Android SDK not being installed on Android Studio

Question

Based on my last question - I downloaded Android Studio (without the SDK) 2.2.3.0 from this link (https://dl.google.com/dl/android/studio/install/2.2.3.0/android-studio-ide-

Answer 1

The link you quote is the link to SDK tools, not to the complete SDK. You need to put this tools folder into an existing SDK (given that the tools version supports the SDK version).

You need an SDK first (replace tools folder there or, much better, use SDK Manager.exe provided with the SDK, to update tools to the desired version).

AFAIK, for standalone SDK 25 there is not official standalone download link (for 24 there was). Install studio, use SDK manager from there (or run as exe in SDK installed with Studio), then go to SDK folder and grab the complete SDK after update if you need it separately for offline installation. You can replace tools directly in this folder or in copy, but better use the SDK manager.

Note there are various non-official sites for downloading offline SDK separately, you can easily google for them but it is the question of how much do you trust these sites to download executables. This is definitely a questionable path in an enterprise environment. I'm not sure why can't you just download the studio and install with SDK. If you need SDK later in other installations, install, configure and update, grab the SDK folder and uninstall.

See also this question