Setting up environment

There are default configurations that work just fine, but if you want to modify them you can use this page as a reference.

Edit configuration file

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Open conf/setup-tools.conf in your favourite text editor.

download_dir = This is the directory where all the files that the script downloads is being downloaded to. At the end of the execution of the script these will be deleted. You can change the default value if you want but it is not necessary.

android_studio_installation_dir = This is the directory where Android Studio will be installed to. The script will create the folder in case it does not exist.

android_sdk_installation_dir = This is the directory where Android SDK will be installed to. The script will create the folder in case it does not exist.

android_apis = Here you specify which API's to install with your environment. Check the formatting instructions found in the configuration file.

google_apis = Here you specify which API's to install with your environment. If you are planning on emulating a google device you will need this.

android_platform_architecture = These specify architectures that should be installed. They are needed when creating AVDs with the tag default.

google_platform_architecture = These specify architectures that should be installed. They are needed when creating AVDs with the tag google_apis.

avd_configuration_files = These are filenames for configuration files that define AVDs. You will soon modify these as well. You can leave the default values as they are for now. Please note that these are only base names, not full absolute paths like the rest of the path values above and all of the files are to be contained within the conf/ folder.

Modify AVD definition files

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Open conf/android-17-default.conf in your favourite text editor

name = This will be the name of your AVD, it must be unique, any AVD setup with the same name as an existing AVD will be discarded and not installed.

target = This is the target API that this device will be using, please check that you install(ed) the needed API specified in the setup configuration file.

tag = This will be google_apis for Google devices and default for others

abi = This (Application Binary Interface) can for example be x86 or x86_64. Check that you install(ed) the needed platform architecture specified in the setup configuration file.

Run command

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Now that everything is setup correctly, you can go ahead and run the following command:

$ bin/setup-env.sh --create conf/setup-tools.conf

Important: Remember that the script must have the right access to the files and folders specified in the configuration file, so if the folder is only accessible to the super user, run the script with root privileges.

Troubleshooting

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Did something go wrong? Here are a few suggestions.

• Read the output of the script, it will guide you in the right direction
• Check that all the values in the configuration file are correct

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