Android SDK for Offline Installation

Hi there. Long time not see you here :). This time I will talk about Android, a mobile operating system made by Google which is using modified Linux kernel. I knew this thing years ago, but I made Android apps just for fun, which only runnable in the emulator (Android gadget was not available yet at that time). Anyway, lately I get back my curiosity on Android development because of its good prospect (I think) and my brand new Android phone, hoho :). Hopefully in the following month I will publish some free Android apps for all of you :)

Let's get into the main point. If we want to develop Android-based application, at least we need to have:

Android Robot

We can download Android SDK at http://developer.android.com/sdk. Google provides Android SDK for 3 platforms: Windows, Mac OSX, and Linux. Just download it and extract the .zip or .tgz. After that, we can read the fine manual and start using AVD manager or "SDK Setup.exe" to perform online installation: download and install its components/packages, such as Android Platform, documentation, Google API, etc.

Android SDK

Anyway, if we want to perform offline installation, we need to download it components manually. Actually, Google doesn't provide any hard link for those, but we can use folder http://dl-ssl.google.com/android/repository/ and file http://dl-ssl.google.com/android/repository/repository.xml for reference. So, here it is a list of download link for some Android SDK components (for other version of API, check the xml file above).

Android SDK Platform 2.2, revision 2

SDK Documentation (Android 2.2, API 8, revision 1)
Samples for SDK (Android 2.2, API 8, revision 1)
USB Driver Package for Windows (revision 3)
Market Licensing package

After that, we just need to extract those components in the correct folders. See the following structure (for example, if you extract the SDK in the C:\android)

android/

|-- add-ons/

   |-- google_apis-8_r02/

   |-- docs/

   |-- images/

   |-- libs/

   |-- samples/

|-- docs/

|-- platforms/

   |-- android-2.2_r02-windows/

   |-- data/

   |-- images/

   |-- skins/

   |-- templates/

   |-- tools/

   |-- android.jar

|-- samples

|-- tools

|-- usb_driver

   |-- amd64

   |-- i386

|-- SDK Setup.exe

Next, download the ADT Plugin for Eclipse manually (for offline installation) from http://dl.google.com/android/ADT-0.9.7.zip (for version 0.9.7) and read the fine manual how to use it in Eclipse. In the end, take a look at HelloWorld application to see if your installation works perfectly. Happy coding! ;)

17 comments :

AnonymousSeptember 5, 2010 at 11:43 AM
Jadi HP lo apa Gri? :D
Btw dah nyobain Android App Inventor juga?
Anggriawan SugiantoSeptember 5, 2010 at 5:43 PM
hp samsung. udah coba app inventor.
AnonymousSeptember 7, 2010 at 3:26 PM
e online install's DLM was terribly slow
AnonymousNovember 8, 2010 at 9:07 AM
Very useful tip! Thanks
AnonymousNovember 24, 2010 at 3:21 AM
Thanks ANGGRIAWAN SUGIANTO
Actually m new to the android development.

Would really appreciate your help in guiding me to explore Android to the fullest.

My email id is karamchandani.amish@gmail.com
Thanks again
chockyApril 18, 2011 at 2:45 PM
makasih kak anggri untuk tutorial-nya... :p

itu yg manual emang berasa lama nih di pc... entah lah kok bisa dibilang cepet... hahaha... #sabar
Anggriawan SugiantoApril 20, 2011 at 8:24 AM
hahaha.. kalau ternyata di versi terbaru perlu ada perubahan step-step di atas, kasi tau ya chock :p
techno blogMay 26, 2011 at 11:34 AM
salam kenal dari seorang newbie yg lagi belajar... thaxs infonya..
Siddharth_bAugust 29, 2011 at 5:51 PM
Here's an article on how to do offline installation on Windows.
http://siddharthbarman.com/apd
http://siddharthbarman.com/blog/apd
Aldo AldoMarch 26, 2012 at 4:59 PM
kontol
DagmJune 6, 2012 at 12:50 AM
it is v good
ProsquidJuly 24, 2012 at 4:29 AM
Bless you....Searched the whole internet for this...Excellent,had to install all manually,To think I almost gave up
Spencer LittlewoodJuly 30, 2012 at 10:18 PM
Yes bless you indeed, although just before i used your solution i also trtied switch off zone alarm and avast antivirus and i managed to get it down (switching off the force https option too)
Andi NugrohoAugust 7, 2012 at 2:15 PM
mas, saya masih kesulitan nih, untuk install offlinenya, mohhon di beritahu di letakkan dimana derektori penyimpanan komponen android yg di download offline
Columbia blackAugust 9, 2012 at 7:35 AM
Just when I gave up I cross this info, life saver!
aris suryadiNovember 12, 2012 at 4:47 PM
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Andrew K-FoxNovember 23, 2013 at 9:12 AM
ou can find the pdf's for most sections here The website has been split into sections for each book.

http://www.docand.com/
Design ....................... http://docand.com/android-design-methods-book/
Training...................... http://docand.com/training-in-android-book/
Android Components............ http://docand.com/a-guide-to-android-api-components-book/
Google Services............... http://docand.com/android-google-available-services-book/ Distribution Methods........... http://docand.com/android-distribution-methods-book/
Tools of the Android Developer http://docand.com/tools-of-the-android-developer-book/
The sections are all available as a preview and as a download for free.

Anggriawan Sugianto

Android SDK for Offline Installation

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