vs2019 - Xamarin: loses path settings of "Java Development Kit Location"

Question

I do a very simple thing.

I go to Tools -> Options -> Xamarin> Android Settings and I change the "Java Development Kit Location" path. I press ok.

I compile the project and the option is used correctly.

I go to Tools -> Options -> Xamarin> Android Settings and the path is correct.

I restart VS, I go to Tools -> Options -> Xamarin> Android Settings and the path is wrong, it is the previous one.

Visual studio version used: Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2019 Version 16.11.7

happens to someone else?

is it a bug?

thanks

Answer 1

I faced a similar issue when updating visual studio 2019 from version 16.3 to 16.11 while working on a react native project, somehow my jdk installation got corrupted during or after installation. Initiating a repair it from the VS SDK manager did not work and I later found out that my jdk location was changed from:

C:\Program Files\Android\jdk\microsoft_dist_openjdk_1.8.0.25

to

C:\Program Files\Eclipse Foundation\jdk-8.0.302.8-hotspot

I updated the JAVA_HOME env variable to point to the new location then clean rebuild and everything is back to normal.

Hope this helps.