Android SDK - Install system image packages offline

Question

due to IT restrictions I cannot use to package-install-automation of the Android SDK.

To be able to create an emulator in Androids' AVD manager, I first of all need a system image for my target device. But regarding the below screenshot I haven't installed any.

So can anyone tell me: 1. where to get an system image for Android 6.0 API Level 23 2. how to install this system image manually/offline

Thank you in advance!

Answer 1

Firstly select the system image to be downloaded in android studio sdk, then it will start downloading the image and will say Downloading from <url>. Copy that URL and download from some download manager like IDM and after downloading, extract the files in system-images folder.

The directory structure pattern is sdk-folder/system-images/android-<api_number>/google_apis/x86 (or armeabi-v7a).

So, extract in correct pattern and then open the android studio sdk, you will see that the package is installed.

Now, you can make a virtual device from the downloaded system image.

Answer 2

SDK manager does not work for you? In any case, there are several sites which can be used to download Android SDK system images:

https://web.archive.org/web/20191210131925/http://ady.my/viewer/system-image/

http://www.hariadi.org/android/manual-download-of-android-sdk-components/

Or alternatively Hard way : for Windows, using the SDK Manager, First make sure you have download caches enabled,then fetch/reload the packages. Then go to My Computer and open folder .android: => C:/Users/your_username/.android/ (Make sure you have enabled "show hidden files" option) In there try to locate several xml file in cache dir. Those xml files contains URLs and other data of all the sdk package. Every package available in sdk manager can be downloaded through appropriate URL from there. Open XMLs in IE and try to find what you need. Then you can use URLs from there and you're good to go.

Hope this helps