Fix for "Java SE Development Kit Not Found” error when installing Android SDK
I have a new Android phone and wanted to play around with some Android development.
I chose to install the development tools on both a Windows box and a Linux box so I could compare the experiences.
I ran in to a really weird problem when trying to install on Windows, though. After downloading and installing the JDK, I ran the Android install and was told that the Java JDK could not be found on my system.
Weird, since I had just installed it. I rebooted and tried again. Same error. “Java SE Development Kit not found.”
Wanna bet, Android?
Here’s the crazy work around I discovered: When you get this error, hit the “Back” button that the installer puts up, then hit “Next” again. The second time around, the installer finds the JDK. Without fail.
I don’t know why this works, but it does.
Each and every time.
June 16th, 2011 at 12:50 pm
I had the same exact problem on Vista and this worked. Thanks :)
June 20th, 2011 at 9:33 am
Thanks this worked!
June 25th, 2011 at 4:55 am
From Russia with love)))))))))))))))))))
June 27th, 2011 at 2:29 pm
Sweet, it actually worked, on windows 7.
June 28th, 2011 at 7:24 am
Eddie on Everything Rules.
java se development kit (JDK) not found
Fixed. Thanks.
July 1st, 2011 at 2:48 am
Thanks man. That had me buggin for weeks
July 5th, 2011 at 11:18 am
Thanks! Worked exactly as you said.. That saved me a lot of frustration!
July 5th, 2011 at 1:02 pm
Omg, the quickest fix ever.
Thanks.
July 5th, 2011 at 11:50 pm
Thank you SOooooo much….fixed the same error in seconds….
July 10th, 2011 at 4:47 pm
That actually worked!
And made me laugh also.
I wasted 1 hour on this and that was the flippin problem??
haha
July 10th, 2011 at 6:49 pm
It worked. Windows 7 Professional. Couldn’t find any other explanation. STRANGE. But glad to have found a solution. Thanks!!!
July 11th, 2011 at 11:52 am
Excellent, this worked for me too!
Not sure I would have found it myself or I would have been really desperate ;-)
July 12th, 2011 at 4:48 pm
Worked on Win 7 Pro 32-bit. Thankfully I did a Google search right away and found your helpful post… THANKS!
July 14th, 2011 at 3:52 am
Big thanks for that one – totally bizarre!
July 15th, 2011 at 11:37 pm
Thanks! this worked for me.
July 19th, 2011 at 9:33 pm
Awesome!
July 21st, 2011 at 8:37 pm
wow man . tat was awesome . thanks dude ..
August 1st, 2011 at 8:41 am
unbelievable, but true ! ! !
August 3rd, 2011 at 11:21 pm
THANK YOU! Saved me lot of re-installing!
August 9th, 2011 at 7:30 am
Cool. Thank you. Saved me a reboot and some time.
August 15th, 2011 at 6:37 pm
Thank you thank you. Thought I was going nuts!
August 16th, 2011 at 12:34 am
it works for me, Win XP
thanks!
September 1st, 2011 at 1:57 pm
10x!!!
September 10th, 2011 at 6:36 pm
Now that was easy…haha thanks!
September 20th, 2011 at 12:48 pm
many thanks i spent over 4 hours suffering from this error … thanks again
October 24th, 2011 at 10:13 pm
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU
I have been trying to download the Development kit for two days. Every time it failed halfway.
This did the trick
THANK YOU
December 1st, 2011 at 2:35 am
Thanks man.
You save my day :)