Some times it would be very handy to check / update android sdk from command line. For automation pipelines it surely helps. Here is few commands that can be used to check or update android sdk from command line.
List Installed SDK details
haridas@haridas-HP-ProBook-4440s:~$ android list sdk
Refresh Sources:
Fetching https://dl.google.com/android/repository/addons_list-2.xml
Validate XML
Parse XML
Fetched Add-ons List successfully
Refresh Sources
Fetching URL: https://dl.google.com/android/repository/repository-11.xml
Validate XML: https://dl.google.com/android/repository/repository-11.xml
Parse XML: https://dl.google.com/android/repository/repository-11.xml
Fetching URL: https://dl.google.com/android/repository/addon.xml
Validate XML: https://dl.google.com/android/repository/addon.xml
Parse XML: https://dl.google.com/android/repository/addon.xml
Fetching URL: https://dl.google.com/android/repository/glass/addon.xml
Validate XML: https://dl.google.com/android/repository/glass/addon.xml
Parse XML: https://dl.google.com/android/repository/glass/addon.xml
Fetching URL: https://dl.google.com/android/repository/extras/intel/addon.xml
Validate XML: https://dl.google.com/android/repository/extras/intel/addon.xml
Parse XML: https://dl.google.com/android/repository/extras/intel/addon.xml
Fetching URL: https://dl.google.com/android/repository/sys-img/android/sys-img.xml
Validate XML: https://dl.google.com/android/repository/sys-img/android/sys-img.xml
Parse XML: https://dl.google.com/android/repository/sys-img/android/sys-img.xml
Fetching URL: https://dl.google.com/android/repository/sys-img/android-wear/sys-img.xml
Validate XML: https://dl.google.com/android/repository/sys-img/android-wear/sys-img.xml
Parse XML: https://dl.google.com/android/repository/sys-img/android-wear/sys-img.xml
Fetching URL: https://dl.google.com/android/repository/sys-img/android-tv/sys-img.xml
Validate XML: https://dl.google.com/android/repository/sys-img/android-tv/sys-img.xml
Parse XML: https://dl.google.com/android/repository/sys-img/android-tv/sys-img.xml
Fetching URL: https://dl.google.com/android/repository/sys-img/google_apis/sys-img.xml
Validate XML: https://dl.google.com/android/repository/sys-img/google_apis/sys-img.xml
Parse XML: https://dl.google.com/android/repository/sys-img/google_apis/sys-img.xml
Packages available for installation or update: 15
1- Android SDK Tools, revision 25.2.3
2- Android SDK Platform-tools, revision 25.0.1
3- Documentation for Android SDK, API 24, revision 1
4- SDK Platform Android 7.1.1, API 25, revision 2
5- Google APIs Intel x86 Atom_64 System Image, Android API 23, revision 18
6- Google APIs, Android API 24, revision 1
7- Android Support Repository, revision 40
8- Android Auto Desktop Head Unit emulator, revision 1.1
9- Google Play services, revision 38
10- Google Repository, revision 39
11- Google Play APK Expansion library, revision 1
12- Google Play Licensing Library, revision 1
13- Google Play Billing Library, revision 5
14- Android Auto API Simulators, revision 1
15- Google Web Driver, revision 2List available / new SDK details
Android SDK includes multiple packages like SDK platform-tools, SDK tools, build-tools, System images for emulator, and extra addon packages or extra packages provided by google ( playstore libraries ).
To know what all are packaes are available for installation use bellow command -
# List all available packages indexed with number.
$ android update list sdk -a
# list with index plus a label associated with each package.
$ android update list sdk -a -e
eg:
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id: 171 or **"extra-google-google_play_services"**
Type: Extra
Desc: Google Play services, revision 38
By Google Inc.
Google Play services Javadocs and sample code
Install path: extras/google/google_play_services
----------Install selected SDK packages
$ android update sdk --no-ui --all --filter tools,platform-tools,build-tools-24.0.3,android-23,sys-img-x86-android-24