Automatically accept all SDK licences

Question

Since gradle android plugins 2.2-alpha4:

Gradle will attempt to download missing SDK packages that a project depends on

Which

Answer 1

For the newest Android Studio (2.3) the best way to update/accept all licenses is to run:

cd $ANDROID_HOME
tools/bin/sdkmanager --licenses

you might still need to copy the licence files to other locations based on your setup.