Android SDK Installation Folder on OS X

android installation osx-lion android-sdk-2.3

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Solution 1

/Applications is the most natural place. Maybe /usr/local for the old Unix folks.

Solution 2

I install it using Android Studio and i found it here: /Users/username/Library/Android/sdk

Solution 3

Check here too /usr/local/Cellar/android-sdk/

Solution 4

4/1/16

I also found it in the gradle properties of my project:

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local.properties for gradle SDK
Even tells you location of SDK with path, time stamp and location

Solution 5

If you have access to the Android SDK Manager you can look at the top of the window.

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Ashu Mhatugade

I am the Founder and Owner of PlusInfinite, LLC. For the 8 years between March 2006 and May 2014 I worked in various roles at Microsoft, and further back I held various software development positions in companies large and small. I have a strong passion for cloud and mobile technologies, software architecture and patterns, and I often find myself designing, coding, or debugging software using mainstream or obscure technologies.

Updated on July 09, 2022

Comments

Ashu Mhatugade almost 2 years

Any best practices/recommendations on the installation folder for the Android SDK? Following http://developer.android.com/sdk/installing.html on OS X and Step 2. "...unpack it to a safe location on your machine..." makes no sense at all for me coming from Windows.
Sean Owen over 9 years

Good answer -- if and only if you have installed the SDK with brew!
Ryan Heitner about 9 years

This answer is no longer valid and we cannot use /Application
Sean Owen about 9 years

Why can't you use /Applications? I'm doing it now.
Ryan Heitner about 9 years

Check out the link tools.android.com/recent/androidstudio0814inbetachannel and tools.android.com/knownissues
Sean Owen about 9 years

I see though isnt that a function of Android Studio? I do not use it but I have no problems.