Ansible Role: Android SDK

This is an Ansible Role that installs the Android SDK tools, SDK packages, and required dependencies on Ubuntu and RedHat based operating systems.

Requirements

You will need a recent version of Ubuntu.

Role Variables

Here are the available variables with their default values (see defaults/main.yml):

• android_sdk_download_location:

  • URL to download the Android SDK tools package.
  • Default: http://dl.google.com/android/android-sdk_r23.0.2-linux.tgz

• android_sdk_install_location:

  • Where you want to install the SDK on your system.
  • Default: /opt

• ubuntu_dependency_packages:

  • A list of packages needed for building (Ubuntu).
  • Example: libncurses5, libstdc++6, zlib1g, etc.

• ubuntu_precise_dependency_packages:

  • Additional packages needed for Ubuntu Precise.
  • Example: libgd2-xpm, libgphoto2-2, etc.

• rh_dependency_packages:

  • Packages required for RedHat based systems.
  • Example: expect, libstdc++.i686, etc.

• android_sdk_update_path:

  • Indicates if the role should update the PATH variable with the Android SDK paths.
  • Default: true

• android_sdk_base_buildtools_version:

  • The main version of the build tools from the SDK.
  • Default: 20.0.0

• android_sdk_tools_to_install:

  • List of Android SDK tools to install.
  • Includes tools like build-tools-20.0.0, platform-tools, etc.

• android_sdks_to_install:

  • List of Android SDK versions to install.
  • Example: android-21, android-20, etc.

Example Playbook

Here's an example of how to use the role:

- hosts: appbuild
  vars_files:
    - vars/main.yml
  roles:
    - { role: nickpack.android_sdk }

License

This role is licensed under BSD.

Author Information

This role was created by Nick Pack in 2015.

Contributors

• @timdaman - Fixed issue with loading variables
• @ojechev-broadsoft - Added support for OSX
• @rodrigdav - Fixed variables for compatibility with version 2.2
• @halkeye - Separated SDK tools and improved 64-bit support
• @edunham - Added support for 32-bit systems
• @peterjanes - Added support for RedHat family
• @conorsch - Updated for support beyond Ubuntu 14.04