What are the Android SDK build-tools, platform-tools and tools? And which version should be used?

Question

I know this is a very rudimentary question, but to my surprise, I could not find any document about Android SDK Build-tools. Besides Android SDK Tools and Android SDK Platfo

Answer 1

You can find details about these in this Android - Command Line Tools

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tl;dr:

SDK Tools:

1. Android SDK Manager (sdkmanager)
2. AVD Manager (avdmanager)
3. Dalvik Debug Monitor Server (ddms)

Build Tools:

1. signer
2. proGuard
3. zipalign
4. jobb

Platform Tools:

1. adb
2. aidl, aapt, dexdump, and dx
3. bmgr
4. logcat