SDK location not found. Locate with sdk.dir in the local.properties file or with the ANDROID_HOME environment variable

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SDK location not found. Locate with sdk.dir in the local.properties file or with the ANDROID_HOME environment variable

I recently tried to import sample Android games that I downloaded from the Google developer site. After importing into Android Studio, I get the following error:

Error: SDK location not found. Locate using sdk.dir in the sdk.dir file or with the ANDROID_HOME environment ANDROID_HOME .

What is it? I want to run sample programs from Android Studio.

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Sameer Shamsudeen Dec 23 '14 at 12:20

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Joseph · Answer 1 · 2016-02-29 14:53

The project may not have the settings.gradle file. Make sure the file exists from the imported project. If you do not add the settings.gradle file with the following:

 include ':app'

Save the file and place it in the top-level folder in your project.

Hoque MD Zahidul · Answer 2 · 2018-01-08 18:09

Please follow the steps below, this works for me:

Go to your own Response project, then go to the Android directory. Create a file with that name.

local.properties

Open the file and paste the path to the Android SDK as shown below:

For Windows users:

 sdk.dir=C\:\\Users\\UserName\\AppData\\Local\\Android\\sdk

Replace UserName with your computer name. Also make sure the folder is an SDK or SDK. In my case, my computer’s username is Zahid, so the path looks like this:

 sdk.dir=C\:\\Users\\Zahid\\AppData\\Local\\Android\\sdk

For Mac users:

 sdk.dir = /Users/USERNAME/Library/Android/sdk

Where USERNAME is your OSX username

For Linux (Ubuntu) users:

 sdk.dir = /home/USERNAME/Android/Sdk

Where USERNAME is your Linux username (Linux paths are case sensitive: make sure the S case in Sdk same)

If this does not work, add the ANDROID_HOME variable to the "Environment Variables" as C:\Users\USER\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk

Harsh Mittal · Answer 3 · 2016-05-21 16:10

I know this answer is delayed, but I hope this helps others.

The answer is simple. You just need to copy the local.properties file to the folder where the project is stored, and it will work like a charm. But remember that it must be placed in the root folder where the project is stored.

Michael Saffold · Answer 4 · 2017-11-22 14:50

This problem occurs when you try to import an Android Studio project from the file ../app/build.gradle .

Import the project by selecting the ../build.gradle file located in the root directory of your project.

Qutbuddin Bohra · Answer 5 · 2014-12-23 12:43

Check in your local.properties file

 sdk.dir=C\:\\Users\\USERNAME\\AppData\\Local\\Android\\sdk

write this format correctly, and also check / slas using for the path

Jim Andreas · Answer 6 · 2017-08-24 15:38

Here is the work on the problem when you click "Run the application" (green arrow) and get ** Error:

Select the Android SDK ** in the Change Configuration dialog box.

Open

File /Settings/Appearance and Behavior/System Settings/Android SDK
Look at the top Location Android SDK : path to your SDK Change
Click the Edit button
Click Next, Next, Finish to accept the default values.

This seems to save the location of the SDK - although nothing has changed - to the internal location. I checked the .idea and .gradle , but did not see what Studio did to modify the configuration file, but now I can run the application.

And summarize previous fixes - this is usually normal for a repo without build problems:

the local.properties file is copied to the Studio root folder
The path in the local.properties file has the correct path to the Android SDK. In my case, this is sdk.dir=C:\\android\\sdk (note that this path has a different format - Studio should write this file for you based on the text input field in the Android SDK settings dialog box)
File
settings.gradle is present in the repo - and refers to the application folder (usually: application)

Anjali-Systematix · Answer 7 · 2017-07-12 11:32

Please follow below, it works for me:

Go to Project -> Android
Create local.properties file
Open file

insert your Android SDK as below:

 sdk.dir = C:/Users/USERNAME/AppData/Local/Android/sdk

Replace USERNAME with your username

Mika · Answer 8 · 2016-05-03 10:58

On Linux:

If you have already downloaded the Android SDK, but could not find it.

The problem may be that the local.properties file must be inside the same directory as gradle stuff for gradle in order to find it when creating and running adb.

For my project with answers using gradle I needed to put the local.properties file in the Myprojectname/android/ folder.

Since I unzipped the Download SDK, so I just use this path in a file with this line:

 sdk.dir=/home/USER/Downloads/android-sdk-linux

mumair · Answer 9 · 2017-04-27 13:10

I solved this problem by creating the ANDROID_HOME environment variable as indicated in the windows.

 ANDROID_HOME=C:\Users\<user_name>\AppData\Local\Android\sdk

Restart Android studio, it should build a project!

Nate · Answer 10 · 2016-05-08 05:46

If you are trying to run a sample Google android code, try importing the entire repository instead of a separate sample .

Here is the relevant section from the .html instructions included in the sample Google Calendar API code

Import calendar-android-example project
Choose Import Project ... or File> Import Project ...
Select [someDirectory] /google-api-java-client-samples/build.gradle and click OK.
Note: this will not work if you try to import [someDirectory] /google-api-java-client-samples/calendar-android-sample/build.gradle
Select "Use local distribution of Gradle" with "Gradle home" in [someDirectory] /gradle-2.2.1 and click OK.

Arhat Baid · Answer 11 · 2017-05-11 05:15

There is no reason for this error.

settings.gradle may be missing or the content in it may be incorrect.
local.properties may be missing or the sdk path may be spelled incorrectly.

Akshay Sharma · Answer 12 · 2017-03-28 07:07

Just delete the .idea folder and import the project again. It worked for me.

Ilker Baltaci · Answer 13 · 2017-10-24 20:31

create a local.properties file in the root directory of your project with the following contents

 ## 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. #Tue Oct 24 17:40:53 CEST 2017 sdk.dir=/Users/****/Library/Android/sdk

Armen Hovhannisian · Answer 14 · 2018-03-12 16:51

the best and easiest way is to create a new Android project, move the "app" folder from the non-working project to the new one and add the necessary dependencies to the gradle of your new project, and everything will work fine)

Tzvetlin Velev · Answer 15 · 2018-10-14 05:38

put these two lines in your .bashrc file and run source ~/.bashrc

export ANDROID_HOME=/Users/$USER/Library/Android/sdk export PATH=${PATH}:$ANDROID_HOME/tools:$ANDROID_HOME/platform-tools

For Linux, I did it. (For the first line)

 export ANDROID_HOME=/home/$USER/Android/Sdk

gianlucaparadise · Answer 16 · 2019-05-11 10:38

If you have this problem when you pull your own project, you just need to open the Android project using Android Studio. Everything you need will be created automatically.

Open Android Studio
File → Open
Select the android folder in the folder of your jet project
Wait for AndroidStudio to complete the setup.
Now you can close Android Studio

OR

If you installed the AndroidStudio command-line launcher :

Run this in your responsive root folder

 studio android/

Wait for AndroidStudio to complete the setup.
Now you can close Android Studio

Junius L. · Answer 17 · 2019-06-17 09:11

For Mac / Linux Users

You need to add ANDROID_HOME to your path, add the following to your .bashrc ||.zshrc ||.profile .bashrc ||.zshrc ||.profile file

 # change $HOME to the path where you installed android Sdk export ANDROID_HOME=$HOME/Android/Sdk export PATH=$PATH:$ANDROID_HOME/tools

Then run

 $ source ~/.bashrc || .zshrc || .profile

Environment variables in bash_profile or bashrc?

Difference between .bashrc and .bash_profile

Andrew Webtestuser · Answer 18 · 2017-08-03 09:25

Found a working solution for me. Without adding local.properties and setting ANDROID_HOME variable. Looks like a bug in Android Studio and Intellij IDEA. You just need to set the IDE to "reset" the path to the Android SDK. "Location SDK not found" in Android Studio, despite the correct environment settings

M. Palsich · Answer 19 · 2019-02-20 15:40

I got this error after fresh repository cloning. I expected local.properties to be generated automatically, but that is not the case. I was able to generate it by re-importing the Gradle project.

 File > Re-import Gradle Project

tim4dev · Answer 20 · 2019-02-21 07:38

If local.properties , copy the local.properties file to the project root directory. Simply.

Touhidul Islam · Answer 21 · 2019-03-31 07:51

Anyone using jenkins can get this

You need to define the name of the global variable ANDROID_HOME with the value of the path to the Android SDK.

For Mac, it's /Users/YOUR_USER_NAME/Library/Android/sdk

ozanurkan · Answer 22 · 2019-07-30 14:52

I thought your setting.gradle file was missing. Copy this file to another project and paste your project. I think it will work.

in setting.gradle file,

 include ':app'

that's all. Have a nice day.

Dinush · Answer 23 · 2019-08-31 11:41

Go to your native React project -> Android
Create a local.properties file
Open file

insert your Android SDK path as below

  in Windows sdk.dir = C:\\Users\\USERNAME\\AppData\\Local\\Android\\sdk in macOS sdk.dir = /Users/USERNAME/Library/Android/sdk in linux sdk.dir = /home/USERNAME/Android/Sdk

Replace USERNAME with your username
Now, run responsive native run-android in your terminal

or

Sometimes a project may not have the settings.gradle file. Make sure the file exists from the project you are importing. If not, add the settings.gradle file with the following:

  include ':app'

Save the file and place it in the top-level folder in your project.

William Hu · Answer 24 · 2019-09-03 03:49

I ran into the same problem but a slightly different error message

SDK location not found. Determine the location using the ANDROID_SDK_ROOT environment variable or by setting the sdk.dir path in your project the local properties file to "xxx"

MAC & ReactNative

Add local.properties

Find Android SDK Location

 /Users/yourMacUserName/Library/Android/sdk

Create local.properties under rootProject/android/local.properties .

Add SDK path to it

 sdk.dir = /Users/yourMacUserName/Library/Android/sdk

This usually works, but if you work in a team with other team members, then yourMacUserName is different.

OR

Set the ANDROID_SDK_ROOT variable

Edit ~/.zshrc or ~/.bashrc or ...

Add SDK path:

 export ANDROID_SDK_ROOT=$HOME/Library/Android/sdk

Open a new terminal tab or source ~/.zshrc
echo $ANDROID_SDK_ROOT to check if the SDK print path is correct.

In addition, you can also add your own path export PATH=${PATH}:$ANDROID_SDK_ROOT/tools:$ANDROID_SDK_ROOT/platform-tools use some useful commands.

Max Droid · Answer 25 · 2017-04-24 06:52

Check 1. In the module settings, regardless of whether the location of the SDK. 2. If yes, check the local.properties file (not the one located inside the application module, but the one located outside the application module at the parent level). If not, add it with the bottom lines inside.

 sdk.dir=/path/to/sdk/../Android/Sdk

Hesam · Answer 26 · 2018-02-05 03:46

I only ran into a problem when I cloned my ./gradlew clean assembleDebug with Github and ran ./gradlew clean assembleDebug . I confirm that there is ANDROID_HOME in my .bashrc file.

So, I imported the project into Android Studio. I noticed that the extension of my settings.gradle file is .kts , settings.gradle.kts . When I finished importing, I ran ./gradlew clean assembleDebug and didn't get any problems.

John Akinola · Answer 27 · 2018-03-14 23:22

I did my best

 sdk.dir = \Users\OLUWAGBEMIGA\AppData\Local\Android\sdk

and it worked, I just pasted it into the project folder and outside.

In the environment variable, I also used the sdk link above and the name ANDROID_HOME as the path name. Close everything, open it again and Cabom it all works

user7268353 · Answer 28 · 2018-09-30 09:54

I also find my solution. I just sync Gradle I have all the folders ( settings.gradle,.. ), but I accept this error ... I just SdkLocation Sync Project With Gradle File and edit SdkLocation And everything will be alright ...

Hrishikesh Baidya · Answer 29 · 2019-07-17 16:16

This solution actually works for me .. go to this computer → properties → additional system parameters → environment variables → then create a new variable in the system variable with the name ANDROID_SDK_ROOT and the value C: \ Users {USERNAME (replace it with your username} \ AppData \ Local \ Android \ Sdk

and make sure that if true Android mobile using USB debugging is turned on. (very important)

then close cmd and restart it.

Muhaiminur Rahman · Answer 30 · 2019-07-25 07:34

In my case, I had to close Project and open again. It worked fine. Like this

Close project

And open the project again

SDK location not found. Locate with sdk.dir in the local.properties file or with the ANDROID_HOME environment variable

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