sdkmanager

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/.

Usage

You can use the sdkmanager to perform the following tasks.

List installed and available packages

sdkmanager --list [options] \
           [--channel=channel_id] // Channels: 0 (stable), 1 (beta), 2 (dev), or 3 (canary)

Use the channel option to include a package from a channel up to and including channel_id. For example, specify the canary channel to list packages from all channels.

Install packages

sdkmanager packages [options]

The packages argument is an SDK-style path as shown with the --list command, wrapped in quotes (for example, "build-tools;29.0.2" or "platforms;android-28"). You can pass multiple package paths, separated with a space, but they must each be wrapped in their own set of quotes.

For example, here's how to install the latest platform tools (which includes adb and fastboot) and the SDK tools for API level 28:

sdkmanager "platform-tools" "platforms;android-28"

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]

To install CMake or the NDK, use the following syntax:

sdkmanager --install
           ["ndk;major.minor.build[suffix]" | "cmake;major.minor.micro.build"]
           [--channel=channel_id] // NDK channels: 0 (stable), 1 (beta), or 3 (canary)

For example, use the following command to install the specified NDK version regardless of which channel it is currently on.

sdkmanager --install "ndk;21.3.6528147" --channel=3 // Install the NDK from the canary channel (or below)
sdkmanager --install "cmake;10.24988404" // Install a specific version of CMake

Update all installed packages

sdkmanager --update [options]

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 and including channel_id. Available channels are: `0` (Stable), `1` (Beta), `2` (Dev), and `3` (Canary).
`--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.
`--verbose`	Verbose output mode. Errors, warnings and informational messages are printed.
`--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.