Downloading Android SDK without Android Studio

Question

I would like to know where I can get the Android SDK by itself without Android Studio? I already have Android Studio.

Answer 1

Answer to the question you asked

Go to the Android Studio download page. Scroll to the end of the page, then back up a little, and you'll find a "Command line tools only" heading.

That has the command-line tools as separate downloads for Windows, Linux and Mac. Each has the sdkmanager command-line tool for getting updates.

Caveats

Those downloads are intended for people who don't want to use Android Studio at all. Integrating separately downloaded tools with an existing install of Android Studio is something I've never tried, and can't help with. I don't use Studio, or the SDK - just the NDK and the Platform Tools.

Better ways of getting to a working setup include:

Use your existing Android Studio to download the tools

There's a page about how to do that here. That avoids the integration problem, and shouldn't involve significantly more downloading than getting the command-line tools.

Uninstall Android Studio and re-install it from the website

That's the most downloading, but it's the simplest way of all.