Prerequisitesįor this guide I assume you’ve already installed the Java JDK of your choice.

So in this article I would like to show you how you can set it up. Fortunately, Google has provided us with Android Command-Line Tools. So I looked for a way to install Android SDK and other stuff, without installing the “Android Studio”, and I found it. Also I’ll be honest, it’s a big IDE, till last month I was using a early 2015 macbook air with 128G of storage, so you can guess yourself how precious the space was to me.Īlso, I like using command line as much as I can, because for me, it’s easier than the GUI (debatable, I know, but we all have our preferences). Now I’ve been building apps using React Native for about 4 years now, and didn’t have any need for a full-fledged Android Studio IDE other than to install SDK(s) and emulator(s). Android SDK is the prerequisite for building android apps, be it via native Kotlin, or other popular libraries like React Native and Flutter.

The foundation of android mobile development using any library is the “Android SDK”. Photo by Glenn Carstens-Peters on Unsplash

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