eclipse to fetch the repository. An item named Developer tools will appear in the list.
Mark it for install, press Next and follow the steps to install the ADT tools.
When finished, it will ask to restart Eclipse. Make sure you do this.
When Eclipse restarts, all your Android SDK packages should show up again.
Dont forget to resume UAC if you need it.
An option is to manually download the ADT plugin (ADT archive) required. The page is, http://developer.android.com/sdk/eclipse-adt.html. The page reveals ADT 18 is available at http://dl.google.com/android/ADT-18.0.0.zip. The link is closer to the bottom page. I needed 17 although 18 was the latest, so I modified the download URL, changing 18 to 17.
Select Help → Install New Software → Add → Choose Archive and select the location of the downloaded ADT archieve file, Choose OK.
Select the components required and proceed as required. You may get a message that the software is already installed, proceed with the installation.
Hope this helps.
I had the same problem. My ADT in the eclipse was 8.x version. But my app required version 12 or more. So, I decided to upgrade both the Android SDK and ADT to the latest (at this time latest ADT is 17). I was able to upgrade the SDK but not the ADT. It always complained I got the versions already but I only had 8.x. The new SDK that I just upgraded would function only with ADT 14 and above. So, I had successfully broken my android development!!
The reason why I wasn't able to upgrade my ADT to the latest was because I was using Eclipse 3.5. The newer ADT versions require 3.6 or above. This small but key bit of information was really at the bottom of the error generated by Eclipse which required scrolling down (since only the top few lines of error were displayed). You typically wouldn't scroll down since these top few lines were followed by whitespace lines :). I did not scroll and I guess I wasted about a day trying to rectify this problem. But eventually I saw those 2 up/down arrows at the right of the dialog box and I scrolled down. There it clearly mentioned ADT 17 requires Eclipse runtime 3.6 and over.
So my solution was to find a suitable ADT that would work with Eclipse 3.5. Yes, tomorrow when I am in the mood, I shall upgrade to Eclipse 3.6 or 3.7 and the boat load of plugins I have :)
I've just upgraded my Android SDK version, and had exactly the same issue.
The 'Check For updates' Eclipse command failed because, for some reasons, Android Traceview failed to update.
My solution was to :
* Open Eclipse → Help → About Eclipse .
* Click Installation Details.
* Here select all the android related lines, and update them one by one, restarting eclipse each time.
And finally it worked ( even with Helios ) !
Best option is go to open eclipse ID
Then go to Help → About Eclipse >>
u will find the Installation Details button click on that
And now u can see the all anriod extension installed.
Select all or select one by one and just click the update button.
you will get the latest version from the net.
Hope these will help you all.
In Eclipse:
Help → Check for Updates.
Your ADT and SDK is not up-to-date yet and Eclipse is complaining about the right stuff...
Open Android SDK Manager from toolbar and update your SDK from there. It doesn't help if you are checking Eclipse updates. Because through Eclipse you cannot check SDK updates for Android.
Button looks like this :
I'm hearing a common issue is that newer Android ADK versions require newer eclipse versions. Colleagues who hit this say they installed Indigo in place of older Helios versions and were able to resolve the issue this way. I have not yet done the same myself.
To anyone else with this problem, my solution was just to delete the Eclipse folder, and download a new copy from scratch. I had to then re-download all plugins including adt, which worked this time round.
I've just installed IntelliJ IDEA 10.0.0.2 Community edition
I've installed Android SDK ... (C:\Program Files\Android\android-sdk-windows)
I want to make a new android project, so I a create a new project, select Android Module, next , next...
Then when i need to choose the JDK, I go to the android folder, and when i try to choose it, I get this error:
The selected directory is not a valid
home for JSDK
What am I doing wrong ? what can i do to fix this ?
I Installed android SDK with all the updates
When I choose IntelliJ IDEA Plugin SDK i get:
The selected directory is not a valid
home for IntelliJ IDEA Plugin SDK
EDIT:
Still not solved...
I've already chose the SDK itself and chose android 2.2 Platform when creating the project.
Can't load the JDK files. So i won't me compile, i get this error
Cannot start compiler: the SDK is not
specified for module "blah".
Specify the SDK at Project Structure
dialog.
To develop Android applications in IntelliJ IDEA you need to set both Java SDK (JSDK) and Android SDK:
Configuring Project SDK
Java SDK
Setting Android SDK/Platform
You also need to run SDK Manager application and download Android platforms which you are going to use.
Note that you can detach all the jars from the JSDK configuration in IDEA if you are going to use it only for Android, this will help with the code completion so that only classes available in Android will be suggested by the IDE.
I also recommend to read the following tutorials:
Developing applications for Android in IntelliJ IDEA
Developing Android applications on the base of existing sources
EDIT:
Configuring project's link has been updated
JSDK is the Java SDK. On my Debian it's under /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun
My installation path was "C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Android\android-sdk." That confused IDEA since it doesn't seem to be able to see hidden folders, even when typing in the full path. Bummer...I fixed it though, by setting AppData as visible.
I just wasted a whole lot of time on this problem. My work station is running IntelliJ Ultimate 11 on Windows 7 64-bit. I was setting up my first Android project. Therefore, no SDKs were configured. First I selected the JDK, which was a no-brainer (C:\ProgramFiles (x86)\Java\jdk1.6.0_30). Next comes the part where you need to specify the Android SDK. First you click the elipsis ("...") and then click "Add New". Now here's the kicker... If you look carefully at the dialog box, you'll notice that "Configure new JSDK" is highlighted by default. What you need to do is change the selection to "Android SDK". Now you can select the directory of your Android SDK and you won't get that stupid error message.
I literally wasted about a half an hour before I realized why the app kept telling me "This is not a valid SDK directory." Hopefully this will help someone else having the same problem.
Don here: I had the same trouble in Windows 64 with 11.1.2 and 64bit java. found that only by clicking on the left window could I register my Android SDK.
When you first create Android project/module, you must choose JDK, for this click "+" and select "JSDK" in menu, then select where your Java SDK is, for instance "c:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_20". Then click "Next" and in "SDK Properties" panel click "New" and select path to your Android SDK (a directory where "SDK Manager.exe" is).
Click the + symbol in the left most pane in the Select android sdk window during the creation of the project and then select the android SDK (default= c/program files/android/android-sdk)
I had a real hard time seeing how to do this on a mac, since you can't download the jdk from sun's site
#Szabolcs Berecz #Yochai On a mac, you'll need to get the source as described here:
or just jump to the download here:
Then it stored in this location:
1.6.x /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Home/src.jar
If you right click in the leftmost window you can create a new Android Plugin or some such. I was just fighting with this myself. I have never used IntelliJ before and really their docs are out of date. Apparently not up to the current version.
In the JDK part you need to choose the JAVA JDK that was downloaded. (not the android)
C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_24\
Make sure you have installed JDK 1.5 or 1.6
(1.7 is not works for some reason with Android SDK).
I had the same problem ("The selected directory is not a valid home for Android SDK"),
but after installing 1.6 JSDK - it`s work for me.
I've got the same problem with version 12 on linux, Android module does not show java sdk location and android sdk location selection fails because java sdk is not set.
I've solved by making a java project, that lets me select java sdk and android sdk (strange right?), after making such a project I can make an android project because android sdk is now configured
I've spent 30 minutes solving a foolish problem
For IntelliJ & Android on Linux.
If the "Android SDK" Menu comes up with a red 'No Android SDK' Click the browse button to the RIGHT of the drop down. - Its a different layout in Linux to Windows.
In my case, I needed to add support for android, so, I searched for android in the plugins settings.
Fixed! I needed to run IntelliJ as Administrator IDEA. Now it will approve my Android SDK directory of "C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk"
I am new to android development.
Have tried a couple times downloading the Android SDK and ADT plugin for Eclipse
In the Android SDK and AVD manager load fine but will not load any available packages.
Show:
- Android Repository
--"Some packages were found but are not compatible updates"
In the installed it shows 1.5 to 2.3 SDK platforms.
How to I get them available.
Appreciate help.
Thanks,
Alex
You can use following step:
1. window ->
2. customize perspective ->
3. command group availability tab ->
4. on the check box android SDK and AVD manager check it ->
5. click on ok
I had the same issue. Googled arround found nothing, and gues what:
It was the a checkbox in the main Android SDK and AVD Manager.
Click: available packages
Then select: Android Repository
Then you see the "some packages were found but are not compatible updates" message, which is why you created this question.
On the bottom of the form, you can see: 4 buttons and 1 checkbox.
Make sure you Uncheck: "Display updates only" when it is unchecked, you see the whole SDK list with Android 3.2 etc.
Steps for installing Development Environment.
Download Android SDK and Install it.
Install Android API’s for different android versions. The latest version is Android 2.3.
Download and Install Eclipse Install ADT plugin.
Create AVD (Android Virtual Device) for testing the applications.
I think you did not linked your Android SDK folder with Eclipse ADT plugin. Goto Window->Preference->Android browse your Android SDK if you have installed ADT plugin.
There are many resources available online. Here is a blog post where you find some good links to resources which help you in installing Android Development Environment.
Getting Started with Android
If you still didn't able to do it. Let me know your specific problem, where you got struck.
I think there is already an answer that probably works for most people (unchecking the box), but since that did not work for this install I have on Linux Mint, this did work:
(not my website)
http://blog.netscribe.us/blog/post/Step-by-Step-Guide-on-How-to-Install-Android-SDK-Offline-%28not-completely-offline%29.aspx
Basically, download the zip for the package you want and extract it to /platforms/.