What problem does it solve?
It helps you run end-to-end Android development tasks—creating projects, managing SDK packages, launching apps, inspecting environments, and diagnosing device/UI behavior—through a single android command-line interface.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Project creation and management: Create new Android projects from templates with predictable outputs.
- SDK tooling orchestration: Install, update, remove, and list SDK packages via the
android sdk workflow.
- Device and emulator operations: Run apps (
android run), manage emulators, and interact with connected devices.
- Debugging and inspection helpers: Inspect UI layouts (
android layout), capture screenshots, and navigate device screen tooling.
- Documentation and knowledge lookup: Search authoritative Android developer docs through the Android Knowledge Base integration.
- Android-specific testing support: Run journey-based behavioral checks and reference supporting materials when needed.
Quick Start
Use the android-cli skill to inspect your target device UI by running android layout in your project workflow.