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Android SDK setup instructions

Android SDK

If you already have Android Studio installed, most likely you also have Android SDK. If you don't have a local Android SDK installation, you can download it from here. You don't need the whole bundle, so look for files whose names start with sdk-tools- and choose the one appropriate for your system. Extract the archive to a suitable location after the download is complete. For example, %userprofile%\android-sdk\ (for Windows) or ~/android-sdk/ (for Linux/macOS).

You will need the following packages:

  • Android SDK Tools
  • Android SDK Platform-tools
  • Android SDK Build-tools - v25
  • Android 7.1.1 (API 25):
    • SDK Platform

If you are using Android Studio, you can use the integrated SDK Manager to download and install them. You can then skip to the Set ANDROID_HOME section below. If not, you can use the command line tools you downloaded earlier. The following steps are for the command line tools only.

Go to tools/bin/ and install the required packages:

  • Windows Run sdkmanager.bat "tools" "platform-tools" "build-tools;25.0.0" "platforms;android-25"
  • Linux/macOS Run ./sdkmanager "tools" "platform-tools" "build-tools;25.0.0" "platforms;android-25"

Set ANDROID_HOME

After the Android SDK is ready to use, you need to set a system path variable pointing to the Android SDK directory.

Windows These steps are Windows 7 specific, but are almost the same for Windows XP/8/8.1/10

  • Open the Start menu and right click on 'Computer' -> Properties.

  • Choose Advanced system settings -> Environment variables.

  • In 'System variables' click 'New...' and add a variable with name ANDROID_HOME and value of the full path to the Android SDK folder (for instance: %userprofile%\android-sdk).

Linux Open the file ~/.profile and add the following line to the end of it: export ANDROID_HOME=[path-to-android-sdk]. Log out and in again for the changes to take effect.