Android sdk for Intellij IDEA

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Daniel picture Daniel · Apr 17, 2017 · Viewed 14.7k times · Source

I'm trying to setup IntelliJ IDEA to develop android applications and I faced an issue with android sdk. As far as I know, I need to download the sdk separately. But I all I managed to find was Android command line tools which is obviously not something I need. So my question how can I get android sdk for IntelliJ IDEA?

Answer

Vladimir U. picture Vladimir U. · Apr 19, 2017

Same problem I have with IDEA 2017.1.1. I installed tools_r25.2.3-windows.zip and managed to install them. I've done:

  1. unzipped it to C:\Android\android_sdk\
  2. renamed "tools" folder to "tools-sdk"
  3. executed C:\Android\android_sdk\tools_inst\bin>sdkmanager --update

  4. prepared file my_file with lines:

    build-tools;24.0.0

    platforms;android-24

    tools

    emulator

  5. Executed: C:\Android\android_sdk\tools_inst\bin>sdkmanager --package_file=my_file

Then gave IntelliJ IDEA folder C:\Android\android_sdk as Android SDK Home Folder.

Then IDEA asks to install something additional. The test android project compiles and runs on emulation (AVD Manager works). I had to install 22 Platform and Build Tools though because android-24 virtual device asked for a password.

The only problem is I still have no SDK Manager with GUI interface.

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