How to install Android SDK Build Tools on the command line

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I want to setup the Android dev environment from command line  and encounter the following issue   wget http   dl google com android android-sdk r22 0 5-linux tgz   after extract the file  run  tools android update sdk --no-ui   However  it is too slow on running  Fetching https   dl-ssl google com android repository addons list-2 xml   The result is that nothing in folder build-tools  and I want is aapt and apkbuilder  since I want to build apk from command line without ant

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I just had a heck of a time getting android sdk dependencies installed via command line and since the documentation that comes with the tools and online are woefully lacking, I thought I'd post what I discovered here.

I'm working with android sdk r24.4.1 for linux. There are two commands that you can run to list the available packages:

android list sdk

and the more exhaustive:

android list sdk --all

The package numbers for specific packages differ for each command above! For example, the former lists package API 23.1 revision 3 as package #3 and the latter lists it as #29.

Now, there are two different ways to install using the android command.

tools/android update sdk --no-ui --filter <package number>

and

tools/android update sdk -u -a -t <package number>

Given that the install commands each can take the package # as a parameter, which package number do you use? After much online searching and trial and error, I discovered that

android update sdk --no-ui --filter uses the package numbers from android list sdk

and

android update sdk -u -a -t uses the package numbers from android list sdk --all

In other words - to install API 23.1 revision 3 you can do either:

android update sdk --no-ui --filter 3

or

android update sdk -u -a -t 29

Crazy, but it works.

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Version 25 2 3  and higher  of Android SDK Tools package contains new tool - sdkmanager - which simplifies this task of installing build-tools from the command line  It is located in android sdk tools bin folder     Usage  from documentation     sdkmanager packages  options        The packages argument is an SDK-style path  wrapped in quotes  for   example   build-tools 25 0 0  or  platforms android-25    You can   pass multiple package paths  separated with a space  but they must   each be wrapped in their own set of quotes    Example usage  on my Mac    alex mbpro   sdk tools bin  ls       build-tools    25 0 0     alex mbpro   sdk tools bin    sdkmanager  build-tools 25 0 2    done    alex mbpro   sdk tools bin  ls       build-tools    25 0 0  25 0 2    You can also specify various options  for example to force all connections to use HTTP  --no https   or in order to use proxy server  --proxy host address and --proxy port port    To check the available options  use the --help flag  On my machine  Mac   the output is as following     alex mbpro   sdk tools bin    sdkmanager --help Usage     sdkmanager  --uninstall    lt common args gt          --package file  lt package-file gt     lt packages gt        sdkmanager --update   lt common args gt     sdkmanager --list   lt common args gt    In its first form  installs  or uninstalls  or updates packages       lt package gt  is a sdk-style path  e g   build-tools 23 0 0  or                platforms android-23         lt package-file gt  is a text file where each line is a sdk-style path                    of a package to install or uninstall      Multiple --package file arguments may be specified in combination      with explicit paths  In its second form  with --update   currently installed packages are     updated to the latest version  In its third form  all installed and available packages are printed out   Common Arguments      --sdk root  lt sdkRootPath gt   Use the specified SDK root instead of the SDK containing this tool     --channel  lt channelId gt   Include packages in channels up to  lt channelId gt                              Common channels are                             0  Stable   1  Beta   2  Dev   and 3  Canary        --include obsolete  With --list  show obsolete packages in the                         package listing  With --update  update obsolete                         packages as well as non-obsolete      --no https  Force all connections to use http rather than https      --proxy  lt http   socks gt   Connect via a proxy of the given type      --proxy host  lt IP or DNS address gt   IP or DNS address of the proxy to use      --proxy port  lt port   gt   Proxy port to connect to     If the env var REPO OS OVERRIDE is set to  windows      macosx   or  linux   packages will be downloaded for that OS

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ADB Build-Tools Will Not be downloaded automatically  by command android update sdk --no-ui  So for installing Buil-Tool type  in console     android list sdk --all   Remember the number that is listed before the item and execute the following   android update sdk -u --all --filter  lt number gt    commands should be typed in  YourFolder android-sdk-linux tools  Also for remote folder  server opened by ssh for example  type       android   list sdk --all     android   update sdk -u --all --filter  lt number gt    For simple list of ADB packages type in terminal   android list sdk   for install all packages   android update sdk --no-ui   Or with filters  comma is separator    android update sdk --no-ui --filter 3 5 8 14

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Try  1  List all packages  android list sdk --all   2  Install packages using following command  android update sdk -u -a -t package1  package2  package3   comma seperated packages obtained using list command

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Most of the answers seem to ignore the fact that you may need to run the update in a headless environment with no super user rights  which means the script has to answer all the y n license prompts automatically   Here s the example that does the trick   FILTER tool platform android-20 build-tools-20 0 0 android-19 android-19 0 1    sleep 5  amp  amp  while   1    do sleep 1  echo y  done           android update sdk --no-ui --all       --filter   FILTER    No matter how many prompts you get  all of those will be answered  This while sleep loop looks like simulation of the yes command  and in fact it is  well almost  The problem with yes is that it floods stdout with  y  and there is virtually no delay between sending those characters and the version I had to deal with had no timeout option of any kind  It will  pollute  stdout and the script will fail complaining about incorrect input  The solution is to put a delay between sending  y  to stdout  and that s exactly what while sleep combo does   expect is not available by default on some linux distros and I had no way to install it as part of my CI scripts  so had to use the most generic solution and nothing can be more generic than simple bash script  right   As a matter of fact  I blogged about it  NSBogan   check it out for more details here if you are interested

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I prefer to put a script that install my dependencies   Something like      usr bin env bash     Install JUST the required dependencies for the project    May be used for ci or other team members     for I in android-25            build-tools-25 0 2             tool            extra-android-m2repository            extra-android-support            extra-google-google play services            extra-google-m2repository    do echo y   android update sdk --no-ui --all --filter  I   done   https   github com caipivara android-scripts blob master install-android-dependencies sh

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I tried this for update all  and it worked   echo y    ANDROID HOME tools android update sdk --no-ui

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Inspired from answers by  i4niac  amp   Aur  lien Lambert  this is what i came up with  csv update numbers     android list sdk --all   grep  Android SDK Build-tools    grep -v  Obsolete    sed  s        - A    1   sed      d  sed -e  s     t       tr   n       csv update numbers without trailing comma   csv update numbers       sleep 5  amp  amp  while   1    do sleep 1  echo y  done             android update sdk --all -u -t  csv update numbers without trailing comma   Explanation   get a comma separated list of numbers which are the indexes of build tools packages in the result of android list sdk --all command  Ignoring obsolete packages   keep throwing  y s at the terminal every few miliseconds to accept the licenses

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By default  the SDK Manager from the command line does not include the build tools in the list   They re in the  obsolete  category   To see all available downloads  use   android list sdk --all   And then to get one of the packages in that list from the command line  use   android update sdk -u -a -t  lt package no  gt    Where -u stands for --no-ui  -a stands for --all and -t stands for --filter   If you need to install multiple packages do   android update sdk -u -a -t 1 2 3 4    n   Where 1 2    n is the package number listed with the list command above

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The  android  command is deprecated        For command-line tools  use tools bin sdkmanager and tools bin avdmanager   If you do not need Android Studio  you can download the basic Android command line tools from developer android com in section Command line tools only    from CLI it should be somfing like   curl --output sdk-tools-linux zip https   dl google com android repository sdk-tools-linux-4333796 zip   or  wget --output-document sdk-tools-linux zip https   dl google com android repository sdk-tools-linux-4333796 zip   After that just unpack the archive to the target folder  unzip sdk-tools-linux zip   And now we can install everything you need       tools bin sdkmanager --install  build-tools 29 0 2   platform-tools   platforms android-29   tools    You can get a complete list of packages using the command   tools bin sdkmanager --list  Some packages require acceptance of the license agreement  you can accept it interactively or just pass  y  to the input stream  like this two agreements in case    echo -ne  y ny      tools bin sdkmanager --install  system-images android-29 default x86 64    And of course  for your convenience  you can export variables such as ANDROID HOME or ANDROID SDK ROOT  including doing it in    profile or    bash profile  or patch the PATH variable - all this is at your discretion   Script example   mkdir  opt android-sdk cd  opt android-sdk curl --output sdk-tools-linux zip https   dl google com android repository sdk-tools-linux-4333796 zip unzip sdk-tools-linux zip echo -ne  y      tools bin sdkmanager --install  build-tools 29 0 2   platform-tools   platforms android-29   tools    Requirements  curl or wget  and unzip  Troubleshooting   if you see Warning  Could not create settings  you need to have the tools directory inside the cmdline-tools directory inside the ANDROID HOME  create it if needed with this exact name  see Android Command line tools sdkmanager always shows  Warning  Could not create settings

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As stated in other responses  the build tools requires the --all flag to be installed  You also better use a -t filter flag to avoid installing ALL  the packages but there is no way to filter all the build tools   There are already features requests for these two points in AOSP bug tracker  Feel free to vote for them  this might make them happen some day    https   code google com p android issues detail id 78765 https   code google com p android issues detail id 58337

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I just had this problem  so I finally wrote a 1 line bash dirty solution by reading and parsing the list of aviable tools     tools android update sdk -u -t   android list sdk   grep  Android SDK Build-tools    sed  s      0-9      -    1

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If you have sdkmanager installed  I m using MAC   run sdkmanager --list to list available packages   If you want to install build tools  copy the preferred version from the list of packages available   To install the preferred version run  sdkmanager  build-tools 27 0 3

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A great source of information I came across while trying to install everything Android SDK related from the command line  was this Dockerfile  Inside the Dockerfile you can see that the author executes a single command to install platform tools and build tools without any other interaction  In the case the OP has put forth  the command would be adapted to   echo y    ANDROID HOME tools android update sdk --all --filter build-tools-21 1 0 --no-ui

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Download android SDK from developer android com  its currently a 149mb file for windows OS   It is worthy of note that android has removed the sdkmanager GUI but has a command line version of the sdkmanager in the bin folder which is located inside the tools folder    When inside the bin folder  hold down the shift key  right click  then select open command line here  Shift right click    open command line here  When the command line opens  type sdkmanager click enter  Then run type sdkmanager  space   double hyphen  --   type list sdkmanager --list    this lists all the packages in the SDK manager  Type sdkmanager  space  then package name  press enter  Eg  sdkmanager platform-tools  press enter  It will load licence agreement  With options  y n   Enter y to accept and it will download the package you specified    For more reference follow official document here  I hope this helps

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However  it is too slow on running   Yes  I ve had the same problem   Some of the file downloads are extremely slow  or at least they have been in the last couple of days    If you want to download everything there s not a lot you can do about that      The result is that nothing in folder build-tools  and I want is aapt and apkbuilder  since I want to build apk from command line without ant    Did you let it run to completion   One thing you can do is filter the packages that are being downloaded using the -t switch   For example   tools android update sdk --no-ui -t platform-tool   When I tried this the other day I got version 18 0 0 of the build tools installed   For some reason the latest version 18 0 1 is not included by this filter and the only way to get it was to install everything with the --all switch

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Build tools could not be downloaded automatically by default as Nate said in https   stackoverflow com a 19416222 1104031 post   But I wrote small tool that make everything for you  I used  expect  tool as danb in https   stackoverflow com a 17863931 1104031 post  You only need android-sdk and python27  expect   This script will install all build tools  all sdks and everything you need for automated build   import subprocess re sys  w   subprocess check output   android    list    sdk    --all    lines   w split   n   tools   filter lambda x   Build-tools  in x  lines  filters      for tool in tools    m   re search    s   0-9   -   tool    tool no   m group 1    filters append tool no   if len filters     0    raise Exception  Not found build tools     filters extend   extra    platform    platform-tool    tool     filter       join filters   expect     set timeout -1  spawn android update sdk --no-ui --all --filter  s  expect      Do you accept the license    exp send  y  r    exp continue     eof         filter   print expect  ret   subprocess call   expect    -c   expect   sys exit ret

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android update sdk  This command will update and install all latest release for SDK Tools  Build Tools SDK platform tools   It s Work for me

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As mentioned in other answers  you can use the --filter option to limit the installed packages   android update sdk --filter      The other answers don t mention that you can use constant string identifiers instead of indexes  which will change  for the filter options  This is helpful for unattended or scripted installs  Man for --filter option          This also accepts the identifiers returned by  list sdk --extended     android list sdk --all --extended    Packages available for installation or update  97 ---------- id  1 or  tools       Type  Tool      Desc  Android SDK Tools  revision 22 6 2 ---------- id  2 or  platform-tools       Type  PlatformTool      Desc  Android SDK Platform-tools  revision 19 0 1 ---------- id  3 or  build-tools-19 0 3       Type  BuildTool      Desc  Android SDK Build-tools  revision 19 0 3   Then you can use the string ids as the filter options to precisely specify the versions you want   android update sdk --filter tools platform-tools build-tools-19 0 3 etc

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