Android SDK cannot find JDK

Question

all, I am using Windows 8.1 pro x64. I have installed JDK 7 and tried to install Android SDK, but the installation keeps telling me that the JDK was not found. I have already set the JAVA_HOME and Path variable to C:\\Program Files\\Java\\jdk1.7.0_45. It still doesn't work, so how do I fix the issue?

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Answer 1

Same issue, after immense frustration and blind dead end suggestions I managed to install it on my friends windows 7 machine using the following in the environment variables.

CLASSPATH %HOME_JAVA%\\jre\\lib

ANDROID_STUDIO_JDK C:\\Program Files\\Java\\jdk1.8.0_40

JAVA_HOME C:\\Program Files\\Java\\jdk1.8.0_40

JRE_HOME C:\\Program Files\\Java\\jdk1.8.0_40

JDK_HOME C:\\Program Files\\Java\\jdk1.8.0_40

Plus: removed old paths and links to Java, removed old Registry paths

However I need to install it on my windows 7 machine and windows Vista and I have had no luck.

Additionally I have tried placing a "\\" at the end of the paths, the back and forward clicking etc, it all fails. I have changed to a 32bit version of Java JDK.

The major issue I have is that all the answers seem to be hacks and guessing, not just in this forum, but all the forums. No one really knows the issue. I'd pay someone to tell me exactly step by step what to do ,and why it will work, and have it succeed more importantly.

The odd part is that Google have known about this for years and have zero attempt to fix, even their dialogue box to browse to the Java path fails to work.

I was most hopeful about this ANDROID_STUDIO_JDK as a new environment variable, but it too fails to work.

NOTE: Google suggest you open up a command dos window and use this commend

javac -version

and thats a great suggestion, its lets you know that your Java JDK is properly installed, you may need to reboot as some Java commands are memory resident.

I hope what I posted can help someone. I am going back to looking for solutions, any help will be appreciated.