Install Android SDK CLI Ubuntu 20.04 WSL2.md

Install Android SDK CLI Ubuntu 20.04 WSL2 (Work in Progress)

Install Java 8

sudo apt install openjdk-8-jdk-headless

Android SDK

wget https://dl.google.com/android/repository/commandlinetools-linux-6200805_latest.zip
mkdir -p Android/Sdk
unzip commandlinetools-linux-6200805_latest.zip -d Android/Sdk

export ANDROID_HOME=$HOME/Android/Sdk
# Make sure emulator path comes before tools. Had trouble on Ubuntu with emulator from /tools being loaded
# instead of the one from /emulator
export PATH="$ANDROID_HOME/emulator:$ANDROID_HOME/tools:$ANDROID_HOME/tools/bin:$ANDROID_HOME/platform-tools:$PATH"

sdkmanager --sdk_root=${ANDROID_HOME} "tools"

sdkmanager --update
sdkmanager --list
sdkmanager "build-tools;28.0.3" "platform-tools" "platforms;android-28" "tools"
sdkmanager --licenses

sudo apt install gradle

Note: you can get an updated Android SDK link from https://developer.android.com/studio/#downloads

Used a combinaton of these gists: https://gist.github.com/fedme/fd42caec2e5a7e93e12943376373b7d0 https://gist.github.com/jjvillavicencio/18feb09f0e93e017a861678bc638dcb0

Background on the update to command line tools from android sdk https://stackoverflow.com/a/61176718

I've found myself into trouble. I'm getting this from Android Studio:

Build-tool 33.0.0 is missing AAPT at \\wsl$\Ubuntu\home\arnyminerz\Android\build-tools\33.0.0\aapt.exe
Build-tool 33.0.0 is missing AAPT at \\wsl$\Ubuntu\home\arnyminerz\Android\build-tools\33.0.0\aapt.exe

Any clue why this is happenning? I've tried creating symbolic links from aapt.exe to aapt but it fixes nothing 😢

This worked to install the Android SDK. Thanks. Now I'm facing a different issue.

I can't make adb find my devices in WSL2. I have the same version of adb in both windows and wsl (33.0.3-8952118).

The trick of adb tcpip 5555 only worked on WSL1 but it doesn't on WSL2.

I've also tried usbip-win to share the USB port like follows

usbipd wsl attach --busid <BUSID>

But it always fails saying that the device is busy when adb is ON in the device.

Is there any other alternative or step that is required to make adb work in WSL2?

Just in case you want to install Android Studio with functional GUI from snap in Ubuntu 22.04 in WSL2 (Windows 11), follow these steps:

1. Enable systemd
2. Run this

sudo snap install android-studio --classic
sudo apt install openjdk-11-jre-headless libxrender1 libxtst6 libxi6

sudo apt install openjdk-17-jdk for the latest release.

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