sdk - Android Studio update 0.5.3 - platform 'android-19' not found

Question

Yesterday I opened Android Studio and it asked me to be updated. I now have v0.5.3, SDK 19 fully installed and gradle 0.9.+. I think this information is correct but I'm not fully aware how the gradle strategy works.

The problem is that my gradle apps stopped syncing and even when I create a brand new project it does not sync. Here are the details:

Project's build.gradle:

// Top-level build file where you can add configuration options common to all sub-projects/modules.

buildscript {
    repositories {
        mavenCentral()
    }
    dependencies {
        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:0.9.+'
    }
}

allprojects {
    repositories {
        mavenCentral()
    }
}

App's build.gradle:

apply plugin: 'android'

android {
    compileSdkVersion 19
    buildToolsVersion "19.0.3"

    defaultConfig {
        minSdkVersion 8
        targetSdkVersion 19
        versionCode 1
        versionName "1.0"
    }
    buildTypes {
        release {
            runProguard false
            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.txt'
        }
    }
}

dependencies {
    compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:19.+'
    compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
}

In SDK Manager I have all the builds installed including 19.+.

The error I get when syncing:

Failed to set up SDK
Error:Module 'app': platform 'android-19' not found.
Information:Double-click here to open Android SDK Manager and install all missing platforms.

I know that if I change

compileSdkVersion 19

to

compileSdkVersion 18

in the app's build.gradle it works... but I don't think that's the solution.

Thanks!

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/22761027/android-studio-update-0-5-3-platform-android-19-not-found

Answer 1

I had the same problem.

Deleting ~/.AndroidStudioPreview (on Debian GNU/Linux 'sid') fixed the problem. This directory was from an older version of AS (0.3.x). I don't know what the equivalent of the GNU/Linux ~/.AndroidStudioPreview is on Windows/Mac OS X/... (for Windows it's under C:Users<user>.AndroidStudioPreview).