As a workaround try setting it in your project's local.properties file. The IDE should read it from there (and if it differs from the IDE's own setting, ask which one to use).
local.properties: sdk.dir=/usr/lib/android-sdk On Sun, May 18, 2014 at 9:00 AM, Reece Dunn <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to set the Android SDK location to /usr/lib/android-sdk, but > the Project Structure dialog is not persisting the path and there is no > information that anything went wrong/why it is not persisting it. > > The path exists, and contains a platforms/android-18 folder (i.e. > /usr/lib/android-sdk/platforms/android-18). It is locked from being > modified by me, as I am running as a regular user and the files have been > installed as the root (Administrator) user. Everything else works with this > set-up. > > I have reported issue 69787 ( > http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=69787) to cover the > lack of error reporting. > > I can build the project on the command like, but cannot get it to work in > Android Studio (including running the APK on an emulator). > > Thanks, > - Reece H. Dunn > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "adt-dev" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "adt-dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
