Add an Android platform and Android tools. From here, we are going to edit our user path and add these new variables to our user path. We're going to click 'new' and we're going to do Android_tools and paste in the path to the tools. We're going to copy this path, and then, we're going to set an environment variable for this, as well. We're going to go back to file explorer and we're going to navigate into the tools directory. We're going to paste in the path to the platform tools. Let's go ahead and click 'new' and we're going to type in Adroid_platform. From here, we are going to set some environment variables so that this PC then we'll go to system properties and advanced systems settings, and then, click on environment variables. We're going to hit enter and then we'll click into platform tools and we're going to copy this path. We're going to paste our install path into the address bar. We're going to navigate to file explorer. Now that they're installed, we are going to set some environment variables. This is going to install these particular packages that we selected. We're going to install these three packages and accept the license. We are also going to install Android 5.01 or API 21, so we've SDK platform.

The Android SDK tools are already installed, but we are going to install the platform tools and the build tools.

We're going to go ahead and deselect all, because we do not need everything. Now that it is installed, we are ready to start the SDK manager. This will take just a few moments to move everything into its appropriate places. We're going to copy that, then, we're going to click 'next.' We'll accept the default here.

We are going to make a special note of the destination folder, because we're going to need it in just a moment to set some environment variables. We're going to install it just for this user. Once this has completed its download, we're going to double click and run it. A click on this executable and it will start the download once we have accepted the terms and conditions.

What we are going to do is to go all the way to the bottom of the page to other downloads, and we are going to download the windows installer. From here, we are going to click 'get the SDK.' We could download Android studio, but for what we are trying to accomplish, this is unnecessary and it would just take longer to download and to install. In this lesson, we are going to learn how to install the Android SDK on windows.

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