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Debosmit Majumder
Debosmit Majumder

Reputation: 83

How do I install the standalone Android SDK and then add it to IntelliJ IDEA on Windows?

This is the webpage showing from where I downloaded the SDK:

This is the webpage of the downloaded SDK

On extracting the .zip folder, and opening the 'tools' folder, all I can see in an emulator.exe, mksdcard.exe and a host of .bat files (as shown below).

This is the folders contents.

How do I proceed?

Upvotes: 6

Views: 37287

Answers (4)

CrazyCoder
CrazyCoder

Reputation: 402503

In IntelliJ IDEA 2017.1 and 2017.2 setting up Android SDK from scratch is complicated. I would recommended to install Android Studio and manage SDK platform there. This problem will be addressed in one of the nearest updates.

If you are brave enough, it's still possible to set it up without Android Studio using the tools\bin\sdkmanager.bat command line tool. GUI version of the SDK Manager is deprecated (no longer available in the SDK download). Standalone SDK can be downloaded here. Look below the Get just the command line tools section.

So, you will need to install at least one platform version.

First run the update to ensure you have the latest tools:

sdkmanager --update

Now you can list the packages available for installation:

sdkmanager --list

To install Android Platform: (Edit April 2022: need quotes now)

sdkmanager "platforms;android-26"

To install the current build tools version (optional):

sdkmanager "build-tools;26.0.0"

At this point you should be able to add Android SDK configuration for the installed platform version in IntelliJ IDEA like this:

Android SDK

You will also have access to Android SDK configuration UI where you download additional components and perform updates (just like in Android Studio):

Android SDK UI

Upvotes: 19

jumeno
jumeno

Reputation: 37

You can also install the SDK in the IDEA GUI. It says in the tutorial,

If you don't have the Android SDK configured, IntelliJ IDEA will detect this and prompt you to download it:

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Upvotes: 1

Dr TJ
Dr TJ

Reputation: 3354

As Karan Sharma mentioned in this post.
To add an existing SDK, you should close your project if you have any open one. close your project

Then from the Welcome page select Configure -> Project Defaults -> Project Structure Configure -> Project Defaults -> Project Structure

And then from the Default Project Structure window and from the left side, select SDKs and then the plus button from the toolbar, and from the menu select Android SDK Select Android SDK option from the Menu

And then give the address to the location where your Android SDK files are in, and hit OK. Final result

Thats it!
Now it should be working for you!

Upvotes: 15

Vladimir Ivanov
Vladimir Ivanov

Reputation: 43108

launch android executable and install the platforms and build-tools.

Upvotes: -2

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