chore(dockerFile): dual android sdk installation and conflicts

.devcontainer/Dockerfile

@@ -4,19 +4,23 @@
 # Usage:
 #   docker build -t acode-dev .devcontainer/
 #   docker run -it -v $(pwd):/workspaces/acode acode-dev
+# Uncomment certain commands when used in Standalone (MANUAL) Docker Builds (Kindly review them in throughout this file).
 
 FROM mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/java:1-21-bullseye
 
+ARG DEVCONTAINER=false
 ARG ANDROID_PLATFORM=36
 ARG ANDROID_BUILD_TOOLS=36.0.0
 ARG CMDLINE_TOOLS_VERSION=11076708
 ARG NODE_VERSION=22
 ARG GRADLE_VERSION=8.11
 
-ENV ANDROID_HOME=/opt/android-sdk
-ENV ANDROID_SDK_ROOT=/opt/android-sdk
+# (Uncomment when using Docker)
+# ENV ANDROID_HOME=/opt/android-sdk
+# ENV ANDROID_SDK_ROOT=/opt/android-sdk
 ENV GRADLE_HOME=/opt/gradle
-ENV PATH="${PATH}:${ANDROID_HOME}/cmdline-tools/latest/bin:${ANDROID_HOME}/platform-tools:${GRADLE_HOME}/bin"
+#  Not required, mostly. When dev containers are used. (Uncomment when using Docker)
+# ENV PATH="${PATH}:${ANDROID_HOME}/cmdline-tools/latest/bin:${ANDROID_HOME}/platform-tools"
 
 # removes broken yarn repo present in base image
 RUN rm -f /etc/apt/sources.list.d/yarn.list
@@ -33,7 +37,9 @@ RUN wget -q "https://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-${GRADLE_VERSION}-
     && rm /tmp/gradle.zip \
     && ln -s /opt/gradle-${GRADLE_VERSION} ${GRADLE_HOME}
 
-# Install fnm and Node.js
+ENV PATH="${PATH}:${GRADLE_HOME}/bin"
+
+# Install fnm and Node.js (Uncomment this when used in DOCKER)
 # Not required, mostly. When dev containers are used. 
 # ENV FNM_DIR=/usr/local/fnm
 # ENV PATH="${FNM_DIR}:${PATH}"
@@ -46,18 +52,21 @@ RUN wget -q "https://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-${GRADLE_VERSION}-
 # ENV PATH="${FNM_DIR}/aliases/default/bin:${PATH}"
 
 # Install Android SDK
-RUN mkdir -p ${ANDROID_HOME}/cmdline-tools \
-    && cd ${ANDROID_HOME}/cmdline-tools \
-    && wget -q "https://dl.google.com/android/repository/commandlinetools-linux-${CMDLINE_TOOLS_VERSION}_latest.zip" -O cmdline-tools.zip \
-    && unzip -q cmdline-tools.zip \
-    && rm cmdline-tools.zip \
-    && mv cmdline-tools latest \
-    && yes | ${ANDROID_HOME}/cmdline-tools/latest/bin/sdkmanager --licenses 2>/dev/null || true \
-    && ${ANDROID_HOME}/cmdline-tools/latest/bin/sdkmanager --update \
-    && ${ANDROID_HOME}/cmdline-tools/latest/bin/sdkmanager \
-        "platform-tools" \
-        "platforms;android-${ANDROID_PLATFORM}" \
-        "build-tools;${ANDROID_BUILD_TOOLS}"
+# Skipped when built by devcontainer. handled by the android-sdk feature instead.
+RUN if [ "$DEVCONTAINER" = "false" ]; then \
+      mkdir -p ${ANDROID_HOME}/cmdline-tools \
+      && cd ${ANDROID_HOME}/cmdline-tools \
+      && wget -q "https://dl.google.com/android/repository/commandlinetools-linux-${CMDLINE_TOOLS_VERSION}_latest.zip" -O cmdline-tools.zip \
+      && unzip -q cmdline-tools.zip \
+      && rm cmdline-tools.zip \
+      && mv cmdline-tools latest \
+      && yes | ${ANDROID_HOME}/cmdline-tools/latest/bin/sdkmanager --licenses 2>/dev/null || true \
+      && ${ANDROID_HOME}/cmdline-tools/latest/bin/sdkmanager --update \
+      && ${ANDROID_HOME}/cmdline-tools/latest/bin/sdkmanager \
+          "platform-tools" \
+          "platforms;android-${ANDROID_PLATFORM}" \
+          "build-tools;${ANDROID_BUILD_TOOLS}"; \
+    fi
 
 WORKDIR /workspaces/acode
 

.devcontainer/devcontainer.json

@@ -1,14 +1,19 @@
 {
   "name": "Acode Development",
   "build": {
-    "dockerfile": "Dockerfile"
+    "dockerfile": "Dockerfile",
+    "args": {
+      "DEVCONTAINER": "true"
+    }
   },
 
   "containerEnv": {
     "JAVA_HOME": "/usr/local/openjdk-21"
   },
   "remoteEnv": {
-    "JAVA_HOME": "/usr/local/openjdk-21"
+    "JAVA_HOME": "/usr/local/openjdk-21",
+    "ANDROID_SDK_ROOT": "${containerEnv:ANDROID_HOME}",
+    "PATH": "${containerEnv:PATH}:${containerEnv:ANDROID_HOME}/build-tools/36.0.0"
   },
 
   "features": {

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Thank you for your interest in contributing to Acode! This guide will help you g
 
 ### Option 1: DevContainer (Recommended)
 
-1. Install the [Dev Containers extension](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-vscode-remote.remote-containers) in VS Code or other editors that support DevContainers.
+1. Install the [Dev Containers extension](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-vscode-remote.remote-containers) in VS Code or other editors that support [DevContainers](https://containers.dev/).
 
 2. Clone and open the repository:
    ```bash
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ If your editor doesn't support DevContainers, you can use Docker directly:
 git clone https://github.com/Acode-Foundation/Acode.git
 cd Acode
 
+# Check .devcontainer/Dockerfile to uncomment docker related commands.
+# As certain commands cannot be guarded with checks, Kindly check the file throughout.
+
 # Build the Docker image from our Dockerfile
 docker build -t acode-dev .devcontainer/