Only for JDKs: if you don't have the necessary JDK on your computer, select Download JDK. To add an SDK, click, select the necessary SDK and specify its home directory in the dialog that opens.
Configure global SDKsįrom the main menu, select File | Project Structure | Platform Settings | SDKs. This folder is called an SDK home directory. To define an SDK means to let IntelliJ IDEA know in which folder on your computer the necessary SDK version is installed. For more information, refer to Change module SDK. You can also specify an SDK for each module individually. After you create a new project and define an SDK for it, you can configure modules in this project to inherit its SDK. It means that one SDK can be used in multiple projects and modules. SDKs contain binaries, source code for the binaries, and documentation for the source code. For example, to develop applications in Java, you need a Java SDK (JDK). A Software Development Kit, or an SDK, is a collection of tools that you need to develop an application for a specific software framework.
