Is there a way to automate the android sdk installation?

Question

Now I have to download and install the Android SDK and AVD Manager, and then install the APIs, tools through the UI. Is there a way to automate this process?

Answer 1

Starting with Android Plugin for Gradle version 2.2.0, missing SDK components get downloaded automatically.

Answer 2

Yet another script to download only needed, non-{obsolute,source,emulator-image,doc} packages:

#!/bin/bash
set -e

# cd into where tools/android can be found
if [[ -d "$ANDROID_HOME" ]]; then
  cd "$ANDROID_HOME"
elif [[ -x "$(dirname "$0")/tools/android" ]]; then
  cd "$(dirname "$0")"
else
  echo "FAILED: Cannot find ANDROID_HOME/tools/android"
  exit 1
fi

android () {
  "$(dirname $0)/tools/android" "$@"
}

needed_packages () {
  android list sdk -u -s -e         \
    | grep '^id:'                   \
    | cut -d'"' -f2                 \
    | grep -v 'source'              \
    | grep -v 'sys-img'             \
    | grep -v 'doc'                 \
    | paste -d, -s -
}

main () {
  (while : ; do
  echo 'y'
  sleep 1
  done) | android update sdk -u -s -a -t "$(needed_packages)"
}

main

Some parts are taken from other answers in this thread.

Answer 3

This didn't work for me...

echo "y" | android ....

so I ended up here:

expect -c '
set timeout -1   ;
spawn sudo /opt/android-sdk/tools/android update sdk -u; 
expect { 
    "Do you accept the license" { exp_send "y\r" ; exp_continue }
    eof
}
'

Answer 4

I got frustrated with this as well and built a Gradle plugin named com.quittle.setup-android-sdk that will detect and install what you need. It works on Windows, OSX, and Linux and doesn't require any additional dependencies if you build with Gradle.

If you're interested you can checkout my docs on it here: https://github.com/quittle/gradle-setup-android-sdk

Answer 5

I put together a ruby script that downloads and install the SDK without prompting which might help. https://github.com/ayvazj/andenv

Answer 6

To automate the sdkmanager.bat --licenses prompt away on Windows (say you're installing via automation for build infrastructure)... Don't run it. Don't waste time trying to figure out how to pipe y into it. I tried; abject fail.

Rather - run it one time, yourself, and take note that it generates files into c:\android\android-sdk\licenses (where you're running c:\android\android-sdk\tools\bin\sdkmanager.bat - your install root may vary).

Take those files, and place them somewhere you can grab them from in your automated setup scripts. Personally, ansible is my poison, so:

# Note to future-us:
# These are magical files generated by running `c:/android/android-sdk/tools/bin/sdkmanager.bat --licenses`
# This, delightfully, is interactive, and wants to _actually_ read the keyboard buffer.
# That's reputedly possible via SendKeys. I elected to not try that.
# So, instead:
# 1) remote to an instance like a cave-dweller
# 2) run `c:/android/android-sdk/tools/bin/sdkmanager.bat --licenses` in a prompt.
# 3) _actually type_ `y` however many godforsaken times you need to.
# 4) meticulously harvest `c:/android/android-sdk/licenses/*` to this task.
#    (you don't need the newline that they thoughtfully put before the hash in each file).
- name: set up android licenses by hand
  win_lineinfile:
    path: c:/android/android-sdk/licenses/{{ item.name }}
    line: "{{ item.line }}"
    create: true
  with_items:
    - {name: "android-googletv-license", line: "SOME HASH"}
    - {name: "android-sdk-license", line: "SOME OTHER HASH"}
    ...