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Cannot install sdkmanager in windows 10

I am trying to install the sdk manager alone for using it with Eclipse. I downloaded the zip file provided by google -
commandlinetools-win-6200805_latest.zip
from https://developer.android.com/studio
But as I try to run the sdkmanager.bat file it doesn't run and i am getting the following errors:
Error: could not find or load main class com.android.sdklib.tool.sdkmanager.SdkManagerCli
Please note that Java jdk path is set properly and there is no error with respect to that.
If you are interested to look at the bat file, here it is:
#if "%DEBUG%" == "" #echo off
#rem ##########################################################################
#rem
#rem sdkmanager startup script for Windows
#rem
#rem ##########################################################################
#rem Set local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" setlocal
set DIRNAME=%~dp0
if "%DIRNAME%" == "" set DIRNAME=.
set APP_BASE_NAME=%~n0
set APP_HOME=%DIRNAME%..
#rem Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and SDKMANAGER_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
set DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS=-Dcom.android.sdklib.toolsdir=%~dp0\..
#rem Find java.exe
if defined JAVA_HOME goto findJavaFromJavaHome
set JAVA_EXE=java.exe
%JAVA_EXE% -version >NUL 2>&1
if "%ERRORLEVEL%" == "0" goto init
echo.
echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
echo.
echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
echo location of your Java installation.
goto fail
:findJavaFromJavaHome
set JAVA_HOME=%JAVA_HOME:"=%
#rem set JAVA_EXE=C:/Program Files/Java/jdk1.8.0_241/bin/java.exe
set JAVA_EXE=%JAVA_HOME%/bin/java.exe
if exist "%JAVA_EXE%" goto init
echo.
echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: %JAVA_HOME%
echo.
echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
echo location of your Java installation.
goto fail
:init
#rem Get command-line arguments, handling Windows variants
if not "%OS%" == "Windows_NT" goto win9xME_args
:win9xME_args
#rem Slurp the command line arguments.
set CMD_LINE_ARGS=
set _SKIP=2
:win9xME_args_slurp
if "x%~1" == "x" goto execute
set CMD_LINE_ARGS=%*
:execute
#rem Setup the command line
set CLASSPATH=%APP_HOME%\lib\/sdkmanager-classpath.jar
#rem Execute sdkmanager
"%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %SDKMANAGER_OPTS% -classpath "%CLASSPATH%" com.android.sdklib.tool.sdkmanager.SdkManagerCli %CMD_LINE_ARGS%
:end
#rem End local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
if "%ERRORLEVEL%"=="0" goto mainEnd
:fail
rem Set variable SDKMANAGER_EXIT_CONSOLE if you need the _script_ return code instead of
rem the _cmd.exe /c_ return code!
if not "" == "%SDKMANAGER_EXIT_CONSOLE%" exit 1
exit /b 1
:mainEnd
if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" endlocal
:omega
Any help appreciated

TL;DR;
copy the content of tools/lib/_ to tools/lib
run sdkmanager commands with --sdk_root parameter.
Details
In the line 66 of the sdkmanager.bat, CLASSPATH is defined to be like this
set CLASSPATH=%APP_HOME%\lib\/sdkmanager-classpath.jar
and inside the lib directory, sdkmanager-classpath.jar is, oddly, under a subdirectory called -.
I tried to change the path in the batch file but it did not work, so I copied the files from ..../tools/lib/_ to ..../tools/lib and the error disappeard. However, a warning appeared:
Warning: Could not create settings
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException
at com.android.sdklib.tool.sdkmanager.SdkManagerCliSettings.<init>(SdkManagerCliSettings.java:428)
at com.android.sdklib.tool.sdkmanager.SdkManagerCliSettings.createSettings(SdkManagerCliSettings.java:152)
at com.android.sdklib.tool.sdkmanager.SdkManagerCliSettings.createSettings(SdkManagerCliSettings.java:134)
at com.android.sdklib.tool.sdkmanager.SdkManagerCli.main(SdkManagerCli.java:57)
at com.android.sdklib.tool.sdkmanager.SdkManagerCli.main(SdkManagerCli.java:48)
According to this answer, I tried to pass the --sdk_root parameter which worked without problems:
sdkmanager --sdk_root=%ANDROID_HOME% --list
# %ANDROID_HOME% is the environment variable that contains the path of android
# sdk installation. Typically, would be:
# `C:\Users\<USERNAME>\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\tools`
PS: even I was able to solve this, I would say that this answer is a workaround since the documentation does not mention anything about copying files to other path

I post this for my short note upon the solution.
After done several research only specify sdk_root parameter solve Java problem.
sdkmanager --sdk_root=%ANDROID_HOME% --install [Package_name]
Where %ANDROID_HOME% specify a PATH to android SDK extracted. e.g. "d:\android-sdk"
Package_name can be obtained from --list option.
sdkmanager --sdk_root=%ANDROID_HOME% --list
I use this for Appium so only platform-tools, platforms [API Level] Should be fine. Emulator if you want to use AVD.

I also had the same problem and did not get any solution and one day by mistake I got the solution.
At first I kept the SDK folder wherever I wanted but this gave the error, so I kept it in the AppData folder (in Windows)
C:/Users/{username}/AppData
This folder is hidden by default, so either search for it in the address bar or enable to show the hidden folder and keep the SDK folder there

Unable to execute the Gluon “Getting Started” example for Eclipse and Android [duplicate]

I am trying to install the sdk manager alone for using it with Eclipse. I downloaded the zip file provided by google -
commandlinetools-win-6200805_latest.zip
from https://developer.android.com/studio
But as I try to run the sdkmanager.bat file it doesn't run and i am getting the following errors:
Error: could not find or load main class com.android.sdklib.tool.sdkmanager.SdkManagerCli
Please note that Java jdk path is set properly and there is no error with respect to that.
If you are interested to look at the bat file, here it is:
#if "%DEBUG%" == "" #echo off
#rem ##########################################################################
#rem
#rem sdkmanager startup script for Windows
#rem
#rem ##########################################################################
#rem Set local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" setlocal
set DIRNAME=%~dp0
if "%DIRNAME%" == "" set DIRNAME=.
set APP_BASE_NAME=%~n0
set APP_HOME=%DIRNAME%..
#rem Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and SDKMANAGER_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
set DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS=-Dcom.android.sdklib.toolsdir=%~dp0\..
#rem Find java.exe
if defined JAVA_HOME goto findJavaFromJavaHome
set JAVA_EXE=java.exe
%JAVA_EXE% -version >NUL 2>&1
if "%ERRORLEVEL%" == "0" goto init
echo.
echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
echo.
echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
echo location of your Java installation.
goto fail
:findJavaFromJavaHome
set JAVA_HOME=%JAVA_HOME:"=%
#rem set JAVA_EXE=C:/Program Files/Java/jdk1.8.0_241/bin/java.exe
set JAVA_EXE=%JAVA_HOME%/bin/java.exe
if exist "%JAVA_EXE%" goto init
echo.
echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: %JAVA_HOME%
echo.
echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
echo location of your Java installation.
goto fail
:init
#rem Get command-line arguments, handling Windows variants
if not "%OS%" == "Windows_NT" goto win9xME_args
:win9xME_args
#rem Slurp the command line arguments.
set CMD_LINE_ARGS=
set _SKIP=2
:win9xME_args_slurp
if "x%~1" == "x" goto execute
set CMD_LINE_ARGS=%*
:execute
#rem Setup the command line
set CLASSPATH=%APP_HOME%\lib\/sdkmanager-classpath.jar
#rem Execute sdkmanager
"%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %SDKMANAGER_OPTS% -classpath "%CLASSPATH%" com.android.sdklib.tool.sdkmanager.SdkManagerCli %CMD_LINE_ARGS%
:end
#rem End local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
if "%ERRORLEVEL%"=="0" goto mainEnd
:fail
rem Set variable SDKMANAGER_EXIT_CONSOLE if you need the _script_ return code instead of
rem the _cmd.exe /c_ return code!
if not "" == "%SDKMANAGER_EXIT_CONSOLE%" exit 1
exit /b 1
:mainEnd
if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" endlocal
:omega
Any help appreciated

TL;DR;
copy the content of tools/lib/_ to tools/lib
run sdkmanager commands with --sdk_root parameter.
Details
In the line 66 of the sdkmanager.bat, CLASSPATH is defined to be like this
set CLASSPATH=%APP_HOME%\lib\/sdkmanager-classpath.jar
and inside the lib directory, sdkmanager-classpath.jar is, oddly, under a subdirectory called -.
I tried to change the path in the batch file but it did not work, so I copied the files from ..../tools/lib/_ to ..../tools/lib and the error disappeard. However, a warning appeared:
Warning: Could not create settings
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException
at com.android.sdklib.tool.sdkmanager.SdkManagerCliSettings.<init>(SdkManagerCliSettings.java:428)
at com.android.sdklib.tool.sdkmanager.SdkManagerCliSettings.createSettings(SdkManagerCliSettings.java:152)
at com.android.sdklib.tool.sdkmanager.SdkManagerCliSettings.createSettings(SdkManagerCliSettings.java:134)
at com.android.sdklib.tool.sdkmanager.SdkManagerCli.main(SdkManagerCli.java:57)
at com.android.sdklib.tool.sdkmanager.SdkManagerCli.main(SdkManagerCli.java:48)
According to this answer, I tried to pass the --sdk_root parameter which worked without problems:
sdkmanager --sdk_root=%ANDROID_HOME% --list
# %ANDROID_HOME% is the environment variable that contains the path of android
# sdk installation. Typically, would be:
# `C:\Users\<USERNAME>\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\tools`
PS: even I was able to solve this, I would say that this answer is a workaround since the documentation does not mention anything about copying files to other path

I post this for my short note upon the solution.
After done several research only specify sdk_root parameter solve Java problem.
sdkmanager --sdk_root=%ANDROID_HOME% --install [Package_name]
Where %ANDROID_HOME% specify a PATH to android SDK extracted. e.g. "d:\android-sdk"
Package_name can be obtained from --list option.
sdkmanager --sdk_root=%ANDROID_HOME% --list
I use this for Appium so only platform-tools, platforms [API Level] Should be fine. Emulator if you want to use AVD.

I also had the same problem and did not get any solution and one day by mistake I got the solution.
At first I kept the SDK folder wherever I wanted but this gave the error, so I kept it in the AppData folder (in Windows)
C:/Users/{username}/AppData
This folder is hidden by default, so either search for it in the address bar or enable to show the hidden folder and keep the SDK folder there

"cordova platform add android" fails with unexpected error

i am trying to install Phonegap on Ubuntu 13.04, i have installed the Android SDK with all available Packages, but running the following command:
cordova platform add android
fails with an unexpected error:
[Error: An error occured during creation of android sub-project. An unexpected error occurred: "$ANDROID_BIN" create project --target $TARGET --path "$PROJECT_PATH" --package $PACKAGE --activity $ACTIVITY &>/dev/null exited with 1
Deleting project...
I have set the PATH Variables for Android (tools / platform-tools) and java and ant are installed.
Why does this happen? How can i get a more detailed error message?

have you tried running command with sudo?
it could be a permissions issue.
If still not working, try running it using verbose mode i.e. sudo -d cordova...
In case this is due to activity name whitespaces, see comments for this answer.
There is an issue reported in https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-4198, for which I've sent a pull request to remove whitespaces https://github.com/phonegap/phonegap/pull/39.

As #José said, the "hello" example doesn't work because spaces are not allowed.
Changing it to "HelloWorld" solves the problem.

remove the space in between name tags in config.xml
MyAppName< name>

In my case, using debian wheezy, the example from: http://docs.phonegap.com/en/edge/guide_cli_index.md.html#The%20Command-line%20Interface does not work with this error:
[Error: An error occured during creation of android sub-project. An unexpected error occurred: "$ANDROID_BIN" create project --target $TARGET --path "$PROJECT_PATH" --package $PACKAGE --activity $ACTIVITY &>/dev/null exited with 1
Deleting project...
]
After adding $JAVA_HOME (Java sun, with openjdk did't work) and $PATH the andriod sdk path to .../sdk/platform-tools:../sdk/tool
The solution in my case was the project name:
The example that doesn't work:
cordova create HelloWorld com.example.hello "Hello World"
THIS works:
cordova create HelloWorld com.example.hello HelloWorld

Make sure your package and project names are correct, following the com.mycompanyname.myappname format without any numbers or dashes.
Here's the issue being tracked by PhoneGap.

If you open up the create file (phonegap-2.7.0/lib/android/bin/create) with textEdit, there is a line that lists
ANDROID_BIN=”${ANDROID_BIN:=$( which android )}”.
The “which android” is the cause of the issue
If you replace this line with the full path to your android tools (SDK), it should resolve the issue. It looked like this:
ANDROID_BIN=/Users/cswjs/Documents/Dev/adt-bundle/sdk/tools/android
OR try modify ~/.bash_profile using open ~/.bash_profile to full PATH
export PATH=${PATH}:/Users/cswjs/Documents/Dev/adt-bundle/sdk/platform-tools:/Users/cswjs/Documents/Dev/adt-bundle/sdk/tools
And use cordova create foo com.example.foo foo to create new project named foo. Make sure project name should be same.
Hope this could help someone!

IN my case there are many places in create script where u need to remove >null to see real logs. and i finally resolved my issues by
sudo chown -R sachinsharma ~/.cordova

how to generate apk file using a command line?

please tell me how to build apk files of a project without the use of ECLIPSE ide. i found some infos about using a batch file but i don't know how to remake it.
echo on
SET PREV_PATH=%CD%
cd /d %0\..
REM Clear bin folder
rmdir "bin" /S /Q
rmdir "gen" /S /Q
mkdir "bin" || goto EXIT
mkdir "gen" || goto EXIT
REM Set your application name
SET APP_NAME=SecureSms
REM Define minimal Android revision
SET ANDROID_REV=android-8
REM Define aapt add command
SET ANDROID_AAPT_ADD="%ANDROID-SDK%\platforms\%ANDROID_REV%\tools\aapt.exe" add
REM Define aapt pack and generate resources command
SET ANDROID_AAPT_PACK="%ANDROID-SDK%\platforms\%ANDROID_REV%\tools\aapt.exe" package -v -f -I "%ANDROID-SDK%\platforms\%ANDROID_REV%\android.jar"
REM Define class file generator command
SET ANDROID_DX="%ANDROID-SDK%\platform-tools\dx.bat" --dex
REM Define Java compiler command
SET JAVAC="%JAVABIN%\javac.exe" -classpath "%ANDROID-SDK%\platforms\%ANDROID_REV%\android.jar"
SET JAVAC_BUILD=%JAVAC% -sourcepath "src;gen" -d "bin"
REM Generate R class and pack resources and assets into resources.ap_ file
call %ANDROID_AAPT_PACK% -M "AndroidManifest.xml" -A "assets" -S "res" -m -J "gen" -F "bin\resources.ap_" || goto EXIT
REM Compile sources. All *.class files will be put into the bin folder
call %JAVAC_BUILD% src\org\secure\sms\*.java || goto EXIT
REM Generate dex files with compiled Java classes
call %ANDROID_DX% --output="%CD%\bin\classes.dex" %CD%\bin || goto EXIT
REM Recources file need to be copied. This is needed for signing.
copy "%CD%\bin\resources.ap_" "%CD%\bin\%APP_NAME%.ap_" || goto EXIT
REM Add generated classes.dex file into application package
call %ANDROID_AAPT_ADD% "%CD%\bin\%APP_NAME%.ap_" "%CD%\bin\classes.dex" || goto EXIT
REM Create signed Android application from *.ap_ file. Output and Input files must be different.
call "%JAVABIN%\jarsigner" -keystore "%CD%\keystore\my-release-key.keystore" -storepass "password" -keypass "password" -signedjar "%CD%\bin\%APP_NAME%.apk" "%CD%\bin\%APP_NAME%.ap_" "alias_name" || goto EXIT
REM Delete temp file
del "bin\%APP_NAME%.ap_"
:EXIT
cd "%PREV_PATH%"
ENDLOCAL
exit /b %ERRORLEVEL%
i got this codes from a site. (http://www.apriorit.com/our-company/dev-blog/233-how-to-build-apk-file-from-command-line)
i downloaded the source code sample and opened the batch file in there but it didn't generate it's apk file. usually the apk file is located at its bin\ right? but when i opened the folder, the file is not in there. please help me how to use this one. i'd appreciate you help.

You’ll have to have Apache ant for this one:
ant debug
This will build and sign the necessary .apk files.
For more info, please see this: http://codeseekah.com/2012/02/09/command-line-android-development-basics/
EDIT:
ant is not a part of standard Android SDK setup. You'll have to install it.
Download the latest ant zip file from The Apache Ant Project.
Extract the zip file to a folder, say c:\ant\
Add c:\ant to your path environment variable
Once these are done, you'll be able to run ant from the command line

The apk by default is located under bin and this is correct, but when you distribute source code it's better to not add any apk because a "fresh" compiled apk is always a better solution.
if you have a file called build.xml in the root of your project just do
ant debug
otherwise you need to update your project with the minimum informations required for the building phase with
android update project -t android-10 -p .
in this case android-10 is a target for your apk/app/api and you can customize this option for your targeted device.
After this you get your build.xml and everything is in place for generating an apk.

ant debug install
is actually viable if you create project with (note that you should specify the virtual device with "adb -s" command while installing if you're running multiple devices)
android create project -n <project_name>
-t <target_version> -p <path> -k <package> -a <activity>
and use this command to run on the avd (if you've started one)
adb -e shell "am start -a android.intent.action.MAIN -n com.your.package/.YourActivity"
(change -e option to -d if you're running on devices)
reference
better use "AVD Manager.exe" to start a virtual device if you don't know those command or parameters, as there're quite a lot.

One of the best example I found on Internet for creating Android APK is https://geosoft.no/development/android.html.Also you can use assembleDebug command in root directory (make sure setting gradle as environment variable), if you are using Gradle.

android monkey runner scripts

i am tryig to execute a sample python program through monkey runner command prompt and it is throwing an error
Can't open specified script file
Usage: monkeyrunner [options] SCRIPT_FILE
-s MonkeyServer IP Address.
-p MonkeyServer TCP Port.
-v MonkeyServer Logging level (ALL, FINEST, FINER, FINE, CONFIG, INFO,
WARNING, SEVERE, OFF)
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException
so any one can guide me how to resolve this one

scriptfile should be a full path file name
try below
monkeyrunner c:\test_script\first.py

try using something like
...\tools>monkeyrunner -v ALL first.py
where first.py was my sample python script which I copied into tools folder of android SDK (the place where monkeyrunner.bat is located)

Under all unix/linux families OS the sha bang syntax can be used.
Edit the first line of your script with the results of the following command:
which monkeyrunner
for example, if monkeyrunner (usually provided with android sdk) has been installed under /usr/local/bin/sdk write:
#!/usr/local/bin/sdk/tools/monkeyrunner
or even use "env"
#!/usr/bin/env monkeyrunner
then set you script file as executable
chmod +x <script>
You can now launch your script from the shell.

It looks not make sense to switch working directory to Android SDK folder but just for obtain some relative references path for itself. It means you have to specify the full path for your script file and the PNG image files you want to save or compare to.
A better way is modify few lines in the "monkeyrunner.bat" under your SDK folder as below. This will use your current path as working directory, so, no necessary to use full path file name.
rem don't modify the caller's environment
setlocal
rem Set up prog to be the path of this script, including following symlinks,
rem and set up progdir to be the fully-qualified pathname of its directory.
set prog=%~f0
rem Change current directory and drive to where the script is, to avoid
rem issues with directories containing whitespaces.
rem cd /d %~dp0
rem Check we have a valid Java.exe in the path.
set java_exe=
call %~sdp0\lib\find_java.bat
if not defined java_exe goto :EOF
set jarfile=monkeyrunner.jar
set frameworkdir=
set libdir=
if exist %frameworkdir%%jarfile% goto JarFileOk
set frameworkdir=%~sdp0\lib\
if exist %frameworkdir%%jarfile% goto JarFileOk
set frameworkdir=%~sdp0\..\framework\
:JarFileOk
set jarpath=%frameworkdir%%jarfile%
if not defined ANDROID_SWT goto QueryArch
set swt_path=%ANDROID_SWT%
goto SwtDone
:QueryArch
for /f %%a in ('%java_exe% -jar %frameworkdir%archquery.jar') do set swt_path=%frameworkdir%%%a
:SwtDone
if exist %swt_path% goto SetPath
echo SWT folder '%swt_path%' does not exist.
echo Please set ANDROID_SWT to point to the folder containing swt.jar for your platform.
exit /B
:SetPath
call %java_exe% -Xmx512m -Djava.ext.dirs=%frameworkdir%;%swt_path% -Dcom.android.monkeyrunner.bindir=%frameworkdir%\..\..\platform-tools\ -jar %jarpath% %*

I met the same things as you did, I resolved by using "monkeyrunner" command under tools, and your script file should be a full path name. It looks like the directory “tools” is the main directory of MonnkeyRunner. I am depressed that I can't run my script files by pydev IDE directly.

monkeyrunner.bat cygpath -w $(pwd)/monkey.py