I have an understanding problem with Android Emulators
Whether is it packed derived from Android Studio or Android SDK, Some posts mentioned the SDK offers emulators while other post describing it bundled with Android IDE
From Android Emulator release notes
Android Emulator is included with Android Studio.
Versions of the emulator prior to 25.3.0 were distributed as part of
the Android SDK Tools.
To ensure you have the latest version, check the SDK Manager for
updates.
For Android Emulator versions prior to 25.3.0, see the Android SDK
Tools release notes.
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I am new to Xamarin and Android development. I have installed VS 2017. I have installed Google APIs ARM under Android 7.1 API 25. But I am not able to create the emulator. It says "no cpu abi image available for this target". What I might be missing in it?
After googling further i came across a helpful link
The screenshots you have included appear to show the GUI interface for the Google AVD Manager included with Android SDK Tools <= 25.x. Google made the decision to remove the GUI interface for many of their tools in Android SDK Tools 26.
We have been working on creating our own GUI interfaces to replace the ones removed by Google in their SDK Tools. You'll notice that we have our own interface for the Android SDK Manager built right into Visual Studio for Mac. We are working on a similar solution for the AVD Manager.
Until we have published our own solution I would strongly recommend the following:
Update the Android SDK Tools to >= 26.X.
Remove any AVDs that you have already created with the old tooling (they will not work).
Create new AVDs using the avdmanager CLI tools included with v. 26 of the Android SDK Tools
https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/content/problem/124590/no-cpuabi-system-images-available-for-this-target.html
I've tried to install android SDK from official site. It include latest android SDK tools (version 25.3.1)
This package have utility android which is needed by my project (very big one); but this tool is no longer available:
The android command is no longer available.
For manual SDK and AVD management, please use Android Studio.
For command-line tools, use tools/bin/sdkmanager and tools/bin/avdmanager
According to changelog it was discontinued in version 25.3.0 so I tried to check sdkmanager for older versions but unfortunately it only contains single version of tools.
How do I get an old version of android SDK with working android tool?
The official site has only latest version. Other links no longer work.
UPD.
Appium also encountered this, they just fixed their tools to use the new setup.
Links described here still work:
http://dl-ssl.google.com/android/repository/tools_r25.2.5-macosx.zip - Mac OS X
http://dl-ssl.google.com/android/repository/tools_r25.2.5-windows.zip - Windows
http://dl-ssl.google.com/android/repository/tools_r25.2.5-linux.zip - Linux
Though it seems that google doesn't want older versions of SDK to be used by all means so this link may not last long.
I have downloaded some projects of android apk to learn from it ..
i try to open it using the latest version of android studio (2.2.3) , but it's take too long time and then stop ,I looked for a solution to this problem and found that these applications were built on previous versions of the sdk So to solve this problem, I should use an earlier version of Android Studio, so I want to know what is the Android studio version which have Android 5.1 (API level 22).
You can have a single installation of Android Studio and all the SDKs you want to use (partially or fully installed)
You have to download the sdk via sdk manager download the latest sdk
i was installing android studio
and when i went to sdk manager it told me to install 10 packages by default .. while these packages were installing i lost my internet connection so i cancelled the whole process. now when i opened the android studio again on the home screen it says rendering fail and the phone which shows up in the middle of the screen (design view ) doesn't show up. i guess this happened due to some packages where not installed .. so i want to know what the the basic packages that i need to install. could someone post a list or a screen shot of your installed packages
You need
Android SDK tools
Android SDK platform-tools
Android SDK build-tools
Install everything in Android 5.0.1 (API 21) - or whatever the version you want
From Extras: Android Support Repository, Android Support Library, Google Play Services, Google Repository, Android Auto API Simulators, Intel x86 Emulator Accelerator(HAXM installer)
FYI, I'm using Eclipse IDE, so the names can be different. But these will be there in Android Studio too
Recommended packages by android developers
Android SDK Build Tools - Includes tools to build Android apps.
Android SDK Platform-tools - Includes various tools required by the Android platform, including the adb tool.
Android SDK Tools - Includes essential tools such as the Android Emulator and ProGuard.
Android Support Repository - Includes local Maven repository for Support libraries, which provide an extended set of APIs that are compatible with most versions of Android. It's required for products such as Android Wear, Android TV, and Google Cast.
Google Repository - Includes local Maven repository for Google libraries, which provide a variety of features and services for your apps, such as Google sign-in, Google Maps, Games achievements and leader boards, and much more.
In the SDK Platforms tab, you must also install at least one version of the Android platform. Required. At least one platform is required in your environment so you're able to compile your application. In order to provide the best user experience on the latest devices, use the latest platform version as your build target.
In the Android DSK Manager under "Installed Packages", I see things like:
SDK Platform Android 3.2
SDK Platform Android 3.1
SDK Platform Android 3.0
SDK Platform Android 2.3
SDK Platform Android 2.2
SDK Platform Android 2.1
SDK Platform Android 1.6
SDK Platform Android 1.5
Is it necessary to keep the older SDKs, if I am programming with the latest SDK?
No. You dont need older packages if you are sure about developing with latest packages.
You dont need to keep those packages which your application is not using. Generally you should keep those versions installed which your application is going to use. Like your application may use version from 8 to 10. So no need to keep lower than 8. So that depends on your application which version it will use.
Its too late but I would like to share my experience.
Yes, if you are using Instant Run and using SDK 21 or higher then you should keep SDK Platforms.
For Example, if have deleted the SDK Platform 22 and testing on Android 5.1 device or emulator then Android Studio will ask you to install SDK Platform if you want to use instant run else instant run will not work.