Reputation: 413

How do I open the sdk manager in the Mac

How do I open the sdk manager in the Mac system to download the missing files for android studio

Upvotes: 30

Answers (10)

Maks

Reputation: 7935

As of start of 2024 all the answers here are outdated and the sdkmanager now appears to live in:

/Users/<username>/Library/Android/sdk/cmdline-tools/latest/bin/sdkmanager

once you have installed using, ironically enough using the "SDK Manager" in Android Studio tools menu, the "Android Command-line Tools (latest)" [sic] package under the "SDK Tools" tab.

Upvotes: 0

Pranit Shah

Reputation: 63

I don't know if you saw this, but I spotted the tools in library.
So, go to your file manager and show all hidden files by using Cmd+Shift+. or Cmd+>

Then follow this path: /Users/youruserDon'tforget/Library/Android/sdk/tools/bin
Hope this helps.

Upvotes: 1

Damian

Reputation: 608

It's not a direct answer but maybe it will help someone: When I had already installed sdk manager in sdk/tools/bin but sdkmanager command did not work I've added these lines to .bash_profile and it started works good:

export ANDROID_SDK=$HOME/Library/Android/sdk
export PATH=$ANDROID_SDK/sdkmanager:$ANDROID_SDK/tools:$PATH

Upvotes: 1

mauricio777

Reputation: 1436

I'm using Android Studio 3.4.2

The SDK Manager does not show up under the Tools menu, but it is available as an icon on the upper right hand menu. It's a cube with a blue arrow pointing down.

Upvotes: 7

Bae Sol Ves

Reputation: 5

Just go to Android Studio > Tools > AVD Manager

And install/create your simulator

Upvotes: -2

kplus

Reputation: 832

Just cd into the installed SDK path like this

cd /Users/<mac-user>/<path to sdk folder>/tools/bin && ./sdkmanager

Where <mac-user> is your username to the MAC

For example:

 cd /Users/user/android-sdk-macosx/tools/bin && ./sdkmanager

OLD ANSWER

  cd /Users/<mac-user>/<path to sdk folder>/tools && ./android

where <mac-user> is your username to the MAC

For example in my own case, executing the following opens the SDK manager for me

 cd /Users/user/android-sdk-macosx/tools && ./android

Upvotes: 25

Bruno Monteiro

Reputation: 4519

2019 Updated Answer

This thread pointed me in the right direction and hope this answer will help other recent visitors like me:

To access sdkmanager:

cd /Users/<mac-user>/<path to sdk folder>/tools/bin && ./sdkmanager

From there, just follow the documentation, e.g.:

cd /Users/<mac-user>/<path to sdk folder>/tools/bin && ./sdkmanager --list

cd /Users/<mac-user>/<path to sdk folder>/tools/bin && ./sdkmanager --update

sdkmanager documentation:

https://developer.android.com/studio/command-line/sdkmanager.html

Upvotes: 2

Francis Bacon

Reputation: 4745

./android is not available now.

The "android" command is deprecated. For manual SDK, AVD, and project management, please use Android Studio. For command-line tools, use tools/bin/sdkmanager and tools/bin/avdmanager

admindeMacBook-Pro-3:sdk gongzelong$ cd tools/
admindeMacBook-Pro-3:tools gongzelong$ ./android 
*************************************************************************
The "android" command is deprecated.
For manual SDK, AVD, and project management, please use Android Studio.
For command-line tools, use tools/bin/sdkmanager and tools/bin/avdmanager
*************************************************************************
Invalid or unsupported command ""

Supported commands are:
android list target
android list avd
android list device
android create avd
android move avd
android delete avd
android list sdk
android update sdk

admindeMacBook-Pro-3:tools gongzelong$ ./bin/sdkmanager 
[=======================================] 100% Computing updates...

We could use ./SDK_HOME/tools/bin/sdkmanager instead.

admindeMacBook-Pro-3:tools gongzelong$ ./bin/sdkmanager --help
Usage: 
  sdkmanager [--uninstall] [<common args>] [--package_file=<file>] [<packages>...]
  sdkmanager --update [<common args>]
  sdkmanager --list [<common args>]
  sdkmanager --licenses [<common args>]
  sdkmanager --version

With --install (optional), installs or updates packages.
    By default, the listed packages are installed or (if already installed)
    updated to the latest version.
With --uninstall, uninstall the listed packages.

    <package> is a sdk-style path (e.g. "build-tools;23.0.0" or
             "platforms;android-23").
    <package-file> 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.

With --update, all installed packages are updated to the latest version.

With --list, all installed and available packages are printed out.

With --licenses, show and offer the option to accept licenses for all
     available packages that have not already been accepted.

With --version, prints the current version of sdkmanager.

Common Arguments:
    --sdk_root=<sdkRootPath>: Use the specified SDK root instead of the SDK 
                              containing this tool

    --channel=<channelId>: Include packages in channels up to <channelId>.
                           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=<http | socks>: Connect via a proxy of the given type.

    --proxy_host=<IP or DNS address>: IP or DNS address of the proxy to use.

    --proxy_port=<port #>: Proxy port to connect to.

    --verbose: Enable verbose output.

* If the env var REPO_OS_OVERRIDE is set to "windows",
  "macosx", or "linux", packages will be downloaded for that OS.

Upvotes: 6