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Share Android Studio SDKs and projects between users in Mac


I have two users on the Mac with User1 I have installed everything needed for Android Studio and my projects but in User2 when I want to open Android Studio it asks to download the SDKs. I can't download them all again because my Mac has no room left. how can I share these files?


Solution

  • By default Android Studio will want the Android SDK to be in $HOME/Library/Android/sdk. This can be changed to whatever you like, for example /Users/Shared/Library/Android/sdk from within Android Studio:

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    Note that this will need doing for both users and you may need to massage the file permissions to allow both users to update the SDK from within Android Studio.