Where to install Android SDK on Mac OS X?

Question

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

Answer 1

I ended up placing my at ~/sdks/android-sdk-mac_x86. I like to keep all of my SDKs in one place and for me an sdk folder under my home directory makes the most sense.

Answer 2

I just have mine in MyUser/Documents/Development. I'm the only one that used my Mac, so I didn't need to worry about making it accessible system-wide.

Answer 3

The easiest (and standard) way to install Android SDK under OS X is to use brew.

brew install android-sdk

If you do not have homebrew, here's how to get it.

This will install Android SDK into /usr/local/Cellar/android-sdk/ and, at this moment, this is the best location to install it.

Answer 4

A simple way is changing to required sdk in some android project the number of

compileSdkVersion

in build.gradle file and you can install with the manager

Answer 5

By default the android sdk installer path is ~/Library/Android/sdk/

Answer 6

You can install android-sdk in different ways

1. homebrew
   Install brew using command from brew.sh

   /usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"  
   

   Install android-sdk using

   brew install android-sdk
   

   Now android-sdk will be installed in /usr/local/opt/android-sdk

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

2. If you installed android studio following the website,
   android-sdk will be installed in ~/Library/Android/sdk

   export ANDROID_HOME=~/Library/Android/sdk
   

I think these defaults make sense and its better to stick to it