title: Xamarin Android SDK Location
body: <p>I would like to find out about some logic as to why/where the android SDK items are being picked up.</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li>Installed a fresh copy of Windows 10 as my old hard drive died.</li>
  <li>I installed Visual Studio + Xamarin</li>
  <li>I have installed Android API 24 + 23</li>
  <li>Started new project</li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>Get an error saying that Xamarin cannot find Android SDK API 24 android.jar even though the following file exists (where Xamarin Android SDK manager installed it):</p>
  
  <p><code>"C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\platforms\android-24\android.jar"</code></p>
  
  <p>Although investigating the message further, I found that it is looking for a folder called</p>
  
  <p><code>"C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\platforms\android-N\android.jar"</code></p>
  
  <p>so I copied + renamed the folder and it seems to be working.</p>
  
  <p>I would like to understand where is it picking up the specific sub platform paths from so I can debug fix these issues easier.</p>