If you using archlinux and want to develop android application. Then you must install Android SDK. To install manually you can download the package from android sdk website.
About Android SDK:
The Android SDK provides you the API libraries and developer tools necessary to build, test, and debug apps for Android.
To download the packages here's the android sdk sites:
developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
For the easy way to install, Android SDK & Platform Tools is available on AUR.
Note if you using Archlinux 64bit: You must enable multilib repo, to be able install the required packages.
To install ANDROID SDK:
To install ANDROID Platform tools:
Done, all files installed on /opt/android-sdk/
To be able to use adb, fastboot, ddms, other commands you must create symbolic link to executable file manually. For this example:
ADB
Fastboot
DDMS
and so on for other binary/executable files.
To run Android SDK, on LXDE is available on Programming Menu, then choose Android SDK. If android SDK not running. Same as above
Now try again to running Android SDK, if still not running try run on terminal
Here's the Android SDK. When first opening:
Note if you using Archlinux 64bit: You must enable multilib repo, to be able install the required packages.
1. Android SDK
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/android-sdk/To install ANDROID SDK:
$wget https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/an/android-sdk/android-sdk.tar.gz
$tar -xvzf android-sdk.tar.gz
$cd android-sdk
$makepkg -s
$sudo pacman -U *.pkg.tar.xz
2. Android
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/android-sdk-platform-tools/To install ANDROID Platform tools:
$wget https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/an/android-sdk-platform-tools/android-sdk-platform-tools.tar.gz
$tar -xvzf android-sdk-platform-tools.tar.gz
$cd android-sdk-platform-tools
$makepkg -s
$sudo pacman -U *.pkg.tar.xz
Done, all files installed on /opt/android-sdk/
To be able to use adb, fastboot, ddms, other commands you must create symbolic link to executable file manually. For this example:
ADB
$sudo ln -s /opt/android-sdk/platform-tools/adb /usr/bin/adb
Fastboot
$sudo ln -s /opt/android-sdk/platform-tools/fastboot /usr/bin/fastboot
DDMS
$sudo ln -s /opt/android-sdk/tools/ddms /usr/bin/ddms
and so on for other binary/executable files.
To run Android SDK, on LXDE is available on Programming Menu, then choose Android SDK. If android SDK not running. Same as above
$sudo ln -s /opt/android-sdk/tools/android /usr/bin/android
Now try again to running Android SDK, if still not running try run on terminal
$./opt/android-sdk/tools/android
Here's the Android SDK. When first opening:
ADB commands:
Fastboot commands:
DDMS apps:
That's some application on Android SDK & Platform Tools, now you can develop android Apps on Archlinx.
For Installing ADB only you can install android-tools
#pacman -S android-tools android-udev
Enjoy.