# Processing never remembers where the SDK is located

**URL:** <https://discourse.processing.org/t/processing-never-remembers-where-the-sdk-is-located/42779>\
**Category:** Processing for Android\
**Created:** [September 18, 2023, 2:22pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/processing-never-remembers-where-the-sdk-is-located/42779 "2023-09-18T14:22:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jean-no](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/jean-no/32/3352_2.png) [@Jean-no](https://discourse.processing.org/u/Jean-no)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2023, 2:22pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/processing-never-remembers-where-the-sdk-is-located/42779/1 "2023-09-18T14:22:20Z")

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OS : **Ubunutu 22.04**  
Processing Android works fine, but I’m annoyed by a small problem : each time I re-open it, Processing asks me to download the SDK again, or to locate it.  
Both works, but why is that happening ? Can’t processing store the link to the SDK, or can’t the OS know it by itself ? I read a few posts dealing with this issue and some say that the workaroud is to install the whole android studio. It seems a little extreme !

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**Author:** ![jafal](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/jafal/32/19112_2.png) [@jafal](https://discourse.processing.org/u/jafal)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2023, 6:06pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/processing-never-remembers-where-the-sdk-is-located/42779/2 "2023-09-18T18:06:00Z")

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Hi

Try to add SDK path to your preferences.txt

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**Author:** ![jafal](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/jafal/32/19112_2.png) [@jafal](https://discourse.processing.org/u/jafal)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2023, 6:10pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/processing-never-remembers-where-the-sdk-is-located/42779/3 "2023-09-18T18:10:37Z")

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> [@Jean-no](#):
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> I read a few posts dealing with this issue and some say that the workaroud is to install the whole android studio. It seems a little extreme !

No you don’t have to install Android Studio you need just SDK to downloaded

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**Author:** ![Jean-no](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/jean-no/32/3352_2.png) [@Jean-no](https://discourse.processing.org/u/Jean-no)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2023, 6:54pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/processing-never-remembers-where-the-sdk-is-located/42779/4 "2023-09-18T18:54:01Z")

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> [@jafal](#):
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> preferences.txt

thank you ! That’s odd : I saw it, but I didn’t notice it was a wrong path ! Now it works okay.  
For my defense : I have covid this week, I guss my mind doesn’t work very straight !