[android] How can I update my ADT in Eclipse?

I have tried to update my Eclipse. Currently I have till 2.2 Android SDK in my Eclipse. Yesterday I have updated my Eclipse like this:

Eclipse -> window -> Android SDK Manager -> I have checked two check-boxes from list. Tools -> Android SDK Tools and Android SDK Platform Tools.

I have posted here some last lines of the message which I get from downloading and installing:

Preparing to install archives
Downloading Android SDK Platform-tools, revision 12
Installing Android SDK Platform-tools, revision 12
Stopping ADB server succeeded.
Installed Android SDK Platform-tools, revision 12
Downloading Android SDK Tools, revision 20
Installing Android SDK Tools, revision 20
[post_tools_install.bat] Updating SDK Manager.exe
[post_tools_install.bat] 1 file(s) copied.
[post_tools_install.bat] Updating AVD Manager.exe
[post_tools_install.bat] 1 file(s) copied.
Installed Android SDK Tools, revision 20
Stopping ADB server succeeded.
Starting ADB server succeeded.
Done. 2 packages installed.
Fetching URL: https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/repository/addon.xml
Failed to fetch URL https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/repository/addon.xml, reason: dl-ssl.google.com
Fetching URL: http://software.intel.com/sites/landingpage/android/addon.xml
Failed to fetch URL http://software.intel.com/sites/landingpage/android/addon.xml, reason: software.intel.com
Done loading packages.

But after all this after I have closed Eclipse and again wanted to start, it throw the error:

This Android SDK requires Android Developer Toolkit version 20.0.0 or above. Current version is 16.0.0.v201203301601-306762. Please update ADT to the latest version.

In preferences I received this error:

This Android SDK requires Android Develop... Please update ADT to the latest version.

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Reason to that is with the new update, they changed the URL for the Android Developer Tools update site to require HTTPS. If you are updating ADT, make sure you use HTTPS in the URL for the Android Developer Tools update site.


In my case opening 'Help' >> "Install New Software" had no entries for any URLs (previous url's were not there) - so I Manually added 'em. And updated ... and Voilaaaa !! Above posts have been very helpful in resolving this issue for me.


I had the same problem where there's no files under Generated Java files, BuildConfig and R.java were missing. The automatic build option is not generating.
In Eclipse under Project, uncheck Build Automatically. Then under Project select Build Project. You may need to fix the projec


Running as administrator then following other comments fixed the problem for me :)


I had this problem. Since I already had the ADT address I could not follow the suggested fix. The reason why the update was not working in my case is that the ADT address was not checked in the list of "Available updates".

1) Go to eclipse > help > Install new software

2) Click on "Available Software site"

3) Check that you have the ADT address

4) If not add it following the Murtuza Kabul's steps

5) if yes check that the address is checked (checkbox on the left of the address)

I run the update after having launched Eclipse as administrator to be sure that it was not going to have problems accessing the system folders


I viewed the Eclipse ADT documentation and found out the way to get around this issue. I was able to Update My SDK Tool to 22.0.4 (Latest Version).

Solution is: First Update ADT to 22.0.4 and then Update SDK Tool to 22.0.4

The above link says,

ADT 22.0.4 is designed for use with SDK Tools r22.0.4. If you haven't already installed SDK Tools r22.0.4 into your SDK, use the Android SDK Manager to do so

What I had to do was update my ADT to 22.0.4 (Latest Version) and then I was able to update SDK tool to 22.0.4. I thought only SDK Tool has been updated not ADT, so I was updating the SDK Tool with Older ADT Version (22.0.1).

How to Update your ADT to Latest Version

  1. In Eclipse go to Help

  2. Install New Software ---> Add

  3. inside Add Repository write the Name: ADT (or whatever you want)

  4. Location: https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse/

  5. after loading you should get Developer Tools and NDK Plugins

  6. check both if you want to use the Native Developer Kit (NDK) in the future or check

  7. Developer Tool only

  8. click Next

  9. Finish