


SDK (Standard Development Kit) Read about on Wikipedia.I had a hard time figuring out how to properly do this setup due the lack of documentation about it, so i hope this article helps you. If you are trying to develop to Android, you probably will end up installing the Android Studio to get the Android SDK and the AVD Emulator working properly.īut if you are using another code editor, like Sublime Text or VSCode, installing the Android Studio will just mess up with your setup and consume your precious RAM for no good reason. Close regedit, restart the emulator and then try to run the app again in Android Studio.How to install Android SDK and setup AVD Emulator without Android Studio Then change the Path value to the same SDK location mapped in Android Studio. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SOFTWARE > WOW6432Node > Android SDK Tools Right click on the Windows logo on your task bar, select Run and then type "regedit" in the window to launch the registry editor. The emulator stores the path in the registry so we will have to make the change there.

Make note or copy this path as we are going to update the emulator to point to this location. You can double check the SDK location you are using from Android Studio by navigating to: This mismatch is what is causing the new emulator to not show up in Android Studio. When the emulator is installed, it assumes by default that the SDK path is:Ĭ:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk In most default installations of Android Studio bundled with the SDK, the SDK is stored under:Ĭ:\Users\\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk The issue really boils down to where the new emulator is looking for the Android SDK. If it appears for you then you can stop reading and get back to work! For the rest of us, there is one more hurdle we need to get over before we are done. HEY! Where's our new emulator?!?! It should appear under Connected Devices, but it does not.
