Unknown exception in parseSdkContent

Question

I haven't found an answer or similar situation to this on the internet so I'm asking on here. When I start eclipse I'm bombarded with a number of dialogs. The first being an Unknown exception in parseSdkContent with the message java.lang.StackOverflowError. Subsequently as a result another dialog Android SDK Content Loader has encountered a problem with the message parseSdkContent failed. Nearly all projects have errors being the import android cannot be resolved. When clicking on AVD/SDK manager via the eclipse menu I get a dialog saying 'Location of the Android SDK has not been setup in the preferences'. So I checked the SDK location and it is perfectly fine pointing towards the sdk folder containing sdk/avd manager etc.. I can't seem to figure this out. I've tried reinstalling the sdk with no luck. I'd greatly appreciate any help! Thanks

Edit: Here's what the .log file is saying

!ENTRY com.android.ide.eclipse.adt 4 0 2012-07-20 14:49:27.618
!MESSAGE parseSdkContent failed
!STACK 0
java.lang.StackOverflowError
at java.util.Collections$UnmodifiableList.<init>(Unknown Source)
at java.util.Collections$UnmodifiableRandomAccessList.<init>(Unknown Source)
at java.util.Collections.unmodifiableList(Unknown Source)
at com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.internal.sdk.ProjectState.getLibraries(ProjectState.java:328)
at com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.internal.sdk.ProjectState.buildFullLibraryDependencies(ProjectState.java:660)
at com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.internal.sdk.ProjectState.buildFullLibraryDependencies(ProjectState.java:663)

the com.android... line is repeated many times.

Answer 1

Maybe the file is referencing another file leading to some sort of infinite loop? Such a situation is discussed here(NPE). Maybe you have renamed the project or moved directories which created an error? Here is a similiar error but it is also created by a null pointer exception, but maybe some of the answers will be applicable. Also, I have heard of problems with the SDK when it is loaded in directories with a space. So if your SDK is located in "Program Files", maybe try moving it to another folder in your root directory "c:\SDK". Good luck.

Answer 2

I ran into a similar issue, but was able to quickly resolve it. I was moving File1 from projectA to projectB. When I tried to add the library reference of ProjectB to ProjectA my system crashed as above. The issue was ProjectB already had a library reference to ProjectA (Hence the infinite loop issue). I just opened my ProjectA project.properties and deleted the reference. When I restarted Eclipse everything was better.