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Android

Posted by Ryan Swapp
Ryan Swapp
9,743 Points

Creating an Android Virtual Device

Hello,

I realized that when I first made an AVD it was set to Android 1.4 or something super old like that. I then deleted the AVD and have been trying to create a new one with 4.1 JellyBean. Every time I try to create a new AVD I get the following errors:

Error: Target location is not inside the SDK Failed to set image path properties in the AVD folder

I have been searching stackoverflow but have been unable to find a suitable answer. Any help would be appreciated!

Ryan

5 Answers

mcurrier
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mcurrier
Courses Plus Student 3,190 Points
mcurrier
mcurrier
Courses Plus Student 3,190 Points

Check if the path to your AVD folder is valid and/or if the folder is named properly.

Ryan Swapp
Ryan Swapp
9,743 Points
Ryan Swapp
Ryan Swapp
9,743 Points

I am not sure how to do either of those suggestions...

mcurrier
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mcurrier
Courses Plus Student 3,190 Points
mcurrier
mcurrier
Courses Plus Student 3,190 Points

Actually, it looks like someone else on treehouse has had the same problem. Read through this forum post and see if that helps any.

https://teamtreehouse.com/forum/android-development-cant-complete-course

Ben Jakuben
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Ben Jakuben
Treehouse Teacher
Ben Jakuben
Ben Jakuben
Treehouse Teacher

Can you check (and reply with) your path to your Android SDK within Eclipse? It's under Eclipse > Preferences > Android. It's a little confusing because you can have multiple versions of Eclipse and multiple versions of the Android SDK on your machine. If you can get your path from that then maybe we can help you troubleshoot further.

Ryan Swapp
Ryan Swapp
9,743 Points
Ryan Swapp
Ryan Swapp
9,743 Points

Hey Ben,

After meddling around and searching for ideas I realized that I hadn't come across anyone who had been having issues with the sdk on a mac. I then deleted the file, re-downloaded it, and ran the install script. Everything works perfectly now! I think my issue was that when I initially set it up I had read the sdk doc which told me to run an update command and it downloaded a whole bunch of versions of the sdk which somehow messed up my path. Thanks for responding though! I'm enjoying your course and look forward to more content!

Ryan