Flutter: SDK location not found. Define location with sdk.dir in the local.properties file or with an ANDROID_HOME environment variable

Question

I'm building app using different ways, two works but one fails.

Method:1 (Working)

flutter build appbundle 

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Method:2 (Working)

Opening module in Android Studio, after that, choosing

Build > Generate Signed Bundle/APK... > filling all info afterwards

In this case, I am able to build both app bundle and APK file.

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Method:3 (Not working)

flutter build apk

I get this error:

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception. * What went wrong: A problem occurred configuring root project 'android_intent'.

SDK location not found. Define location with sdk.dir in the local.properties file or with an ANDROID_HOME environment variable.

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If I remove android_intent, I start getting error in other packages, so definitely the package isn't a problem. I double checked that I have

local.properties, gradle.properties and settings.gradle in my android root folder.

And my other projects seem to work.

Answer 1

I have faced this issue with file_picker plugin, Just upgrade gradle version in android/build.gradle to one of these versions :

3.3.3

3.4.3

3.5.4

3.6.4

4.0.1

I followed this link : file_picker troubleshooting

Answer 2

Sometimes you will see an SDK problem from a plugin that requires the latest gradle to actually run.

I was running into this even though my SDK was properly set:

SDK location not found. Define location with sdk.dir in the local.properties file or with an ANDROID_HOME environment variable.

More info from:

Here is an example of a plugin failure that will lead to an sdk and query error flutter_file_picker:

Build is failing with unexpected element <queries> found in <manifest>.

Upgrade gradle:

To upgrade gradle in a flutter project, File -> Open and select the Android folder which is part of your Flutter application. When that finishes loading, it will prompt you to upgrade gradle to the latest version. This will resolve the issue

Answer 3

I recommend clearing the android-studio-dir and android-sdk settings, and let flutter automatically detects their path instead: This works for me .

flutter config --android-studio-dir=""

flutter config --android-sdk=""