How do I select Android SDK in Android Studio

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After a successful import of an Eclipse-Android-Project into  Android Studio 1 4   I get the error       Please select Android SDK    when I click on the button to run the application in simulator  but I can t find any way of doing that   This dialog opens when I click on  run      This is the  project structure  dialog     What should I do now

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Click this icon  to sync gradle   or edit any of your module gradle and then sync

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There re bunch of answers  I tried to use one of those solutions by adding new line in build gradle file  but it didn t work  Then I changed comileSdkVersion to another version and then changing it back to version I had   Sync  button appeared  Pressing it  solved the issue for me

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Click the File menu from the android studio   File -  Settings -  System Settings -  Android SDK

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Now on Android Studio 3 and above  you can try to sync project with gradle like   File - gt  Sync Project with Gradle Files

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The simplest solution for this problem   First make sure your sdk path is currect  Then Please close current project and in android startup menu click on import project and choose your project from explorer  This will always solve my problem

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Just go to the  app level  build gradle file  give an empty space somewhere and click on sync  once gradle shows sync complete then the Error will be gone

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In latest android studio 3 3 2 the icon of sync project with Gradle Files is changed  Now try this       File -  Sync Project with Gradle Files  Android Studio 3 3 2

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Press the first refresh button on the gradle vertical tab in Android Studio on the right

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I just change the minSdKversion to 23 like   andriod       compileSdKVersion 27     defaultConfig             minSdKversion 23

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Go to gradle build file and click sync now OR click icon on Sync project with Gradle file  OR Go to Tools-  Android -  Sync project with Gradle file

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Go to   File   Project Structure   Modules -  app   Properties   please choose     Compile  SDK  version   API26   Build Tools  Version   27 0 0   Source Compatibility   1 8   Target Compatibility    1 8

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For Android Studio 3 5   File -  Sync project with gradle files  is enough

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buildToolsVersion might be missing in your app s build gradle  buildToolsVersion  26 0 3    Add it like this

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Work for me 1 File  gt  close preject   2 open an existing Android Studio project

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Finally I reimported the project and it worked

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For these who are suffering this problem  I suggest you do a clean install   delete any existing settings and files of prior installations    Don t waste time to fix the problem  I am searching the answer for android studio 3 6 3 with no result

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I had to bump kotlin version down to 1 2 31 from 1 2 41 for the run to be enabled  my environment  macOS - 10 13 4  high sierra  AS version - 3 1 3

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Go to File    ProjectStructure      This would open this window then select the app module  Then choose the Compile SDK version   Choose the latest one and click apply

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After opening my project in Android Studio  I opened the App version of the build gradle file  located in the Gradle Scripts folder of the Project   When I hovered my mouse pointer over the buildToolsVersion number  a tooltip popped  indicating that the version of Android Build Tools needed to be upgraded  see screenshot   I changed the value of the buildToolsVersion to the one identified by the error  27 0 2  and the problem was solved   The original error  Please select Android SDK  went away and the project compiled successfully  again   Although this solution was mentioned previously  the exact steps seemed to be missing  so hopefully this clears up any doubt   I guess the root cause for this problem is that a new version of the build tools were released but Android Studio did not trigger any notification to me  which would have indicated that I should manually fix this  since Android Studio does not seeem to have the ability to upgrade this build gradle file internally   which leaves the onus on the user to find the problem and fix it

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You are using Google API SDK  This for some reason doesn t work anymore with the embedded java JDK   JRE   Follow the solution I described here and set Android Studio JDK path to your local JDK  ex  OpenJDK

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MY SOLUTION This bug drove me crazy  No amount of syncing fixed it  I found that if I modified my module s build gradle  by maybe adding a blank line or a space after a line   and then syncing that file  all is good

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I had the similar problem  I tried sync with gradle files and removed  idea folder but nothing works   Here is what worked for me       1   Close android studio      2   Remove c  Users  User   AndroidStudio version  folder   Caution  It will remove all your installed plugins and settings   Try this if nothing works

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This worked for me   File -  Settings -  Android SDK -  Android SDK Location Edit -  Android SDK

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I get this error on Android Studio 4 0 1  Here is my solution  Go your build gradle Module  app  file and then update compileSdkVersion and buildToolsVersion  android       compileSdkVersion 30     buildToolsVersion  quot 30 0 2 quot

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In my case I had a double declaration of a dependency inside the project level build gradle  Once I removed it  did a Gradle sync and it worked

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Simply   Build --  Make Project  It s worked for me

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My problem was that if I changed the project  for example opened new window of Android Studio with different project  this error happened   So I read every answer in this question and the  clear caches and open the project again  solution wasn t so useful in my case   Instead I discovered that if the Kotlin s plugin s version in Android Studio was lower than in gradle file  the problem appeared   My setup was    Android Studio 3 1 3 Kotlin plugin  in Android Studio  1 2 30 Kotlin version in gradle file 1 2 51     What fixed the problem   I updated the Kotlin plugin   File -  Settings -  Plugins -  Install JetBrains plugin     Then search for Kotlin and click Update  After update just restart the Android Studio and sync Gradle

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The menu structure and options have changed slightly as of Android 3 2 0  I fixed this error by changing the Module SDK in the following menu   File   Project Structure   Modules   App File   Dependencies Tab   Module SDK  Make sure to hit Apply to save your changes

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It helped me   1  close project 2  remove  idea  folder 3  select  import project  Gradle  Eclipse ADT  etc      Environment   Android Studio 3 1 3 OS Macos High Sierra 10 13 5   Another answers don t work for me

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Follow these steps    Goto Android Studio Settings Search for  Android SDK  using search bar Ensure the path to your android sdk folder is correct  After that also ensure the path is automatically updated after a prompt in your project  local properties  file  If not  do it manually    Hope this helps

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In my case I downloaded a git repository for an android project  The project required minimum sdk version 21 and target sdk version 27  When I tried to run the project it gave me  Please select Android SDK error   I checked that I had already downloaded the required sdk files   For me the solution was to  sync project with Gradle Files

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This is the easiest way to fix this issue   Add a comment line to the gradle file It will then ask you to Sync  Click  Sync Now   Viola  You re done

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Press       Shift   A  on Mac  or  Ctrl Shift A  on Windows  and in the pop-up EditText  write  Sync Project with Gradle Files   After that double click on the appeared option  It will then sync your Gradle file SDK with the project file

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Sync  didn t help me  Neither helped invalidating cache  I simply removed and cloned again the repository and it worked   Make sure you have no uncommitted changes Sync your local repository with remote github Delete folder with the local repository Clone the repository from github to local again Open the cloned repository in the Android Studio Build and run it again

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Source Compatibility should be selected as the minimum Android Version that your app should be compatible with usually selected as SDK 15   Target Compatibility should be selected as the newest Android Version that your app should be compatible with SDK 23    Afterwards you want to check your AndroidMenifest and your gradle build to see if its realy set to the properties selected if not you can just add it manually  and ofcourse you should check the SDK Location is actually pointing to your android studio SDK folder  if you are importing from Eclipse then you should point to your Eclipse SDK folder

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In Android Studio 3 and Above  both for Windows  Mac and Linux   File - gt  Sync Project with Gradle Files   Solved    Or you can do this by shortcut key   Press     Shift   A  Mac  or Ctrl Shift A  Windows  Linux   Then pop-up a Edit-Text and write  Sync Project with Gradle Files   Then press double click on the option   Your problem solved  It ll sync your gradle file with your project file  thanks   Screenshot

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I go to build gradle and click sync now  Then it worked   Update      File -  Sync Project with Gradle Files  Android Studio 3 1 1   Tools -  Android -  Sync Project with Gradle Files  Android Studio 3 0 1   Or You can click on the icon from the toolbar        This answer may not help works for later version as Android studio Team work on making the tool more better  the way to sync may be different in the next version of Android Studio    COMMON WAY that may helps is try to sync project and then Invalidate Caches and Restart Android Studio   Solution for Android Studio 3 1 2  See below answer   See Latest Android Studio version

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Sometimes android studio just acts stupid and needs some kind of reset    Go to settings gradle file it should contain include   app  change it to include   ap  and sync  after sync  change it to include   app  again     It should be working OK now

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My problem solved by setting NDK path in Android Studio   File-  Project Structure- NDK Location

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There are multiple hit  amp  trial solutions for this error  One of them will surely work for you  Below are the solutions   1      Tools -  Android -  Sync Project with Gradle Files  Android Studio   3 0 1    2      Go to build gradle and click sync now   3      Click this icon to sync gradle  enter image description here      or edit any of your module gradle and then sync   4      File -  Settings -  Android SDK -  Android SDK Location Edit -    Android SDK   5      Open build gradle file  just add a space or press enter  Then sync   project    6      File -  Invalidate Caches   Restart

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If your android SDK path is given and still you facing this issue then it might because your android studio not synced well  even you have clicked on  Sync now  link    So for re sync it go to app gradle file and make any change or just give a space and now sync again  It will work perfectly

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Just change build tools version to 25 0 3   and sync now I hope it will help

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MY SOLUTION This bug drove me crazy  No amount of syncing fixed it  I found that if I modified my module s build gradle in AndroidStudio  by maybe adding a blank line or a space after a line   and then syncing that file  all is good

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You have to Select Build Tool Version from your project setting    Select Project App Folder   Press F4 OR Right Click on Project App Folder and open Module Settings In The Properties tab select Build Tool Version from List   This will work on my side i hope it will help you

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Give SDK path in local properties file as   sdk dir C    Users  System43  AppData  Local  Android  sdk   and give latest version in compilesdk in gradle file

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If you are using  Profile or Debug APK      then you might come across this error   My solution is to first check SDK for updates in SDK manager  click on  Edit  at the right side of SDK location and go through to install any updates     Then I clicked on  Logcat  at bottom of Android Studio and find out I also need to configure Android SDK  so choose latest Android API Platform     After that  I m able to run the APK in Emulator

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open build gradle file  just add a space or press enter  then sync project  it works

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Press  Ctrl shift A  and in the pop-up EditText  write  Sync Project with Gradle Files   After that double click on the appeared option  It will then sync your Gradle file SDK with the project file

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In my case there there is no selected java sdk version in project structure-  I had to select the -   1 Source Compatibility  1 7   2 Target Compatibility  1 7    as shown in image

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I solved it with Android Studio 3 1 3    Open your problematic project in Android Studio  Click File   Export to Zip File  Close your problematic project  Exit Android Studio if necessary   In your OS  Delete your problematic project folder  Then extract the zip you just made previously  Back to Android Studio  On startup screen  click  Open an existing Android Project    Browse to the folder you just extracted    That s it

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I was having this problem on all versions of AS 3 0   Syncing with gradle did not solve the problem for me  The solution from Andr  s Kl  czl was the only thing that would allow me to get some coding done  The problem was  anytime I had to do a gradle sync  the problem came back  So I had to go through that process any time I wanted to make a change in my build gradle  What ended up working for me was to downgrade my kotlin version from 1 2 40 to 1 2 30

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The comment from  Nisarg helped   set latest version in Compile Sdk Version   I changed from API 8 to API 23 and the error message disappeared

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FIX FOR 3 1 2 OR NEWER VERSIONS  Some of my colleagues and I have faced the same issue on AS 3 1 2  but a simple Sync didn t help us  For us  the solution was a bit different    File -  Invalidate Caches -  Invalidate File -  Close Project  Remove the project from the AS project selector window  Quit from Android Studio Start AS and open project again     EXTRA ADVICE IF YOU ARE FACING THIS ISSUE CONSTANTLY   Some of you are constantly facing this issue  and this  solution  fixes it only temporarily  At the time we started getting this error  we used gradle wrapper 4 6 and Android gradle plugin 3 1 0  but since then we went back to gradle 4 4 and we use it with the latest Android gradle plugin  and we haven t seen this issue since then

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