AVD manager in Intellij is disabled

Question

I am logging this issue and solution (below) as, for the second time, I find myself wasting hours on it.

Vitrification

Answer 1

Solution: File -> Settings -> Enter 'Android' into search bar. Select 'Android SDK'.

Select 'edit'. Intellij now asks to download the SDK (~800MB). Intellij becomes unresponsive whilst software downloads and installs (it seems clicking cancel waits until software has downloaded, to cancel). Takes about 5 minutes.

Once done AVD manager now active.

Vitrification

Thanks, i got one more way, from where it already done to my settings. I'll put it in answer – Mercuri

See also this: https://mcmap.net/q/428980/-why-is-the-android-avd-manager-missing-when-using-android-sdk-in-intellij, if Android doesn't show up in Tools at all. – Juliusjullundur

Answer 2

File > Project Structure > Dependencies and set SDK. This will set your Android SDK in settings also

Mercuri