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Xamarin Studio Does Not Recognize Android SDK Path

I have installed Xamarin Studio enter image description here

And I have also downloaded Android SDK enter image description here

But when I run Xamarin Studio and try to create a new android app it tells me android sdk path is not set. so I proceed to set it enter image description here

But as you can see it does not accept the path. This is the contents of android-sdk folder enter image description here

and this is the sdk manager application screenshot in which there is nothing to download enter image description here

What should I do? I have searched all the similar questions but all in vain please do not mark this question as duplicate before you read the other questions and their answers. Thanks

Solution

  • First: Your Android sdk is missing a lot of stuff. it is not complete. You can download complete android sdk from Here

    Second: Xamarin uses .Net to create android and ios apps. In order to convert C# codes to Java codes Xamarin needs android Native Development Tools. You can download it from Here as well.

    NOTE: These links are for those who can not access android.google.com due to political restrictions otherwise I strongly RECOMMEND to download both SDK and NDK from Google.