Are you sure that the Java JDK is installed? Go here to get it if you need to:
http://developer.apple.com/java/download/ It's a good idea to set JAVA_HOME in your .profile (or .bashrc) as well as add $JAVA_HOME/bin and the Android SDK tools folder to your PATH. Something like this: export JAVA_HOME=/Library/Java/Home export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/android-sdk-macos/tools:$JAVA_HOME/bin [ I'm not exactly sure on that PATH since I'm not on my Mac at the moment ] - dave On Mar 16, 5:16 pm, Xavier Ducrohet <x...@android.com> wrote: > On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 7:09 PM, KE <power...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Error: Unable to read AVDs > > Error: /Users/kevinpowers/.android/ is not a directory! This is the > > path of preference folder expected by the Android tools. > > It seems like the tools was unable to create .android in your home > folder, and then everything breaks (because we probably don't properly > handle this major but unlikely error). > > Do you know why it would fail to create the .android folder? Are you > running the app with restricted priviledges? > > The Eclipse behavior is pretty standard. The same NPE exception is > throw, Eclipse absorbs it and doesn't do anything. > > Xav > -- > Xavier Ducrohet > Android SDK Tech Lead > Google Inc. > > Please do not send me questions directly. Thanks! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Beginners" group. NEW! Try asking and tagging your question on Stack Overflow at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/android To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-beginners+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en
