Error "can't use subversion command line client : svn" when opening android project checked out from svn

I'm new to Android development and the development tools around it. I have checked out a project from svn using TortoiseSVN client (can't manage to do it from within Android Studio), then get this error message after importing the project to Android Studio:

can't use subversion command line client : svn

Probably the path to Subversion executable is wrong. Fix it..

When I click "Fix it" link, this dialog pops up:

But I still have no idea what I am supposed to do to fix this? Any kind of help/suggestion/direction to fix the problem are welcome.

Solution 1:

Android Studio cannot find the svn command because it's not on PATH, and it doesn't know where svn is installed.

One way to fix is to edit the PATH environment variable: add the directory that contains svn.exe. You will need to restart Android Studio to make it re-read the PATH variable.

Another way is to set the absolute path of svn.exe in the Use command client box in the settings screen that you included in your post.

UPDATE

According to this other post, TortoiseSVN doesn't include the command line tools by default. But you can re-run the installer and enable it. That will add svn.exe to PATH, and Android Studio will correctly pick it up.

Solution 2:

This is annoying, I wish IntelliJ would handle this better than a startup nag..

If you are using TortoiseSVN 1.8+ on Windows, do this:

1. Run the the TortoiseSVN Installer. (It may still be in your Downloads folder)
2. Select the option to Modify.
3. Install Command line client tools on to the local harddrive.
4. Add C:\Program Files\TortoiseSVN\bin to your Path environment variable.
5. Restart IntelliJ.

Solution 3:

Saw your problems.

Solutions:

First Download Subversion 1.8.13 ( 1.8 ) client Download link (https://subversion.apache.org/packages.html) at the time of this post the android studio version is less than 1.4 in my case 1.3.2 so you must avoid the issues here subversion command line client version is too old so just download the 1.8 preferably.

Then unzipped in a folder. There will have one folder "bin".

Then

Go to settings - > Version control -> Subversion

Copy the url of your downloaded svn.exe that is in bin folder that you have downloaded.

follow the picture:

Don't forget to give the end name like svn.exe last as per image.

Apply -> Ok

Restart your android studio now.

Happy Coding!