Question

So, I’m trying to upgrade the Android SDK. My current configuration is as follows:

• Windows 7 64 bit
• Eclipse Helios
• SDK version 12.

I got far enough along in the process Eclipse to suddenly want version 14, or it won’t work. I can’t seem to update using the Eclipse update plugin. When I try to manually update the SDK, going to the directory and running SDK Manager, then I update the components. It downloads, says it needs to restart the SDK, and then it restarts. Then it doesn’t realize it has just updated anything, and re-downloads it. Repeat 5 times, and you’re where I’m at right now. Any ideas as to what I can do?

I should add, I’ve tried the following.

1. Run SDK Manager as administrator.
2. Change the permissions of the SDK folder to allow for easier writing access
3. Upgrading via Eclipse, and SDK Manager.

Answer 1

I think I figured out what my problem was, with a bit of help from alextsc’s comment.

I think somehow I had both the 32 bit and the 64 bit SDK installed, in 2 different folders (Program Files and Program Files (x86)). I think the SDK was getting confused where to update, and thus wasn’t working correctly.

So, what I ended up doing was uninstalling the SDK, re-installing it, ensuring that I have the 64 bit version, and all is well.