Android SDK location

Question

I have Xamarin Studio, and I need to specify the Android SDK Location. I have previously had Xamarin Studio working on my pc, and for some reason, I need to enter this again

Answer 1

If you have downloaded sdk manager zip (from https://developer.android.com/studio/#downloads), then you have Android SDK Location as root of the extracted folder.

So silly, But it took time for me as a beginner.

Answer 2

If you only installed Xamarin with Visual Studio setup, the android SDK location is :

C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk

You can find it in Android SDK Manager as said Raj Asapu

In visual Studio :

Note : you should not use Program Files path to install Android Studio due to the space in path !

Answer 3

If you can run the "sdkmanager" from the command line, then running sdkmanager --verbose --list will reveal the paths it checks.

For example, I have installed the SDK in c:\spool\Android and for me running the sdkmanager --verbose --list looks like:

>sdkmanager --list --verbose
Info: Parsing c:\spool\Android\build-tools\27.0.3\package.xml
Info: Parsing c:\spool\Android\emulator\package.xml
Info: Parsing c:\spool\Android\extras\android\m2repository\package.xml
Info: Parsing c:\spool\Android\extras\intel\Hardware_Accelerated_Execution_Manager\package.xml
Info: Parsing c:\spool\Android\patcher\v4\package.xml
Info: Parsing c:\spool\Android\platform-tools\package.xml
Info: Parsing c:\spool\Android\platforms\android-27\package.xml
Info: Parsing c:\spool\Android\tools\package.xml
Installed packages:=====================] 100% Computing updates...
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build-tools;27.0.3
    Description:        Android SDK Build-Tools 27.0.3
    Version:            27.0.3
    Installed Location: c:\spool\Android\build-tools\27.0.3

P.S. On another PC I let the Android Studio install the Android SDK for me, and the SDK ended up in C:\Users\MyUsername\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk.

Answer 4

Do you have a screen of the content of your folder? This is my setup:

I hope these screenshots can help you out.

Answer 5

The Android SDK path is usually C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Android\sdk.

Answer 6

The question doesn't seem to require a programmatic solution, but my Google search brought me here anyway. Here's my C# attempt at detecting where the SDK is installed, based on the most common installation paths.

static string FindAndroidSDKPath()
{
    string uniqueFile = Path.Combine("platform-tools", "adb.exe"); // look for adb in Android folders
    string[] searchDirs =
    {
        // User/AppData/Local
        Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.LocalApplicationData),
        // Program Files
        Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ProgramFiles),
        // Program Files (x86) (it's okay if we're on 32-bit, we check if this folder exists first)
        Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ProgramFiles) + " (x86)",
        // User/AppData/Roaming
        Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ApplicationData)
    };
    foreach (string searchDir in searchDirs)
    {
        string androidDir = Path.Combine(searchDir, "Android");
        if (Directory.Exists(androidDir))
        {
            string[] subDirs = Directory.GetDirectories(androidDir, "*sdk*", SearchOption.TopDirectoryOnly);
            foreach (string subDir in subDirs)
            {
                string path = Path.Combine(subDir, uniqueFile);
                if (File.Exists(path))
                {
                    // found unique file at DIR/Android
                    return subDir;
                }
            }
        }
    }
    // no luck finding SDK! :(
    return null;
}

I need this because I'm writing an extension to a C# program to work with Android Studio/Gradle. Hopefully someone else will find this approach useful.