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hmahdavi
hmahdavi

Reputation: 2354

How to locate jdk in visual studio for Xamarin?

I try to programing in visual studio for android. I install SDK , JDK ,Xamarin .Now I want set path of jdk to the visual studio but vs get message that :

Cannot find Java Development Kit files in specified path:

C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_07\bin

I set this path for Path and Home_java variable on the Enviroment Variable in SystemAdvanceSetting. I use where javac in cmd but it can not find java path.

How to fix this?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 5243

Answers (2)

Trevor Balcom
Trevor Balcom

Reputation: 3888

Xamarin 4.1.2.18 and earlier doesn't currently support a 64-bit JDK. You should install a 32-bit version of JDK 1.7u79, which Xamarin will be able to detect. You can see which JDK Xamarin is using by clicking the Visual Studio menu Tools > Xamarin. You will see the listed JDK and Android SDK directories.

Xamarin.Android 4.1.2.18 and earlier also requires that a 32-bit Java JDK 7 (1.7) be installed. Later versions of the JDK can also be installed alongside JDK 7, if required by your machine.

You can use a 64-bit JDK 8 installation with the newer Xamarin 4.2 and later.

Upvotes: 3

Chris Neve
Chris Neve

Reputation: 2424

Your JDK path must point to C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_07, not to the bin directory.

Update your JAVA_HOME environment variable and try again.

Upvotes: 1

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