android-sdk

Recipe card from the charly-check plugin (Commands — runtime CLI verbs).

android-sdk — the Android SDK toolchain candy

Candy Properties

Property	Value
Install root	/opt/android-sdk
Requires	@github.com/opencharly/layer-java-openjdk (JDK 21)
Env	ANDROID_HOME, ANDROID_SDK_ROOT = /opt/android-sdk
System image	API-36 google_apis_playstore x86_64 (sdkmanager-fetched)

What it installs

From CachyOS/Arch packages under /opt/android-sdk: cmdline-tools (sdkmanager/avdmanager), platform-tools (adb), build-tools 36 (aapt2), platform android-36, and the emulator. apkeep (the by-package-name app downloader the charly check adb install-app verb drives) is installed from its upstream precompiled x86_64 binary. The one component with no package anywhere — the API-36 google_apis_playstore x86_64 system image — is fetched by sdkmanager into a persistent cache and copied alongside the tools.

Usage

Compose it in a box (a named box’s candy: value is the box BODY):

android-dev:
  candy:
    base: cachyos-base
    candy:
      - '@github.com/opencharly/layer-android-sdk:v2026.xxx.yyyy'

The SDK lands at fixed paths under /opt/android-sdk, so it is verifiable by probing those paths and running adb version. Pair it with an emulator device (kind: android) and the adb:/appium: check verbs.

Verification

plan: check: steps assert /opt/android-sdk/cmdline-tools/latest/bin/sdkmanager, .../platform-tools/adb, .../build-tools/36.0.0/aapt2, .../emulator/emulator, .../platforms/android-36, and the fetched system-image directory all exist, that adb version reports the Android Debug Bridge banner, and that apkeep resolves on PATH.

Related

• /charly-check:android — the kind: android device + target: android deploy
• /charly-check:adb — the adb: probe verb
• /charly-check:appium — the appium: UI-automation verb