# Mobile Testing- Android SDK missing

**URL:** <https://forum.katalon.com/t/mobile-testing-android-sdk-missing/21021>\
**Category:** Mobile Testing\
**Tags:** mobile-testing, katalon-studio\
**Created:** [March 12, 2019, 7:35pm UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/mobile-testing-android-sdk-missing/21021 "2019-03-12T19:35:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![mitali.p.shah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@mitali.p.shah](https://forum.katalon.com/u/mitali.p.shah)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2019, 7:35pm UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/mobile-testing-android-sdk-missing/21021/1 "2019-03-12T19:35:35Z")

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Hi All- I already have Android SDK in my machine (i have built Selenium tests) and when i try to add the mobile device in the desired capabilities i get an error stating " Android ADK is missing, do you want to download..’ Would anyone know why is Katalon not recognizing the Android Studio which i have already installed?

If anyone can help here, that would be much appreciated.

 ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/original/2X/d/d3f87330334144a9d8431032730a13ec9f81f1eb.png)

Regards,  
Mitali

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**Author:** ![Chris\_Trevarthen](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/user_avatar/forum.katalon.com/chris_trevarthen/32/358_2.png) [@Chris\_Trevarthen](https://forum.katalon.com/u/Chris_Trevarthen)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2019, 1:12am UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/mobile-testing-android-sdk-missing/21021/2 "2019-03-13T01:12:17Z")

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Hi @mitali.p.shah,

Katalon Studio doesn’t seem to look for an already-installed version of the Android SDK. For me, it installs its own SDK in my user directory under `.katalon/tools/android_sdk/` (Note: I’m on a Mac)

If you answer “OK” when you get that prompt, what happens?

– Chris

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**Author:** ![hein1](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/user_avatar/forum.katalon.com/hein1/32/16104_2.png) [@hein1](https://forum.katalon.com/u/hein1)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2021, 3:59am UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/mobile-testing-android-sdk-missing/21021/3 "2021-12-06T03:59:30Z")

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But it doesn’t make sense to download again if I’ve aldy downloaded in my machine. This is weird.

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**Author:** ![albert.vu](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/user_avatar/forum.katalon.com/albert.vu/32/20595_2.png) [@albert.vu](https://forum.katalon.com/u/albert.vu)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2022, 7:30am UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/mobile-testing-android-sdk-missing/21021/4 "2022-08-08T07:30:07Z")

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Archived on August 8, 2022, 7:30am UTC