Android

To install Android on your machine, follow the following instructions:

1. Go to the following link https://developer.android.com/studio/#downloads

2. Scroll down to the ‘Command Line Tools’ section

3. Depending on whether you are using a Mac, a Linux or a Windows machine, click on the appropriate link and download the zip file.

4. Place this zip file inside the folder: ~/robustest/tools/android/

5. Unzip the file

6. Rename the unzipped folder to cmdline-tools

7. Within the cmdline-tools folder, rename the folder ‘tools’ to ‘latest’

8. Open the command line

  1. In a Mac or a Linux machine, open Terminal and go to the folder ~/robustest/tools/android/cmdline-tools/latest/bin

  2. In a Windows machine, start an Elevated Power Shell Session

9. Install Android as follows:

  1. In Windows, do the following:

    1. Run the following command

      .\sdkmanager --update

    2. Run the command

      .\sdkmanager --list

    3. From the output of the command above, select the latest version of build-tools. It will look something like this: “build-tools;30.0.2”

    4. Copy paste this string and run the command as seen below

      .\sdkmanager "build-tools;30.0.2"

    5. Run the command

      .\sdkmanager "platform-tools"

    6. Once installed, Android SDK is successfully installed

  2. In Mac or Linux machines, run the following commands

    1. Run the following command

      ./sdkmanager --update

    2. Run the command

      ./sdkmanager --list

    3. From the output of the command above, select the latest version of build-tools. It will look something like “build-tools;27.0.3”

    4. Copy paste this string and run the command as seen below

      ./sdkmanager "build-tools;27.0.3"

    5. Run the command

      ./sdkmanager "platform-tools"

    6. Once installed, android sdk is successfully installed

10. For Windows machines, create the environment variables ANDROID_HOME and ANDROID_SDK_ROOT

  1. In the Windows Search bar, search using the string ‘env’

  2. Click on the option ‘Edit the system environment variables’

  3. In the window that opens up, click on the button ‘Environment Variables’

  4. Under the section ‘User Variables’, click on the button ‘New’

  5. Enter the value ANDROID_HOME in the ‘Variable name’ field

  6. Enter the path to the robustest\tools\android folder in the ‘Variable value’ field. This is usually of the form C:\\Users\<username>\robustest\tools\android

  7. Under the section ‘User Variables’, click on the button ‘New’

  8. Enter ANDROID_SDK_ROOT in the ‘Variable name’ field

  9. Enter the path to the robustesttoolsandroid folder in the ‘Variable value’ field. This is usually of the form C:\\Users\<username>\robustest\tools\android

  10. Under the section ‘User Variables’, click and select the environment variable named PATH

  11. Click on the ‘Edit’ button

  12. Click on the button ‘New’

  13. Enter the value %ANDROID_HOME%

  14. Click on the button ‘New’

  15. Enter the value %ANDROID_HOME%platform-tools

  16. Click on OK

  17. Click on OK

  18. Close the PowerShell session and start a new Elevated Power Shell Session