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

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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usbipd worked for me to share android device on usb with wsl2, it is visible in android studio run from wsl2 using vcxsrv. Here is a walkthrough:

Enable USB Debugging via USB/IP (USB Passthrough to WSL2)(win 10/11)

Install usbipd-win on Windows via PowerShell (or directly from github msi):

winget install dorssel.usbipd-win

In Ubuntu WSL2, install the client tools:

sudo apt install linux-tools-virtual hwdata
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/local/bin/usbip usbip /usr/lib/linux-tools/*/usbip 20

Share the USB device from Windows: Open PowerShell as Administrator on Windows and list USB devices:

usbipd list

This will show a list of connected USB devices with their BUSID

Find the entry corresponding to your Android device (by vendor name or ID).

Bind and Attach the device to WSL2: Still in PowerShell, first bind the device (makes it shareable) and then attach it to WSL:

usbipd attach --busid --wsl

Replace with the ID from the list (e.g. usbipd wsl attach --busid 4-4 for bus 4-4)

This command can ask you to run a different command in admin ps.