The ant/ folder is suddenly missing from Android SDK. Did Google remove it?

Question

I\'ve tried compiling libreoffice core project (choosing Android module) (with make, no Gradle involved yet), and I\'m getting this error:

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Answer 1

Yes

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Android team has decided to remove all old and obsolete scripts from SDK in march release of 25.3.0 SDK Tools

https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/sdk-tools.html SDK Tools, Revision 25.3.0 (March 2017)

Changes:

• Obsolete/deprecated tools have been removed:
  • android
  • ddms (instead see Using DDMS)
  • draw9patch (instead see Draw 9-patch)
  • hierarchyviewer (instead see Profile Your Layout with Hierarchy Viewer)
  • traceview (instead see Profiling with Traceview and dmtracedump)
  • ant scripts
  • Project and activity templates

here you can download older version:

https://dl.google.com/android/repository/tools_r25.2.5-windows.zip

https://dl.google.com/android/repository/tools_r25.2.5-macosx.zip

https://dl.google.com/android/repository/tools_r25.2.5-linux.zip