Install Android SDK Command Line Tools for Flutter (Without Android Studio)

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This topic covers how to install the Android SDK needed for development without using Android Studio.

Steps

Install Java SDK

Choose your JDK version here: https://adoptium.net/temurin/releases (you can choose other web for preferences of installation).
Set environment variables:

# Set JAVA_HOME
setx JAVA_HOME "C:\Program Files\Eclipse Adoptium\jdk-17.0.17.10-hotspot"

# Add to PATH
setx PATH "%PATH%;%JAVA_HOME%\bin"

Verify installation: java -version

Install Android Command Line Tools

Download: https://developer.android.com/studio#command-line-tools-only
Create directory & Extract here: C:\Android\sdk\cmdline-tools\latest

Install Android SDK Components

Open path C:\Android\sdk\cmdline-tools\latest\bin , then run in terminal:

sdkmanager.bat --sdk_root=C:\Android\sdk "platforms;android-36" "build-tools;28.0.3"

Configure Flutter

# Add to PATH
setx PATH "%PATH%;C:\Flutter\flutter\bin"

# Navigate Flutter to know the directory of our Android SDK
flutter config --android-sdk C:\Android\sdk

# Show all Android licenses we need to accept
flutter doctor --android-licenses

Accept all licenses with y. Then, verify with flutter doctor.

My Directory

C:\
├── Program Files\
│ └── Eclipse Adoptium\
│ └── jdk-17.0.17.10-hotspot\
│ ├── bin\
│ ├── lib\
│ └── ...
│
├── Android\
│ └── sdk\
│ ├── cmdline-tools\
│ │ └── latest\
│ │ └── bin\
│ │ ├── sdkmanager.bat
│ │ └── ...
│ ├── platform-tools\
│ ├── platforms\
│ │ └── android-36\
│ └── build-tools\
│ └── 28.0.3\
│
└── Flutter\
    └── flutter\
        ├── bin\
        │ └── flutter.bat
        ├── packages\
        └── ...

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