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Android

Posted by Alice Spencer
Alice Spencer
12,273 Points

Android Studio can't find SDK directory

When I open Android Studio and click on New Project I get the following warning

Your Android SDK is missing, out of date, or is missing templates. You can configure your SDK via Configure | Project Defaults | Project Structure | SDKs

I followed the path to configure the SDK, and it's asking for a path. I've searched my computer, and I can't find it :-( or I don't know what I'm looking for (either is entirely possible).

I'm running Win 8 and extracted the Android Studio file to my downloads folder.

1 Answer

David Postlethwaite
David Postlethwaite
9,355 Points

Alice, With the recent update to Android studio it wanted the sdk folder outside of the android studio folder. I had to move my sdk folder once I updated, I found it by:

C:\Users<user>.AndroidStudioBeta

otherwise look in the android project folder in the documents folder.

or \Users<user>\sdk\

I hope this helps

Alice Spencer
Alice Spencer
12,273 Points

Thank you, thank you, thank you!! I was searching completely to far down the file tree, no wonder I couldn't find it!