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Android

Tim Arwine
Tim Arwine
5,406 Points
Posted by Tim Arwine
Tim Arwine
5,406 Points

Android Studio missing a component. How to fix? Please Help!

As A S was downloading components, it got hung. I re-tried. Hung again. Re-tried several times. I finally decided to skip it hoping for the best. But - now when Android Studio opens, it tells me I can't start a new project because I'm missing something. It says go to Configure > Project Defaults > Project Structure > SDKs to fix the problem. Here's the missing component error message: tools/lib/monitor- x86_64/plugins/org.eclipse.ui.intro.universal_3.2.600.v20120912-155524/themes/purpleMesh/graphics/icons/ctool/firsteps48sel.gif Old dir was moved away, but new one failed to be moved into place. Trying to move old one back.java.io.IOException: failed to move new dir into place Warning: An error occurred during installation: failed to move new dir into place.

1 Answer

Shane Robinson
Shane Robinson
7,324 Points

From what I could find it seems like it's a hard (read: annoying) error to fix. The simplest way is to uninstall and reinstall, a pain for sure, but that is the "fun" of setting up development environments! :p

Tim Arwine
Tim Arwine
5,406 Points
Tim Arwine
Tim Arwine
5,406 Points

Thank you Shane, I was already thinking along those lines. I have to questions that I hope will make that step work: 1. Any idea how to avoid this on the next install? (What is something I DID or DIDN'T do?) And 2. I've heard that doing a simple uninstall isn't enough. We need to use a special cleaner or something to root out all the little bits of Android before doing a fresh re-install? Your thoughts?

Shane Robinson
Shane Robinson
7,324 Points

It sounds like it happened originally because of getting corrupted on one of the failed attempts, if you can prevent the failures from occurring again you should be good. You are right that a simple uninstall would probably not be good enough, I found a helpful guide on completely ridding yourself of it here Uninstall/Reinstall Android Studio.

Hope that helps.

Tim Arwine
Tim Arwine
5,406 Points
Tim Arwine
Tim Arwine
5,406 Points

Shane, Thank you very much. I'll follow the tutorial.