Sdkmanager and avdmanager will be located inside android-sdk/tools/bin whereas emulator can be found inside android-sdk/tools. emulator respectively.įor those of you who are feeling lazy to find it yourself : Incase your system complains about not being able to find the command while trying to issue the next set of commands involving sdkmanager, avdmanager or emulator - you can navigate to the directory where it is present inside the android-sdk folder and run them as. Windows and linux users can directly visit the link and download it after accepting the license.įor Mac users, I recommend installing via Homebrew :Įxport ANDROID_HOME =/path/to/android-sdk Important note for the next two steps:
Okay enough with the memes, let’s quickly set up Android Studio’s emulator for our react native app in a better way this time - without actually installing Android Studio! ✊ Step 1: Install Java Development Kit 8.įirst you’ll need to install JDK 8. So most of us stick to the free ones or end up downloading Android Studio for the really good and easy to use emulator it provides.īut it gets worse when you already have Visual Studio Code, a few tabs on Google Chrome and your music player running!Īlso, some of us are just lazy ( and too comfortable with the command line ) that we don’t bother installing some fancy GUI application when we can do it with a few commands. Some are free, while a lot others with really nice features and performance are paid. How many of you have installed Android Studio only to use the emulator for your native app? Oh, and don’t forget the way your system struggles when you try to run it!Īnd no, I’m not just talking about any average system - even my Macbook Pro with 8GB of RAM makes a lot of noise!Ī lot of you might have also come across alternatives like Genymotion, Nox, BlueStacks and a lot others.
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