无法创建AVD管理器

Question

I have installed the Android Development Tools and Android SDK but I can't create an AVD Manager. I have tried selecting different options in the Create new Android Device Manager, but when I hit OK nothing happens. Console prints these error messages:

[2014-06-18 22:02:23 - SDK Manager] Error: null

And this, also:

[2014-06-18 22:27:05 - SDK Manager] Warning: Couldn't open file: /Users/eduarddedu/.android/devices.xml (No such file or directory)

I have ARM EABI v7a System Image installed and I am not using any spaces in the name field.

I have also tried running monitor.bat as someone suggested; the Android Device Manager start-up screen briefly appeared, but then I got an error message saying an error has occurred and 'See the log file: /Users/...

I opened the log file and it says:

java.io.IOException: The folder "/Users/eduarddedu/.android/monitor-workspace/.metadata" is read-only.

This is really weird because there isn't any folder .android in /Users/eduarddedu. I used ls -a to view hidden files.

I don't know if this is relevant but I also discovered that the Android SDK Manager log reports these two errors:

Failed to fetch URL https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/repository/addons_list-2.xml , reason: File not found

Failed to fetch URL https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/repository/repository-9.xml , reason: File not found

That's it. Thanks a lot for any suggestions.

Answer 1

Solved, I can create AVDs now. To create an AVD, android attempts to write files in the home folder of the current user. In my case, the home folder was not writable. I logged in as root and changed the owner of the home folder from 'staff' to me, using the chown command. Here is an excellent tutorial on how to do this in a bash shell : gd.tuwien.ac.at/linuxcommand.org/lts0070.html