You will need to download the Android SDK without Android Studio bundled. This will install the Android SDK tools in /usr/local/Cellar/android-sdk/ Installing the Android SDK (Manual Way) Install Homebrew - the package manager for macOS/OS X.Otherwise, you may notice No such file or directory when running trying to execute the aapt program that is part of the Android SDK toolset: sudo apt-get install libc6-dev-i386 lib32z1 openjdk-8-jdk Installing the Android SDK (via Homebrew)Īssuming you have macOS/OS X running, you can use Homebrew to install the Android SDK. If you are using Ubuntu 15.04 or 15.10, make sure to install the following packages. The Gradle plugin to manage dependencies is now deprecated. Make sure to upgrade to the latest Gradle version. Gradle 2.2.0 now supports downloading automatically dependencies. Installing the Android SDK (Automated Way) Below is an overview of all different approaches.

The Android SDK can be installed automatically using the latest version of Gradle or downloading the Android SDK manually in several different ways. Platform Tools include the Android debug shell, sqlite3 and Systrace.

The Build Tools primarily include aapt (Android packaging tool to create. The SDK Tools primarily includes the stock Android emulator, hierarchy viewer, SDK manager, and ProGuard.

The Android software development kit (SDK) includes different components, including SDK Tools, Build Tools, and Platform Tools.

Sdk manager build file