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HOWTO install Android SDK using command line tools

Find Command line tools only section on Android Studio downloads page and download appropriate package.

Unzip package and go to the bin dir:

unzip commandlinetools-linux-*_latest.zip
cd cmdline-tools/bin

Export future Android SDK root variable:

export ANDROID_HOME=/opt/android

Now you can get full list of packages using:

./sdkmanager --sdk_root=${ANDROID_HOME} --list

Install required packages, at least you need:

./sdkmanager --sdk_root=${ANDROID_HOME} \
	'cmdline-tools;latest' \
	'platform-tools' \
	'platforms;android-26' \
	'build-tools;26.0.3'

To make sdk available for all users you need to add android.sh to the /etc/profile.d:

# Support android SDK
export ANDROID_HOME=/opt/android
export ANDROID_SDK_ROOT=${ANDROID_HOME}
export ANDROID_SDK=${ANDROID_HOME}
export PATH=${PATH}:${ANDROID_HOME}/platform-tools:${ANDROID_HOME}/tools:${ANDROID_HOME}/tools/bin:${ANDROID_HOME}/cmdline-tools/latest/bin

Create new emulator instance from command line:

avdmanager create avd -n android-23-arm -k 'system-images;android-23;default;armeabi-v7a'

Launch emulator from command line:

cd ${ANDROID_HOME}/tools
./emulator @android-23-arm