Setup Android NDK

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Unity version: 5.3.4f1 (64 bit).

I have Android studio installed on the same PC and used the Android SDK manager in that to install the SDK and NDK (amongst other things), with the NDK sitting in the folder c:\users[me]\AppData\Local\Android\sdk\ndk-bundle

When I try and set up the paths for android in Unity Edit>Preferences>External Tools it allows the sdk path fine, but when I put in the above path for the NDK I just get the message "Unable to detect NDK version, please pick a different folder".

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Answer by Blubberfisch · Mar 29, 2016 at 02:11 PM

Had the same problem. Android Studio installs NDK r11e and seems unable to install any other version. However, Unity wants r10e specifically. You have to install it manually, e.g. by using the download button within Unity (Edit -> Preferences -> External Tools -> NDK).

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urbanespaceman · Mar 29, 2016 at 08:32 PM 0

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That's it - wrong version! Damnit, thanks! :)

KAKE · Jan 11, 2017 at 10:34 PM 0

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On $$anonymous$$ac, what do I do with the bin file that r10e provides? Unity won't let me select that, but I also can't unpack it.

claytonw KAKE · Jan 12, 2017 at 06:30 PM 0

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The mac archive should be a zip. Can you download it from https://developer.android.com/ndk/downloads/older_releases.html#ndk-10e-downloads

wondersteve KAKE · Feb 07, 2017 at 07:26 PM 1

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Here are instructions to install the downloaded android-ndk-r10e-darwin-x86_64.bin file on $$anonymous$$ac: https://github.com/inferjay/AndroidDevTools/wiki/Installing-the-ND$$anonymous$$-On-Linux-and-$$anonymous$$ac-OS-X-(Darwin)

HamFar · May 02, 2017 at 08:48 AM 0

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@Blubberfisch Once you have manually installed the ND$$anonymous$$, where do you find it, so you can browse to it and set the path in Unity?

wondersteve · May 02, 2017 at 08:26 PM 2

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Open a ter$$anonymous$$al window. Go to the directory to which you downloaded the package. Run chmod a+x on the downloaded package. Execute the package. For example:

ndk$ chmod a+x android-ndk-r10c-darwin-x86_64.bin

ndk$ ./android-ndk-r10c-darwin-x86_64.bin

The folder containing the ND$$anonymous$$ extracts itself.

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Answer by Shahrukh9 · Oct 12, 2017 at 02:32 PM

That all ways not work on windows

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Shahrukh9 · Oct 12, 2017 at 02:35 PM 0

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For ND$$anonymous$$ in Unity

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Answer by amirensit · Jan 27, 2017 at 08:56 PM

i fixed all these things but it still doesn't work any idea please

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wondersteve · Feb 07, 2017 at 07:27 PM 0

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are you on mac or PC? See my comment above if you are on a mac.

HamFar · May 02, 2017 at 08:49 AM 0

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@amirensit Have you solved this yet? Once you have manually installed the ND$$anonymous$$, where do you find it, so you can browse to it and set the path in Unity?

thedarcsage · Aug 22, 2019 at 07:34 PM 0

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I had installed and mapped the version that Unity indicated under Preferences --> External Tools, but it still threw this error when building. So I closed Unity and restarted the computer. When I tried again without changing anything, then the build finished. Restarting Unity might work too. Hope this helps.

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