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  1. Updated Download Latest ADB and Fastboot SDK Platform-Tools (2018): If you are an advanced Android user, you know that Android developers use the Android SDK or Android Studio to develop apps for Android users. Not just Android application development, Android SDK comes with various other tools under Platform-Tools such as ADB, Fastboot, Systrace and likewise.
  2. Standalone Direct Download Android SDK Platform, SDK Tools, Platform Tools, Build Tools, System-images, Add-on, NDK, GDK, Sources, SDK Documentations. Online Android SDK Manager. The Online Android SDK Manager is a online tool that allows you to Download and update packages for the Android SDK.
  3. Android SDK Tools/SDK Manager Android SDK Tools is a core component for Android SDK contains core tools and debugging of Android development including sdkmanager that manages other SDK.
  4. Nov 09, 2019  Normally, to use ADB or Fastboot you have to download Android SDK which is a part of Android Studio and set it up on your computer. This requires you to download the whole package which is about 2GB in size. That’s a lot if you only need the two most popular Android SDK platform tools: Fastboot and ADB.
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The Android SDK is composed of modular packages that you can download separately using the Android SDK Manager. For example, when the SDK Tools are updated or a new version of the Android platform is released, you can use the SDK Manager to quickly download them to your environment. Simply follow the procedures described in Adding Platforms and Packages.

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Android SDK Platform Tools Android SDK Platform-Tools is a component for the Android SDK contains tools that interface with the Android platform, such as adb, fastboot, and systrace. These tools are required for Android app development. Oct 30, 2019  The Android SDK is composed of modular packages that you can download separately using the Android SDK Manager. For example, when the SDK Tools are updated or a new version of the Android platform.

  • A command-line version of the Apk Analyzer has been added in tools/bin/apkanalyzer. It offers the same features as the Apk Analyzer in Android Studio and can be integrated into build/CI servers and scripts for tracking size regressions, generating reports, and so on.
  • ProGuard rules files under tools/proguard are no longer used by the Android Plugin for Gradle. Added a comment to explain that.
  • When creating an AVD with avdmanager, it is no longer necessary to specify --tag if the package specified by --package only contains a single image (as is the case for all images currently distributed by Google).

There are several different packages available for the Android SDK. The table below describes most of the available packages and where they're located once you download them.

29.0.5 (October 2019) Command-line tools:

adb

  • Slight performance improvement on Linux when using many simultaneous connections.
  • Add --fastdeploy option to adb install, for incremental updates to APKs while developing.

Available Packages:

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  • SDK Tools
    • Contains tools for debugging and testing, plus other utilities that are required to develop an app. If you've just installed the SDK starter package, then you already have the latest version of this package. Make sure you keep this up to date.
  • SDK Platform-tools
    • Contains platform-dependent tools for developing and debugging your application. These tools support the latest features of the Android platform and are typically updated only when a new platform becomes available. These tools are always backward compatible with older platforms, but you must be sure that you have the latest version of these tools when you install a new SDK platform.
  • Documentation
    • An offline copy of the latest documentation for the Android platform APIs.
  • SDK Platform
    • There's one SDK Platform available for each version of Android. It includes an android.jar file with a fully compliant Android library. In order to build an Android app, you must specify an SDK platform as your build target.
  • System Images
    • Each platform version offers one or more different system images (such as for ARM and x86). The Android emulator requires a system image to operate. You should always test your app on the latest version of Android and using the emulator with the latest system image is a good way to do so.
  • Sources for Android SDK
    • A copy of the Android platform source code that's useful for stepping through the code while debugging your app.
  • Samples for SDK
    • A collection of sample apps that demonstrate a variety of the platform APIs. These are a great resource to browse Android app code. The API Demos app in particular provides a huge number of small demos you should explore.
  • Google APIs
    • An SDK add-on that provides both a platform you can use to develop an app using special Google APIs and a system image for the emulator so you can test your app using the Google APIs.
  • Android Support
    • A static library you can include in your app sources in order to use powerful APIs that aren't available in the standard platform. For example, the support library contains versions of the Fragment class that's compatible with Android 1.6 and higher (the class was originally introduced in Android 3.0) and the ViewPager APIs that allow you to easily build a side-swipeable UI.
  • Google Play Billing
    • Provides the static libraries and samples that allow you to integrate billing services in your app with Google Play.
  • Google Play Licensing
    • Provides the static libraries and samples that allow you to perform license verification for your app when distributing with Google Play.

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Once you install Android Studio, it's easy to keep the Android Studio IDEand Android SDK tools up to date with automatic updatesand the Android SDK Manager.

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Update your IDE and change channels

Android Studio notifies you with a small bubble dialog when anupdate is available for the IDE, but you can manuallycheck for updates byclicking Help > Check for Update (on Mac, AndroidStudio > Check for Updates).

Updates for Android Studio are available from the followingrelease channels:

  • Canary channel: These are bleeding-edgereleases, updated roughly weekly, and available for download atdeveloper.android.com/studio/preview.

    In addition to receiving canary versions of Android Studio, you will also receive previewversions of other SDK tools, including the Android Emulator.

    Although these builds are subject to morebugs, they do get tested and we want to offer them so you can try newfeatures and provide feedback. This channel is not recommended forproduction development.

  • Dev channel: These are hand-picked canary builds thatsurvived a full round of internal testing.
  • Beta channel: These are release candidates based on stablecanary builds, released to get feedback before going into thestable channel.
  • Stable channel: The official stable release that isavailable for download atdeveloper.android.com/studio.

If you'd like to try one of the preview channels (Canary, Dev, or Beta)while still using the Stable build for your production Android projects, youcan install both side by side.

To change the update channel for an existing install, proceed as follows:

  1. Open the Preferences window by clickingFile > Settings (on Mac, Android Studio >Preferences).
  2. In the left panel, click Appearance & Behavior >System Settings > Updates.
  3. Be sure that Automatically check for updates is checked, then select a channel from the drop-down list (see figure 1).
  4. Click Apply or OK.

Figure 1. The Android Studio Updatespreferences.

Delete unused Android Studio directories

When you run a major version of Android Studio for the first time, it looks for directories containing caches, settings, indices, and logs for versions of Android Studio for which a corresponding installation can’t be found. The Delete Unused Android Studio Directories dialog then displays locations, sizes, and last-modified times of these unused directories and provides an option to delete them.

The directories Android Studio considers for deletion are listed below:

  • Linux: ~/.AndroidStudio[Preview]_version_
  • Mac: ~/Library/{Preferences, Caches, Logs, Application Support}/AndroidStudio[Preview]_version_
  • Windows: %USER%.AndroidStudio[Preview]_version_

Update your tools with the SDK Manager

The Android SDK Manager helps you download the SDK tools, platforms, andother components you need to develop your apps. Once downloaded, you can findeach package in the directory indicated as the Android SDK Location,shown in figure 2.

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To open the SDK Manager from Android Studio, click Tools >SDK Manager or click SDK Managerin the toolbar. If you're not using Android Studio, you can download toolsusing the sdkmanager command-line tool.

When an update is available for a package you already have, a dash appears in the check box next to the package.

  • To update an item or install a new one, click the check boxso it shows a checkmark.
  • To uninstall a package, click to clear the check box.

Pending updates are indicated in the left column with a download icon. Pending removals areindicated with a red cross .

To update the selected packages,click Apply or OK, then agree to anylicense agreements.

Figure 2. The Android SDK Manager.

Recommended packages

You should give special consideration to the following toolsin the SDK Tools tab:

Android SDK Build-Tools
Required. Includes tools to build Android apps. See the SDK Build Tools release notes.
Android SDK Platform-Tools
Required. Includes various tools required by theAndroid platform, including the adb tool.
Android SDK Tools
Required. Includes essential tools such as ProGuard. See the SDK Tools Release Notes.
Android Emulator
Recommended. A QEMU-based device-emulation tool that you can use to debug and test your applications in an actual Android runtime environment. See the Android Emulator release notes.

Note: Most API libraries that were previously provided by theSupport Repository packages (such as the Android Support Library, Constraint Layout,Google Play services, and Firebase) are now instead available from Google's Maven repository.Projects created with Android Studio 3.0 and higher automatically include this repository in thebuild configuration. If you're using an older project, you must manually add Google's Maven repository to yourbuild.gradle file.

In the SDK Platforms tab, you must also install at least oneversion of the Android platform. Each version provides several differentpackages. To download only those that are required, click the check box nextto the version name.

To see all available packages for each Android platform, clickShow Package Details at the bottom of the window.Within each platform version, you'll find the following packages:

Android SDK Platform
Required.At least one platform is required inyour environment so you're able to compile your application. In order toprovide the best user experience on the latest devices, use the latest platformversion as your build target. You'll still be able to run your app on olderversions, but you must build against the latest version in order to use newfeatures when running on devices with the latest version of Android.
Intel or ARM System Images
Recommended. The system image is required in order to run the Android Emulator. Each platform versioncontains the supported system images. You can also download system images laterwhen creating Android Virtual Devices (AVDs) in the AVD Manager. Select either Intelor ARM based on your development computer's processor.

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Note: If you plan to use APIs fromGoogle Playservices (including Firebase), you must use either the Google APIs system imageor the Google Play system image (the latter includes the Play Store app).

The above list is not comprehensive and you can add other sites to download additional packagesfrom third parties.

In some cases, an SDK package may require a specific minimum revision ofanother tool. If so, the SDK Manager notifies you with a warning and addsthe dependencies to your list of downloads.

Tip: You can also customize thebuild.gradle file so each project uses a specific build chain andcompilation options. For more information see, Configuring Gradle Builds.

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Edit or add SDK tool sites

To manage which SDK sites Android Studio checks forAndroid tools and third party tool updates, click the SDK Update Sitestab. You can add other sites thathost their own tools, then download the packages from thosesites.

For example, a mobile carrier or device manufacturer might offer additionalAPI libraries that are supported by their own Android-powered devices. Todevelop using their libraries, you can install their Android SDK packageby adding their SDK tools URL to the SDK Manager in theSDK Update Sites.

If a carrier or device manufacturer has hosted an SDK add-on repository fileon their website, follow these steps to add their site to the Android SDKManager:

  1. Click the SDK Update Sites tab.
  2. Click Add at the bottom of the window.
  3. Enter the name and URL of the third party site, then click OK.
  4. Make sure the checkbox is selected in the Enabledcolumn.
  5. Click Apply or OK .

Any SDK packages available from the site now appearin the SDK Platforms or SDK Tools tabs,as appropriate.

Auto-download missing packages with Gradle

When you run a build from the command line, or when using Android Studio 3.3 or later, Gradle can automatically download missing SDK packages that a project depends on, as long as the corresponding SDK license agreements have already been accepted using the SDK Manager.

When you accept the license agreements using the SDK Manager, Android Studio creates a licenses directory inside the SDK home directory. This licenses directory is necessary for Gradle to auto-download missing packages.

Note: Accepting the license agreements using the android command line tool does not create this licenses directory. You must first accept the agreements using the SDK Manager to be able to use this feature.

If you have accepted the license agreements on one workstation, but wish to build your projects on a different one, you can export your licenses by copying over the accepted licenses directory. To copy the licenses to another machine, follow these steps:

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  1. On a machine with Android Studio installed, click Tools > Android > SDK Manager. At the top of the window, note the Android SDK Location.
  2. Navigate to that directory and locate the licenses/ directory inside it. (If you do not see a licenses/ directory, return to Android Studio and update your SDK tools, making sure to accept the license agreements. When you return to the Android SDK home directory, you should now see the directory.)
  3. Copy the entire licenses/ directory and paste it into the Android SDK home directory on the machine where you wish to build your projects.

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Gradle will now be able to automatically download missing packages your project depends on.

Note that this feature is automatically disabled for builds you run from Android Studio, as the SDK manager handles downloading missing packages for the IDE. You can also manually disable this feature by setting android.builder.sdkDownload=false in the gradle.properties file for your project.