Xamarin forces me to download Android SDK and NDK

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Solution 1

I finally managed to get The installer detect my sdk location. Here's what I did:

  • Install Xamarin Studio Alone (https://store.xamarin.com/account/my/subscription/downloads)

  • Change your SDK , NDK , JDK Locations in Xamarin Studio settings and close

  • Download the Universal Installer and start

  • It will automatically detect that Xamarin Studio installed and will use its settings.

  • Install other dependencies

  • Start visual studio and enjoy !

The Xamarin Team really need to add the possibilty to select your SDK/NDK/JDK locations at INSTALLATION TIME

Solution 2

According to the Xamarin docs you can configure where it looks for the SDKs: http://developer.xamarin.com/guides/android/getting_started/installation/windows/manual_installation/#Xamarin_Studio

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Updated on June 18, 2022

Comments

  • Charles-Eugene Loubao
    Charles-Eugene Loubao about 2 years

    I have my Android SDK and NDK installed on my computer (On custom locations) . I am trying to install xamarin on my Windows environment but the installer wants to force me to install SDK and NDK . It looks like it cannot find by installations folder. Is there a solution to specify when my SDK and NDK are installed ?

    Thanks.

  • Charles-Eugene Loubao
    Charles-Eugene Loubao about 9 years
    I have not installed Xamari yet . I downloaded the Installer but It doesn't detect my SDK/NDK installations . And there's no option to select where is my SDK or NDK
  • Yar
    Yar almost 8 years
    surprisingly this is still and issue on Mac and installing Xamarin Studion alone isn't an option