An error occurred while collecting items to be installed

Question

When I tried to update my Android SDK, I got the following errors. What should I do?

An error occurred while collecting items to be installed
session context was         


        

Answer 1

For me, this was solved this applying the fix that frogman suggests here.

The answer:

Uncheck “Contact all update sites during install to find required software”

The checkbox mentioned there is in the dialog that shows up when you hit "Install new software".

Found this answer through espinchi's answer here.