# Can't install modes
**URL:** https://discourse.processing.org/t/cant-install-modes/31859
**Category:** Processing
**Created:** [August 23, 2021, 11:17am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/cant-install-modes/31859 "2021-08-23T11:17:03Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@MoonAlien822](https://discourse.processing.org/u/MoonAlien822)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2021, 11:17am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/cant-install-modes/31859/1 "2021-08-23T11:17:03Z")
the install button doesn’t do anything
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### Author:  [@matheplica](https://discourse.processing.org/u/matheplica)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2021, 12:06pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/cant-install-modes/31859/2 "2021-08-23T12:06:54Z")
On linux everything is fine
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### Author:  [@MoonAlien822](https://discourse.processing.org/u/MoonAlien822)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2021, 9:11pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/cant-install-modes/31859/3 "2021-08-30T21:11:52Z")
i have a windows laptop
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### Author:  [@jafal](https://discourse.processing.org/u/jafal)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2021, 9:49pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/cant-install-modes/31859/4 "2021-08-30T21:49:20Z")
Hi select android mode from select mode from the right top of the IDE but before you have to install sdk if you have not android studio
Read this
[Android emulator](https://discourse.processing.org/t/android-emulator/29362).
There is more than topic over the forum explains how to
activate android mode
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### Author:  [@jafal](https://discourse.processing.org/u/jafal)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2021, 9:55pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/cant-install-modes/31859/5 "2021-08-30T21:55:32Z")
> [@Cannot find an Android SDK](https://discourse.processing.org/t/cannot-find-an-android-sdk/29782/4):
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> hi yes this is the original post: i downloaded it without Android Studio then i chose the processing sdk path and it is run in android mode the main issue with unprofessional people is that its hard to determined the sdk version that works with processing and Android Studio as for you it is easy to do so with Android Studio but the new users like me and many others may facing some difficulty and this folder seams good start i pointed to this folder more than once to others and they …
> [@Setting up Android Mode in Processing](https://discourse.processing.org/t/setting-up-android-mode-in-processing/27462):
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> I am trying to set up Android in Processing. But every time I try to load or download the SDK I get a message saying " The Android SDK could not be loaded". I have downloaded the Android 9 and 10 SDK from Android Studio. Can someone help?
> [@Cant locate SDK in android mode](https://discourse.processing.org/t/cant-locate-sdk-in-android-mode/20152/10):
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> @Java.SourceForger === i was not talking about your laptop but your phone… put your Manifest.