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

Question

I recently tried to import sample Android games I downloaded from Google's developer website. After importing them into Android Studio, I'm getting the following error:

Error: SDK location not found. Define location with sdk.dir in the local.properties file or with an ANDROID_HOME environment variable.

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

Answer 1

Please follow below steps it work's for me:

• Go to your react-native Project then go to android directory Create a file with following name:

local.properties

• Open the file and paste your Android SDK path like below:

For windows users:

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

Replace UserName with your pc user name . Also make sure the folder is sdk or Sdk. In my case my computer user name is Zahid so the path look like:

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 case of S in Sdk matches)

In case if this doesn't work, add ANDROID_HOME variable in "Environment Variables" as C:\Users\USER\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk

Answer 2

The project might be missing a settings.gradle file. Make sure that file exists from the project you are importing. If not add the settings.gradle file with the following :

include ':app'

Save the file and put it at the top level folder in your project.

Answer 3

I know this answer is late, but I hope it helps others.

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

Answer 4

Please follow bellow points it work's for me:

1. Go to your Project -> Android
2. Create a file local.properties
3. Open the file

4. Paste your Android SDK path depending on the operating system:

   4.a Windows

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

   4.b Linux or MacOS

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

   Replace USERNAME with your user name

Answer 5

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

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

Answer 6

Check out in your local.properties file

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

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

Answer 7

Here is a work around for the problem when you click "Run App" (green arrow) and get the following in the Edit Configuration dialog:

Error: Please select Android SDK

In Android Studio, do:

1. From the menu, choose File > Settings.
2. In the settings dialog, go to Appearance & Behavior > System Settings > Android SDK.
3. Look at the top for Android SDK Location, and click the Edit button
4. Hit Next, Next, Finish to accept the defaults

This seems to save away the SDK location - even though nothing has changed - into some internal location. I inspected the .idea and .gradle folders but didn't see what Studio did to change a config file - but now I can run the app.

And to summarize the previous fixes - these are normally OK for a repo without build problems:

• local.properties file is copied into the root folder by Studio.

• The path in the local.properties file has the correct path to the android SDK - in my case it 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 Entry field in the Android SDK Settings dialog)

• settings.gradle file is present in the repo - and references the application folder (typically :app)

Answer 8

I came across the same issue but a little bit different error message is

SDK location not found. Define location with an ANDROID_SDK_ROOT environment variable or by setting the sdk.dir path in your project's local properties file at "xxx"

MAC & ReactNative

Add local.properties

1. Find your Android SDK location

   /Users/yourMacUserName/Library/Android/sdk
   

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

3. Add sdk path into it

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

This normally works, but if you are working in a team with other team members, then yourMacUserName is different.

OR

Set ANDROID_SDK_ROOT variable

1. Edit your ~/.zshrc or ~/.bashrc or ...

2. Add SDK path:

   export ANDROID_SDK_ROOT=$HOME/Library/Android/sdk
   

3. Open a new terminal tab or source ~/.zshrc
4. echo $ANDROID_SDK_ROOT to test the print correct SDK path.

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

Answer 9

If you have this problem when you pull a react-native project, you just need to open the android project with Android Studio. Everything you need will be automatically created.

• Open Android Studio
• File -> Open
• Choose the android folder under your react-native project folder
• Wait for AndroidStudio to complete setup
• You can now close Android Studio

OR

If you have installed the AndroidStudio command line launcher:

• Run this in your react-native root folder

studio android/

• Wait for AndroidStudio to complete setup
• You can now close Android Studio

Answer 10

In Linux:

If you have already downloaded the android SDK but its not being found.

The problem might be that the file local.properties needs to be inside the same directory as gradle stuff for gradle to find it when building and running adb.

For my react-native project using gradle I needed to put the local.properties file to Myprojectname/android/ folder.

As I had unzipped the SDK to Downloads so I just use that path in the file with a row like this:

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

Answer 11

I resolved this issue by creating ANDROID_HOME environment variable as follows in windows.

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

Restart Android Studio it should build project!

Answer 12

If you are trying to run Google android sample code, try to import the entire repository instead of an individual sample.

Here is instructions.html, included with the Google Calendar API sample code.

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

Answer 13

1. Go to your React-native Project -> Android

2. Create a file local.properties

3. Open the file

4. paste your Android SDK path like 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
   

5. Replace USERNAME with your user name

6. Now, Run the react-native run-android in your terminal

or

Sometimes project might be missing a settings.gradle file. Make sure that file exists from the project you are importing. If not add the settings.gradle file with the following :

include ':app'

Save the file and put it at the top level folder in your project.

Answer 14

Just Remove .idea folder and import the project again. It's worked for me.

Answer 15

There is not a single reason for this error.

1. settings.gradle may be missing or the content in it may be wrong.
2. local.properties may be missing or the sdk path may be wrongly written.

Answer 16

In my case I was using linux and putting double quote around the path inside local.properties like

sdk.dir = "/root/Android/Sdk/"
export ANDROID_SDK_ROOT = "/root/Android/Sdk/"

So it should be

sdk.dir = /root/Android/Sdk/
export ANDROID_SDK_ROOT = /root/Android/Sdk/

and .bash_profile

Answer 17

I had this error in flutter so i fixed it by going to android->app->build.gradle

and changing targetSdkVersion from 28 to 29 and compileSdkVersion to 29 from 28 and it worked for me

Answer 18

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

## 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

Answer 19

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

Close Project

And again Open Project Again

Answer 20

Follow followings steps :

1. Create a file under 'android' folder with name 'local.properties'

2. Add this line in file 'local.properties' as

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

Add here your android sdk path.

Answer 21

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 this.(For the first line)

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

Answer 22

This solution actually works for me.. go to this pc -> properties -> advanced system settings -> environment variables -> then in system variable create new variable with name ANDROID_SDK_ROOT and value C:\Users{USERNAME(Replace it with your username}\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk

and make sure that if real android mobile using usb debugging is enabled. (very important)

then close cmd and restart it should work.

Answer 23

the best and the easiest way is to create new Android project move "app" folder from non working project to that newly made one and add the needed dependencies in the gradle of your new project and everything will work perfectly )

Answer 24

If all else fails, copy the local.properties file to the root of the project directory. Simply.

Answer 25

For Mac/Linux users

You need to add ANDROID_HOME to your path, add the following to your .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

Answer 26

Check, 1. In Module settings, whether, SDK location is proper. 2. If Yes, check for local.properties file (Not the one placed inside app module, but the one placed outside the app module, at parent level). If not present add it with below lines inside it.

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

Answer 27

Found working solution for me. Without adding local.properties and set up ANDROID_HOME variable. Seems like a bug in Android Studio and Intellij IDEA. You just need to ask IDE to "reset" path to Android SDK. 'SDK Location not found' in Android Studio despite having the environment variable set correctly

Answer 28

I got this error after freshly cloning a repository. I expected local.properties to be generated automatically, but it wasn't. I was able to generate it by re-importing the Gradle project.

File > Re-import Gradle Project

Answer 29

Anyone using Jenkins, might get it useful

You need to define a global variable name ANDROID_HOME with the value of the path to android sdk.

For mac, it is /Users/YOUR_USER_NAME/Library/Android/sdk

Answer 30

i was thinking your setting.gradle file is missing. Copy this file another project and paste your project.It will work i think.

in setting.gradle file ,

include ':app'

thats all. Have a good day.