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daniel_c05
daniel_c05

Reputation: 11528

Cannot create new project - There must not already be a project at this location

I am trying to start using the just released Android Studio, I have already established the location for the Android SDK, and the Studio opens correctly.

Now, I want to create a new application project, but I cannot figure out what to select as project location.

Steps followed:

I read a similar question, and I am making sure, as you can tell by the steps I followed, that I am entering the path at the very end, and it still won't work for me.

I really think there must be a silly thing I am missing here, not sure what it may be though.

Any ideas?

Upvotes: 7

Views: 6213

Answers (4)

Flatlyn
Flatlyn

Reputation: 2050

This is a really simple issue. Android Studio likes to create the folder for the project on its own. That means you can't just select a pre-made folder. For example if you select C:/Android Projects with Android Projects being a folder, you must append a folder name to the location for Android Studio to create, for example C:/Android Projects/NEW PROJECT

No work-arounds needed.

Upvotes: 5

psychedelus
psychedelus

Reputation: 133

I had the same issue this morning when trying to create a new project and found a simple way to get around it.

Choosing the path to the project folder was impossible as I kept getting the same error message 'There must not already be a project at this location'. What I then did was type out the path manually, but not all at once. To begin with I thought I'd just try to set a folder at the root of my drive eg. C:\AndroidStudioProjects. It seemed to be ok with this, which led me to try to add the rest of the path manually as well. So the final path would be something like C:\Development\Android\AndroidStudioProjects

This worked, no errors showed up and it let me go through the rest of the set up.

Hope this works for others out there who are facing the same issue.

Upvotes: 1

daniel_c05
daniel_c05

Reputation: 11528

So, apparently what caused the main problem is that the first time I launched Android Studio I didn't create a new project, I imported one, and that seemed to screw the whole workflow of it.

As per someone's answer, who was apparently removed, here are the steps.

  1. Go to C:\Users\Username\ and erase the folder named: .AndroidStudioPreview.
  2. Launch Android Studio again, it will ask if you want to import any settings, select the option that doesn't import anything.
  3. Optionally Configure, Project Defaults, Project Structure, Platform Settings, and make sure that both the JDK and Android SDK are configured, for instance, I had to point Android Studio to a folder where the SDK had already been downloaded.
  4. Create new project, and leave the default workspace that will now show, it should be C:\Users\Username\AndroidStudioProjects

That's it, just go through the setup wizard, and you're done.

Upvotes: 5

SacGax
SacGax

Reputation: 157

I have found a workaround.Here's what I did :

  1. Click on check out from version control.
  2. Select git(I have a bitbucket account,but might work with github).
  3. Put in repo-url
  4. Select the parent directory(this directory will also become the parent directory of your android projects)
  5. Then click clone
  6. Select YES when asked if you want to create Android studio project from existing sources.
  7. Select Create Project from existing sources
  8. Don't change anything,select Next and then Finish.
  9. Now it will create a new project at your selected location
  10. Close android studio,go back to your parent directory and delete the project folder.
  11. And now start your new project wizard,you should be able to see your parent directory listed in project location.Start typing details about your project and the directory will be updated accordingly.

Upvotes: 1

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