How to install Android SDK Build Tools on the command line?

Question

I want to setup the Android dev environment from command line, and encounter the following issue:

wget http://dl.google.com/android/android-sdk_r22.0.5-linux.tgz 

after extract the file, run

tools/android update sdk --no-ui 

However, it is too slow on running

Fetching https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/repository/addons_list-2.xml 

The result is that nothing in folder build-tools, and I want is aapt and apkbuilder, since I want to build apk from command line without ant.

Answer 1

By default, the SDK Manager from the command line does not include the build tools in the list. They're in the "obsolete" category. To see all available downloads, use

android list sdk --all 

And then to get one of the packages in that list from the command line, use:

android update sdk -u -a -t <package no.> 

Where -u stands for --no-ui, -a stands for --all and -t stands for --filter.

If you need to install multiple packages do:

android update sdk -u -a -t 1,2,3,4,..,n 

Where 1,2,..,n is the package number listed with the list command above