From the course: Android Studio Essential Training 2020

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Update the Android SDK and tools

Update the Android SDK and tools

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Update the Android SDK and tools

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- The Android SDK actually comprises many different components. You can check the status of them on your system by going to the menu from the welcome screen and choosing SDK manager. There are three tabs here. The SDK platforms, SDK tools, and SDK update sites. SDK platforms shows you which versions of the Android operating system have been installed. Each version of the operating system has a version number up until version nine, there was also a nickname, a sweet dessert, and there's an associated API level. As a software developer its critical to know your API levels. Android ten is API level twenty nine, nine is twenty eight, and so on. To see all the components that have been installed, click on the option at the bottom right labeled show package details. In my system for Android ten, or Android Q, I've installed the core SDK, and the source code. And critically I've installed something called…

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