selected directory isn't a valid home for Android SDK - IntelliJ IDEA

Question

I want to write apps for android but I'm having an unresolved problem by installing IntelliJ IDEA.

The installation runs good, but always when I try to select the Android SDK, I get the famous error: The selected directory is not a valid home for Android SDK

I tried many ways to resolve it.

• I read other tasks on SO but nothing helped me very well.
• I adapted the system environment variables
• I tried different paths (like C://User/AppData/Local/Android/SDK and C://Program Files/Android/SDK )
• I checked the path for mistakes (like blanks)
• I uninstalled the program (for round about three times)
• I restarted my pc
• I restarted the program
• checked if all is correct (and it was. Every time.)
• I run as administrator
• I checked if the files are writeable

I tried Android Studio of course too, but the error occurs nonetheless.

Here are my PC Specs: - Have an Asus ZenBook - i7-7500U CPU - 8GB RAM - Win10 Home

I really hope you can help me. Thanks a lot.

Answer 1

In Android Studio go to File->Settings->Syestem Settings->Android SDK than click on Android SDK Location Edit button It'll auto-detect SDK location in your system if SDK not found than download window will open and from there download SDK. For your ease see the below image.