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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 android-sdk_ and choose the one appropriate for your system. Extract the archive to a suitable location after the download is complete.

Start the SDK Manager.

  • Windows Run SDK Manager.exe in the main SDK directory.
  • Linux/macOS Run android in [android-sdk]/tools

After the SDK Manager finishes loading install the following components:

  • Android SDK Tools
  • Android SDK Platform-tools
  • Android SDK Build-tools - v23.0.3
  • Android 4.4.2 (API 19):
  • Android 4.2.2 (API 17):
    • SDK Platform
    • Google APIs
  • If you plan to work on the Android applications, you may also download the remaining SDK Platforms for API 17 up until the latest.
  • Extras:
    • Android Support Repository
    • Google USB Driver (Windows only.)
    • Intel x86 Emulator Accelerator (HAXM installer) (Windows only. Greatly increases the Android emulator speed when run with Intel emulator system images.)

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.