Where to install Android SDK on Mac OS X?

Question

Where should the Android SDK be installed on Mac OS X?

Answer 1

When I installed Android Studio 1.0 it ended up in

/Library/Android/sdk/

Answer 2

I have been toying with this as well. I initially had it in my documents folder, but decided that didn't make 'philosophical' sense. I decided to create an Android directory in my home folder and place Eclipse and the Android SKK in there.

Answer 3

My personal preference is to put it in ~/opt/local/android-sdk-mac or /Developer/android-sdk-mac the latter being where Xcode and all the Apple Dev tools are held.

Answer 4

In homebrew the android-sdk has migrated from homebrew/core to homebrew/cask.

brew tap homebrew/cask

and install android-sdk using

brew cask install android-sdk

You will have to add the ANDROID_HOME to profile (.zshrc or .bashrc)

export ANDROID_HOME=/usr/local/share/android-sdk

If you prefer otherwise, copy the package to

~/opt/local/android-sdk-mac

Answer 5

I put mine in /Developer/SDKs I had to authenticate to do that…but since there's no consensus I thought that it sounded like a place I'd remember.

Answer 6

From http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html, it seems that you can install the SDK anywhere, so long as you

1. "execute the android tool in the <sdk>/tools/ folder"
2. Add the <sdk>/tools directory to your system path

More info can be found here: http://developer.android.com/sdk/installing.html