Stuck at ".android/repositories.cfg could not be loaded."

Question

 brew cask install android-sdk

==> Caveats We will install android-sdk-tools, platform-tools, and build-tools for you. You can control android sdk packages via the sdkmanager command. You may want to add to your profile: 'export ANDROID_HOME=/usr/local/share/android-sdk'

This operation may take up to 10 minutes depending on your internet connection. Please, be patient.

==> Downloading https://dl.google.com/android/repository/tools_r25.2.3-macosx.zip Already downloaded: /Users/ishandutta2007/Library/Caches/Homebrew/Cask/android-sdk--25.2.3.zip ==> Verifying checksum for Cask android-sdk ==> Warning: File /Users/ishandutta2007/.android/repositories.cfg could not be loaded.

Echolalia

ANDROID_HOME is the wrong variable. The home variable should be something like export ANDROID_HOME=$HOME/.android. It is where things like a developer's keys are stored. Based on the SDK and path, I believe they mean export ANDROID_SDK_ROOT=/usr/local/share/android-sdk – Chuch

repositories.cfg could not be loaded warning can be ignored safely. – Fugacity

Answer 1

Create the file! try:

mkdir -p .android && touch ~/.android/repositories.cfg

Walking

Sometimes you also have to create the directory first – Taejon

like what @captainserious said, I used mkdir -p /root/.android && touch /root/.android/repositories.cfg to make it works. – Dragnet

Answer 2

Actually, after waiting some time it eventually goes beyond that step. Even with --verbose, you won't have any information that it computes anything, but it does.

Patience is the key :)

PS : For anyone that cancelled at that step, if you try to reinstall the android-sdk package, it will complain that Error: No such file or directory - /usr/local/share/android-sdk. You can just touch /usr/local/share/android-sdk to get rid of that error and go on with the reinstall.

Starter

Answer 3

This happened on Windows 10 as well. I resolved it by creating an empty repositories.cfg file.

Elongate

To anyone wondering, you can create a file easily from powershell by typing: New-Item -Type File <filename-with-path> – Sweater

I just tried that as I have the same issue on WIn10, and when I tried running again I got a new error: "Failed to read or create install properties file" – Cleliaclellan

Answer 4

For Windows 7 and above go to C:\Users\USERNAME\.android folder and follow below steps:

1. Right click > create a new txt file with name repositories.txt
2. Open the file and go to File > Save As.. > select Save as type: All Files
3. Rename repositories.txt to repositories.cfg

Transarctic

or you can type "copy con repositories.cfg" and then press Ctrl+Z – Tight

Answer 5

Creating a dummy blank repositories.cfg works on Windows 7 as well. After waiting for a couple of minutes the installation finishes and you get the message on your cmd window -- done

Stribling

Answer 6

Windows 10 Solution:

For me this issue was due to downloading and creating an AVD using Android Studio and then trying to use that virtual device with the Ionic command line. I resolved this by deleting all existing emulators and creating a new one from the command line.

(the avdmanager file typically lives in C:\Users\\Android\sdk\tools\bin)

List existing emulators: avdmanager list avd

Delete an existing emulator: avdmanager delete avd -n emulator_name

Add system image: sdkmanager "system-images;android-24;default;x86_64"

Create new emulator: sdkmanager "system-images;android-27;google_apis_playstore;x86"

Margretmargreta

Answer 7

I had the same error on OSX Sierra, but in my case the ~/.android folder was owned by root (from a previous install) I changed the ownership to my User and now it works.

Gazetteer

Answer 8

I used mkdir -p /root/.android && touch /root/.android/repositories.cfg to make it works

Appellative