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I've read pretty much read every article from google search, watched all the YouTube tutorials and checked out all the StackOverflow questions relating to this but cannot find my answer.

The official (but outdated) docs is not all that useful at all.
https://facebook.github.io/react-native/releases/0.23/docs/android-setup.html
http://facebook.github.io/react-native/releases/0.40/docs/getting-started.html

I am using Windows 10.

So far I have,

User Variables:

PATH
C:\Users\RickyDam\AppData\Local\Android\android-sdk\tools
C:\Users\RickyDam\AppData\Local\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools

System Variables:

ANDROID_HOME
C:\Users\RickyDam\AppData\Local\Android\android-sdk

ANDROID_SDK_HOME
C:\Users\RickyDam\AppData\Local\Android\android-sdk

JAVA_HOME
C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_144

PATH
C:\Users\RickyDam\AppData\Local\Android\android-sdk\tools
C:\Users\RickyDam\AppData\Local\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools

My git bash just keeps showing

bash: android: command not found

And if I try to type in android.bat, it returns

The "android" command is deprecated.
For manual SDK, AVD, and project management, please use Android Studio.
For command-line tools, use tools\bin\sdkmanager.bat
and tools\bin\avdmanager.bat

And then if I try to type in sdkmanager.bat, I get

bash: sdkmanager.bat: command not found

EDIT:
I found out about the official SDK Manager installer made by Google Inc. and now my folder C:\Users\RickyDam\AppData\Local\Android\android-sdk looks like this

screenshot of android-sdk folder

But I still get

android: command not found

even though my environment variables seem to all be in place...

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  • You also need gradle, platform-tools which contain adb , if adb is not installed then react-native project will not run. You can install sdk using android studio and then uninstall android studio. Commented Aug 11, 2017 at 3:49
  • @ParasWatts Turns out there is an installer just for the SDK tools after all. And it's made by Google too, so it's official! filehippo.com/download_android_sdk although now i'm battling the issue of android: command not found again Commented Aug 11, 2017 at 3:53
  • I have android studio installed, but android.bat is not working. Sdkmanager.bat is working fine. Maybe there is problem with your sdkmanager.bat path. Maybe You should set it to bin \tools\bin . Commented Aug 11, 2017 at 4:04
  • Did it work or you find any other solution ? Commented Aug 11, 2017 at 5:29
  • Well for me sdkmanager.bat crashes if I double click it and running sdkmanager.bat in the terminal still doesn't work Commented Aug 11, 2017 at 11:14

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Windows 10

  1. Install Java SE Development Kit 8
    http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk8-downloads-2133151.html

  2. Install Android SDK Manager
    http://filehippo.com/download_android_sdk/

  3. Install the options that are already selected when you open the SDK Manager
    • Android SDK Tools
    • Android SDK Platform-tools
    • Android SDK Build-tools
    • Android 8.0.0 (API 26)
    • Extras > Google USB Driver

  4. Navigate to Control Panel \ System and Security \ System \ Advanced System Settings \ Environment Variables

  5. For User Variables select Path and click Edit....

  6. Click New and add these:
    • C:\Users\PC-NAME\AppData\Local\Android\android-sdk\tools
    • C:\Users\PC-NAME\AppData\Local\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools
    • C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_144

Now to confirm that it works, open cmd and type in android, the Android SDK Manager should open up.

NOTE: I suggest using the default command prompt over a third party one such as Git Bash. With cmd, when you run commands such as npm install, you actually get a loading bar where as in Git bash, you don't get one. Some commands that work properly in cmd such as android will not be recognized by Git bash.

  1. Now in the command prompt, cd to the Desktop.

  2. Run these commands:
    • npm install -g create-react-native-app
    • create-react-native-app my-app
    • cd my-app/
    • npm start

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Mac Users

Assuming you already have:

  1. Java JDK 8
  2. nodejs and react-native cli

Now let's download only command line tools (which is bottom of ) this link

Follow these steps wisely:

  1. unzip the folder in /opt/andriod directory

  2. export ANDROID_HOME=/opt/android

  3. echo "export ANDROID_HOME=/opt/android" >> ~/.bashrc

  4. /opt/android/tools/bin/sdkmanager "platforms;android-23" "build-tools;23.0.1" "add-ons;addon-google_apis-google-23"

You are all done.Congrats! if you made it all.Now from RN proj. folder run:

react-native run-android
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