I rarely do something for Android so I'm a bit confused. While back there were two type of installations - Android Studio and just Android SDK. I have IDEA so I don't need Studio. Typically I download SDK that have UI tool to download its components.
I just got https://dl.google.com/android/repository/tools_r25.2.3-linux.zip and I can't see UI SDK Manager in it. There is bin/sdkmanager shell script. But it's kinda inconvenient for my purpose because going through output of --list, copy-pasting packages names and running sdkmanager would take too much time.
What's the way of installing this quickly now ?
PS. I'm on Ubuntu 16.10 in case it matters.
PS2. I just tried sdkmanager "platforms;android-25" as per documentation but it gave no output after me agreeing to terms. Where did it install SDK files? Did it even install it? Amazing.
Looks like I'm not the only one who had to deal with this idiocy. The way to install it
Unpack zip to some /parent folder so it has /parent/tools. I extracted content of zip's tools to /androidsdk and it was mistake. Script couldn't find it.
Set ANDROID_HOME to /parent folder.
Run /parent/tools/android sdk to see SDK Manager's GUI.
Google, was it hard to leave script that does the above in installation zip so people don't need to waste 40 minutes googling around ?
Officially GUI is gone, but pleasant people saved the last of it for us:
installer_r24.4.1-windows.exe
According for this announcment Google doesn't intend to support ADT pluging for Eclipse since June 2015, and so as GUI for ADT at all. They explain the decision with an entire switching to Android Studio. There are no links on official Android sources where to download last GUI version, because they find it as having potential security bugs.
So you have chance to download the last saved version, till the link will not be changed. If it already happened try to search by tag.
Thank to Losin' Me for links:
Windows (No installer): dl.google.com/android/android-sdk_r24.4.1-windows.zip
Mac OS X: dl.google.com/android/android-sdk_r24.4.1-macosx.zip
Linux: dl.google.com/android/android-sdk_r24.4.1-linux.tgz
Found on web.archive.org
Late to the party, but you can download v24.4 installer like the good old day here. It will update itself to v25.x and everything works as expected. Also a big ef'u Google.
Update 2021-07 : This tool does not offer build tools version >= 30 and won't show newer packages anymore
Since Android released build tools 25.3.0, they removed android CLI command and replaced it with avdmanager and sdkmanager located inside your $ANDROID_HOME/bin/tools
Run this command to get a list of available packages in sdk-style path:
sdkmanager --list
Run this command to install a specific image: sdkmanager --verbose "system-images;android-19;google_apis;x86"
From the command line, just type
tools/android sdk
and the usual GUI for the Android SDK will be prompted.
Hope this helps
If You have Android Studio, you can point your sdk manager in Android Studio to where you just installed your SDK. You can manage it from there. That's what I had to do. The command line was so tough for me as I didn't get the full package names when running sdkmanager --list command
Here is the link for download android sdk with GUI for windows, linux and mac:
Uncompressing and put the folder named tools inside androidsdk directory, search for android.bat: it's open GUI in windows.
Download packages and develop apps.
For using with Xamarin, The official Xamarin SDK Manager is now available for Visual Studio 2017 and above. It can be installed from under "Cross Platform Mobile" workload in the Visual Studio Installer. It replaces Google's standalone SDK Manager (which was deprecated in version 25.2.3 of the Android SDK Tools package).
I am sorry for bumping a necropost. But I have just released a simple Android SDK GUI. Maybe this little weekend project could save some people from headache of using sdkmanager command line or downloading android-tools twice.
You could check my project at AndroidGUI.
Fork as you please or better yet send me PR. Any help would be very much appreciated.
PS: It would be very useful if somebody could point me to the latest sdklib-*.jar source code. So that I could interface with Android SDK directly.
In the tools directory search for ' android.bat ' file and run it , GUI for SDK manager will open .
For all Windows users: I just made a "porting" of the old GUI executables...
although porting is a big word, I just changed the executable so it would read andoid_gui.bat instead of android.bat, and added that file and some required libs (although I think only archquery.jar is needed, I also put sdkmanager.jar, sdkstats.jar and sdkuilib.jar; it seems to work even without them so let me know if they are not needed)
Just extract it in the SDK directory
Download here
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I'm trying to setup Android Studio on a new install of Mac OS X Yosemite. I downloaded the Android Studio Beta v0.8.14 from here: https://developer.android.com/sdk/installing/studio.html and upon launching it complained about not having an SDK (although the download page indicates it should include the SDK). I tried searching after installing for the SDK and can't find it (a few other posts indicate /Applications/Android Studio.app/sdk but that location doesn't exist). Where is the SDK installed and what is required to set it up?
Go to the SDK Manager and click Edit... next to the field for the location of the SDK. Then an "SDK Setup" window should display. There you can download the SDK.
Edit: This answer is deprecated as Android Studio seems to bundle everything since a while already.
Old answer
It seems the android-studio-bundle version is no longer available in the download page (instead there are only android-studio-ide). When you start Android Studio, it won't let you create a new projet until you configure the SDK location.
That means you have to download the SDK separately here, extract it somewhere, and configure it on Configure->Project Defaults->Project Structure. After that, the SDK Manager icon will be enabled and you can download the tools you want.
I had the same problem on Windows. After I re-installed it a few times, I found that the SDK was installed but hidden in C:\Users\<user name>\AppData\Local\Android\sdk.
Information for Windows
For some reason, which I have no time to investigate, Android seems to provide, currently, the IDE and the SDK separately, while in the Dev Webpage says the opposite.
This is the "complete" (false!) tool I have just downloaded: android-studio-ide-171.4443003-windows.exe (SDK is missing here, note the "ide" in the file name).
And this is the real complete tool I had downloaded few months ago, from the same place...: android-studio-bundle-162.3871768-windows.exe
Note that this last one has the "bundle" in the file name.
Please, download the bundle (IDE+SDK) from here:
https://dl.google.com/dl/android/studio/install/2.3.1.0/android-studio-bundle-162.3871768-windows.exe?hl=ko
I want to suppose (¿?) that similar link you can find for Linux or macOS just Googling for it.
Hope this helps!
It worked like this for me
Downloaded the Android Studio
Install Android Studio
Open Android Studio after installation.
You will get a dialog box to import settings if you already have Intellij installed on your machine. Say "Do not Import". Otherwise continue to next step.
It will ask you in the dialog box to pre-configure such as theme, path etc.
Just click next next...and then Finish. You will see the SDK tool will start downloading.
After installation is finished. You can find it in this path: C:\Users\<user name>\AppData\Local\Android\sdk
If you have ever installed Android Studio before and then removed it, it won't reinstall the SDK automatically (speculation: some Windows setting somewhere).
The solution is starting Android Studio and then
File -> Manage IDE Settings -> Restore Default Settings
This will wipe any custom settings you don't have at this point and trigger the SDK install
What Pablo wrote is misleading.
This is the "complete" (false!) tool I have just downloaded:
android-studio-ide-171.4443003-windows.exe (SDK is missing here, note
the "ide" in the file name).
Yes, it is IDE only, but after you install this IDE and first time run it, SDK will be downloaded automatically. So there is no need to download some outdated bundles. Just use default "green button" on https://developer.android.com/studio/index.html
I'm using Ubuntu, and had previously installed Android Studio. It was using too much space, so I deleted it. Now when I downloaded it and started ./studio.sh, it found my previous installation configuration directory and asked to import from there. I did, and then this problem occurred.
I put the directory .Android Studio 3.3 in the trash and restarted ./studio.sh, and it imported the SDK automatically for me. That was good, because I couldn't find it where it was supposed to be according to the dialog box. The 3.3 above is from the version of Android Studio I was installing.
in my case, my country is forbidden from google, and my PC's time zone was set by my counrty.
after I change my timezone to another country my problem solved and android studio download SDK and nkd easily
Re-install studio. If ANDROID_HOME is set to custom location then it will install sdk there else it will install SDK in C:\Users<user name>\AppData\Local\Android\sdk
Note:this is a temporary fix
If you have Eclipse then you can use that SDK for emulation.
Just run the sdk manager and emulate a version of android. Then while you are asking for emulating something ie while running code it will show your emulator as online and you can even use it.
Hope this helps you.
All the Best...
I have the Android Developer Tool which shows eclipse version 4.2 (juno).
According to Eclim site required version of Eclim is as
Eclipse 4.3.x (Kepler) (Eclim 2.2.x), Eclipse 3.7.x (Indigo) (Eclim 1.7.x), or Eclipse 3.8 (Eclim 1.7.13 or greater)
I thought eclim 1.7.18 will work with eclipse 4.2. I also tried 2.3 but none are compatible with eclipse 4.2 which comes bundled in ADT.
So which version of Eclim should I use?
I got ADT bundle with eclipse 4.2 and installed eclim 2.2.6 which doesn't complain about eclipse's version.
I hope it works for you too.
For other readers not satisfied I'll tell my story, before you read you must know I'm that type of developers who love using the CLI and thinks that keyboard shurtcuts are faster than using a mouse, if you don't agree may be this setup is not for you:
Install main tools
I've downloaded Eclipse Luna (4.4.0) from the eclipse project website.
Download the Android SDK.
Later install the ADT Plugin (through Help > Install New Software).
After installing the ADT Plugin will ask for the path to the Android SDK.
Later on installed Eclim (2.4.0), it will ask for the eclipse installation folder as well for the .vim folder.
Start the Eclim daemon service. (In debian you can use update-rc.d to make it always run, or search a solution for your system, you can setup to start at system start, let the ideas come out!)
Setting up the Android Development Vim Studio
Check Eclim is up by typing in vim :PingEclim you should see the version of Eclim as well of Eclipse.
I suggest installing the NeoComplCache Vim plugin it integrates nicely with Eclim autocomplete, in the Eclim doc web site it says what you need to add to integrate it.
Eclim will detect the android-sdk path based on the setup you made on eclipse but if not you can define the android-sdk path (see Eclim docs).
How to create projects and install on device
With my NERDTreee I automagically CD in the selected root dir and use :ProjectCreate %/MyProjectFolder -n android, it will ask for some configs.
Later in order to you can build and install the app to your phone you need first to generate the build files (eclipse doesn't share these build files), use :!android project update --path %/MyProjectFolder (note you can omit '/MyProjectFolder' if you're already inside that folder). You can add --target and --name flags if you want to update these values.
At this point you can work in your project without any issues, code completion works excellent, if you need import something use :JavaImport but you know you can map it.
Wenever you want to test the app in your device (I use a physical device) use :Ant debug install and if build succeeds use :!adb shell am start -n your.package.name/.YourMainActivity this will fire the app in your device just like eclipse does.
You can combine the build and install command with :!ant debug install && adb shell am start -n your.package.name/.YourMainActivity. Also remember to keep a terminal open for your logcat adb logcat or if you declare a tag (I suggest doing it) adb logcat -s "MyTag"
Why to use eclim?
I was in a pain after updating my eclipse juno only errors was shown, I was tired of downloading, installing, updating eclipse, even the bundled ADT was bugy, Android Studio looks very ugly on linux by the swing font rendering, many hours were wasted at the end I just search for integrate my vim (I use it for web dev) and never looked back, used Eclim because I had the buggied eclipse on my system (is still here can't use that slow bugy crap, I HATE ECLIPSE).
Does it worth it?
If you don't have eclipse I suggest you try another Android Development Vim Studio without eclim, but if you already have Eclipse, go for eclim. And yes I'm happier to code this way in Vim rather than in eclipse, the only miss is the GUI Layout Designer. As some people say If you want something done well, better do it your self
Looks like a lot of work
Yes, for sure I'll start building a vimscript for this.
"Error executing aapt. Please check aapt is present at ... /platform tools/aapt"
I am trying to build Android apps using Eclipse Android SDK in Ubuntu.
I installed Ubuntu 32bit 10.10 in two different computers and I can't fix the problems now.
I installed Eclipse, ADT plugin, Android SDK, all Android APIs, ...and also I have set Preferences to Android SDK folder. I also carefully put all SDK and Eclipse in my username folder to make sure I fully have right permission.
I also try to use google to find similar cases. Most cases use 64 bit Ubuntu.
I also fix the GNU compiler and some instructions here.
But now I am really hopeless. It looks like this problem is really serious.
I really appreciate all of your helps.
Thanks so much
ddienle#gmail.com
ledangdien#yahoo.com
Thanks again
*Also, I try to restart my Computer many times and try to install many different version
of Eclipse. Each time I set Preferences for Android SDK, the following message box occur
"Failed to get the adb version: Cannot run program "/home/sdc/android-sdk-linux_x86/platform-tools/adb": java.io.IOException: error=13, Permission denied"
Now I try everything but they don't work*
Have you tried the adt-eclipse-bundle?
https://developer.android.com/sdk/installing/bundle.html
You have some wrong permissions. Perhaps some files are owned by the root user because of using sudo when it wasn't needed. All files in your home directory should be owned by your user. You can fix that with the following:
sudo chown -Rc $USER:$USER /home/sdc/
i am a student in africa and in our land, there actually exist slow and expensive internet connections, which is why we tremble in fear whenever we hear the word "online repository" method of installing software. Damn, that usually means you have to look elsewhere.
The problem.(i cant install android without connecting eclipse to the internet)
It is possible to manually download individual components as .zip files but there is no way of installing them into android eg i have managed to download
platform-tools_r03-windowsandroid-sdk_r10-windowsetcbut no matter what i do, i can't get android to recognise them as components. It seems tens of thousands of other developers have a similar problem (see below)
This qn has 10k views(meaning 10k people had a similar problem)
another lost developer
webpage sudgesting solution that failed to work on windows seven ultimate
If someone has actually ever installed android without connecting eclipse to the internet, please let us know the magic you used. Thanks in advance :)
EDIT:
if someone out there is still interested check out http://qdevarena.blogspot.com/2010/05/download-android-sdk-standalone-for.html
and make sure your folder structure is as shown in http://developer.android.com/sdk/installing.html
For SDK and platform tools you can just extract the zip content, Eclipse has nothing to do here.
For Eclipse ADT plugin:
Download the zip file from http://dl.google.com/android/ADT-10.0.1.zip
Help -> Install New Software -> Add
Select Archive and then provide the location of the zip file
These steps are clearly explained in Eclipse ADT documentation.
Only in Windows
Install (if not installed) Oracle JDK jdk-7-windows-i586.exe
install Eclipse SDK
Add to the PATH environment variable the path to the JDK (for example c:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0\bin)
Edit the file hosts (c:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts), add the entry "127.0.0.1 dl-ssl.google.com"
It's important! Port 80 must be free at the time of installation Android SDK
Run the Abyss Web Server X1 (abyssws.exe). Works best if you download a fresh copy
Run the Android SDK "SDK Manager.exe" installer
In the "Android SDK Mannager" in the menu "Tools" >> "Options" put the check ("force https:// ... sources to be fetched using http:// ...")
Android SDK Manager will fetch packages in your computer. Choose the packages for API you want to program against, select and install packages
After installation the file hosts (c:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts) entry "127.0.0.1 dl-ssl.google.com" you entered in step 3
Good Luck!! and remember to update to lastest APIs and revision
You can download Eclipse ADT and install
IN Eclipse: Click Help tab and Install New Software tab
Click add button
In Add Repository Window, add in Name Field Eclipse ADT and Location field click archive to browse in local machine where you downloaded ADT
Press Ok and tick all, Eclipse will install the less
The answer by dtmilano is not valid for the current version of android SDK. (androdi 4.2.2)
The android website says that after the unzipping of the ADT:
Your Eclipse IDE is now set up to develop Android apps, but you need to add the latest SDK platform tools and an Android platform to your environment. To get these packages for your SDK, continue to Adding Platforms and Packages.
http://developer.android.com/sdk/installing/installing-adt.html
Instead, try
http://qdevarena.blogspot.in/2010/05/download-android-sdk-standalone-for.html
as mentioned by
Installing android SDK in eclipse offline
I'M a Ghanaian..I did it about a week ago on ubuntu it might work on windows
your question indicates that you have eclipse installed..so i will just move on to setting it up to run android apps ...
step 1: go to developer.android.com to download the sdk for windows(i recomend you download the one with the installer).
step 2: launch ur favourite browser and open this site.
you will see an xml page using ctr+f (any shortcut for finding a text on your browser) type andoroid 2.2 or any android version you like latest is kitkat 4.4...you will find ur prefered android version in zip file for ur OS i.e windows...just copy the text and append it to this address.
this will download the the platform for you in .zip format....just navigate to where you extracted ur sdk and go to platform folder and then create a new folder with any name and then extract the platfor you downloaded earlier i.e android version into the new folder you created...just launch the sdk.exe and it will auto detect your platform for you...
just go and creae your Android virtual device and start running your apps..
So I am super new to this, and am not really sure what I am doing.
I downloaded the Android SDK for Windows, but I am a little confused in setting it up/installing. So I read that I needed to set the System Variables Path to the tools/
but I it seems that I would be replacing the Windows\System32?!?!
I should not be replacing this should I?
Windows Vista; already have the Eclipse IDE download and set up (minus pointing at the SDK)
Can anyone help a begginer out with setting this thing up please?
apreciated; thanks!
also: i should metion exactly what I have done...
I downloaded that Android SDK and unzipped it.....that's about it!
The PATH environment variable is a semi-colon (;) list of paths. Just append a ";" + the Android SDK tools path to the end.
I installed the Linux version of the SDK but I can probably still help you. I followed these instructions exactly and everything worked out for me.
The next thing to do after unzipping and adding tools/ to the PATH, is to run 'android' this is a GUI program in the tools/ directory and it will allow you to create at least one Virtual Android platform for the emulator to run. just use all the defaults and the latest android version when setting that up. again all these instructions are available in more detail at the link above.
after you got that part done, you need to install eclipse if you haven't already. almost all Android development is done in eclipse with a plugin called ADT. although it is possible not to use eclipse and ADT, the tutorials and everything expect you to be using it.
after you install that try the hello world program.
add to path, put a ; then add to the end....
I have a blog post about what steps to take on a Windows machine to get started with Android development using Eclipse as your development environment (Windows 7, 64-bit in my case, but I don't think there is anything 7/64 specific in the list). I guess the points could have even more detail (no screenshots), but I basically typed them down so that I would remember them myself.
Getting ready for Android development
This site is an must read for starting android development, lot of good information on how to configure eclipse, installing adt etc.
And next up, get yourself an subscription here:
And the official android developer guide is one of the best I've seen for development platforms.