How Can I Download AVD Manager & Android SDK Without Android Studio

1. Download Command-Line Tools:

• Download the Command Line Tools package for your operating system from the Android Developer website
  Windows: download
  Mac: download
  Linux: download

• This package includes the necessary tools like the sdkmanager and the avdmanager files, which are used to manage SDK packages and AVDs, respectively.

2. Extract Android SDK Tools:

• Extract the downloaded zip file to a location on your computer.
• Inside the extracted folder, you will find sdkmanager and other tools.

3. Define the bin address in the OS environment variable.

nano ~/.zshrc
export PATH=$PATH:<path_to_sdk>/cmdline-tools/latest/bin

• For instance:

nano ~/.zshrc
export PATH=$PATH:/Users/doran/Android/cmdline-tools/latest/bin

• And apply it:

source ~/.zshrc

4. Install SDK Components:

• Open a terminal (or command prompt on Windows), and navigate to the folder where you extracted the command-line tools.
• Install the required SDK packages by the following command:

sdkmanager --update

5. Install AVD Manager Tools:

sdkmanager "system-images;android-30;google_apis;x86_64"

• This installs the system image needed to create AVDs. Replace android-30 with the version you need.

6. Create an AVD:

• To create a new AVD run the following command

avdmanager create avd -n <AVD_Name> -k "system-images;android-30;google_apis;x86_64"

• Replace <AVD_Name> with your desired name for the virtual device.

7. Launch the AVD:

emulator -avd <AVD_Name>

• Make sure you have a compatible Java Development Kit (JDK) installed on your system, as it is required for using the SDK tools.

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