Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Updating Android SDK using Eclipse on Windows 7

Recently I was trying to get my head around few errors related to Android SDK updates. I wanted to upgrade the API and install few updates related to SDK tools.

When you open Android SDK Manager, you expect to load all updates and other packages automatically. But this is not the case when you start your Android SDK Manager in Eclipse (Pretty bad).

By default, download cache is enabled and Android SDK Manager uses cache to load the data.

By disabling cache you can see the available updates.
  • Click Tools > Options. 
  • Uncheck Use download Cache checkbox.
  • Hit Clear Cache button.
  • Restart Android SDK Manager.
Now you should see available updates.