issue at running xamarin on visual studio 2015 “Could not locate Java 6 or 7 SDK”

Question

I try to install visual studio 2015 with xamarin by these following step

1. install VS 2015 for mobile application
   2. install Java JDK 8 for both version 64 & 86
   3. update android SDK to be V26

But I am still have issue , visual studio couldn't see java SDK with populate this error at running "Could not locate Java 6 or 7 SDK" although try these following items to fix this issue.

1. install JDK 8 for 64 , 86

2. add JAVA_HOME at Environment variable at windows as following snapshot (Java_Home Config)

   
   

3. add JAVA BIN path to Path environment variable at windows as following snapshot (Path config)

   

4. make sure Java JDK is defined at Xamarin configuration

Answer 1

Could not locate Java 6 or 7 SDK .

You have Java 8. Android does not (yet) fully support Java 8.

Also, why do you have 32bit and 64bit java in your path? You only need %JAVA_HOME%\\bin in the path.

Answer 2

I found the solution for Could not locate Java 6 or 7 SDK .

After 2 days of a hard battle with Visual Studio 2015 Community, this solution was found:

First, You need to download and install Java SE Development Kit 7 from oracle archives (an account needed to download package). In my case I downloaded 32 bit version.

If You don't have Android NDK, download it from Android web page (Check if NDK is set in Tools -> Options -> Xamarin -> Android Settings).

After those steps restart Visual Studio.

VS should automatically find java jdk path. You can check it in Tools -> Options -> Xamarin -> Android Settings. If Android NDK location is not found, then provide the path to te package you downloaded from Android website.

The last and key step is to go to Build and choose Clean solution.

After that you can try to build your solution and it should works like a charm.