The sdkmanager
is a command line tool that allows you to view, install,
update, and uninstall packages for the Android SDK. If you're using Android
Studio, then you do not need to use this tool and you can instead manage your
SDK packages from the IDE.
The sdkmanager
tool is provided in the Android SDK Tools package
(25.2.3 and higher) and is located in
android_sdk/tools/bin/
.
You can use the sdkmanager
to perform the following tasks.
sdkmanager --list [options]
sdkmanager packages [options]
The packages argument is an SDK-style path as shown with
the --list
command, wrapped in quotes (for example,
"build-tools;25.0.0"
or
"platforms;android-25"
). You can pass multiple package
paths, separated with a space, but they must each be wrapped in their own set of
quotes.
For example, to get adb
and fastboot
, install the latest platform tools:
sdkmanager "platforms;android-25"
Alternatively, you can pass a text file that specifies all packages:
sdkmanager --package_file=package_file [options]
The package_file argument is the location of a text file in which each line is an SDK-style path of a package to install (without quotes).
To uninstall, simply add the --uninstall
flag:
sdkmanager --uninstall packages [options] sdkmanager --uninstall --package_file=package_file [options]
sdkmanager --update [options]
The following table lists the available options for the above commands.
Option | Description |
---|---|
--sdk_root=path
|
Use the specified SDK path instead of the SDK containing this tool |
--channel=channel_id
|
Include packages in channels up to channel_id. Available channels are:
|
--include_obsolete
|
Include obsolete packages in the package listing or package updates.
For use with --list and --update only.
|
--no_https
|
Force all connections to use HTTP rather than HTTPS. |
--proxy={http | socks}
|
Connect via a proxy of the given type: either http for
high level protocols such as HTTP or FTP, or
socks for a SOCKS (V4 or V5) proxy.
|
--proxy_host={IP_address | DNS_address}
|
IP or DNS address of the proxy to use. |
--proxy_port=port_number
|
Proxy port number to connect to. |