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<p>It can be useful to set up a standalone installation of the SDK separate from <p>It can be useful to set up a standalone installation of the SDK separate from
Android Studio. Android Studio can also be set up to use an existing SDK and will the Android Open Source Project tree. This is how the prebuilt apps are built, rather
recognize it and use it automatically if Android Studio is installed with an SDK than using the older branch of the SDK in the OS source tree.</p>
installation already available and set up in the environment. You'll also likely want
a working command-line SDK environment even if you do heavily use Android Studio.</p>
<p>To set up a minimal SDK installation without Android Studio on Linux:</p> <p>Android Studio can also be set up to use an existing SDK and will recognize it and use
it automatically if Android Studio is installed with an SDK installation already
available and set up in the environment. You'll also likely want a working
command-line SDK environment even if you do heavily use Android Studio.</p>
<p>Using the official releases of the SDK is recommended for simplicity, although with
a lot of effort you can build everything yourself. Distribution packages are generally
quite out-of-date and should be avoided. To set up a minimal SDK installation without
Android Studio on Linux:</p>
<pre>mkdir ~/sdk <pre>mkdir ~/sdk
cd ~/sdk cd ~/sdk