Complete tutorial on downloading, installing, and configuring the Android SDK

1 year ago
Liam
2 minutes

Here is the complete tutorial for downloading, installing, and configuring the Android SDK.

  1. Download Android SDK: First, you need to go to the Android developer official website (https://developer.android.com/studio) to download Android Studio. Click on the “Download Android Studio” button, and then select the version that is compatible with your operating system to download.
  2. Install Android Studio by downloading the software, double-clicking the installation file, and following the prompts to complete the installation process. Once the installation is complete, open Android Studio.
  3. Set up Android SDK: When you open Android Studio, you will see the “Welcome to Android Studio” interface. Click on the “Configure” button, then select “SDK Manager”.
  4. Install Android SDK: In the SDK Manager interface, you will see a list displaying various versions of Android SDK. Select the version you need, then click the “Apply” button at the bottom right to install. Once installation is complete, click “Finish”.
  5. Set up environment variables to be able to run Android SDK tools in the command line. Open the control panel, then select “System and Security” > “System” > “Advanced system settings”. In the pop-up window, click on the “Environment Variables” button.
  6. Set up system variables: Within the environmental variables window, locate the “Path” variable under the “System Variables” section and click the “Edit” button. In the popup edit window, click on the “New” button and add the installation path of the Android SDK (e.g. C:\Android\SDK). Click “OK” to save the changes.
  7. Set up user variables: In the environmental variables window, locate the “Path” variable under the “User Variables” section and click the “Edit” button. In the pop-up editing window, click on the “New” button and add the installation path for Android SDK’s platform-tools (for example: C:\Android\SDK\platform-tools). Click “OK” to save the changes.
  8. Verify configuration: Open a command prompt window and type the following command to check if the configuration of Android SDK is successful:
  9. What version of adb do you have?
  10. If the version information of Android Debug Bridge is correctly displayed, it means the configuration is successful.

You have now completed the download, installation, and environment configuration of the Android SDK. You can now begin developing Android applications.

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