SDK Tools
The SDK tools are installed with the SDK starter package and are periodically updated. The SDK tools are required if you are developing Android applications. The most important SDK tools include the Android SDK Manager , the AVD Manager ,the emulator and the Dalvik Debug Monitor Server . A short summary of some frequently-used SDK tools is provided below.
Virtual Device Tools :Android Virtual Device Manager
The AVD Manager provides a graphical user interface in which you can create and manage Android Virtual Devices (AVDs) that run in the Android Emulator.Android Emulator (emulator)
A QEMU-based device-emulation tool that you can use to debug and test your applications in an actual Android run-time environment.mksdcard
Helps you create a disk image that you can use with the emulator, to simulate the presence of an external storage card (such as an SD card).
Development Tools
Lets you manage AVDs, projects, and the installed components of the SDK.
Hierarchy Viewer (hierarchyviewer)
Provides a visual representation of the layout's View hierarchy with performance information for each node in the layout, and a magnified view of the display to closely examine the pixels in your layout.
lint
The Android lint tool is a static code analysis tool that checks your Android project source files for potential bugs and optimization improvements.
SDK Manager
Lets you manage SDK packages, such as installed platforms and system images.
sqlite3
Lets you access the SQLite data files created and used by Android applications.
Debugging Tools :Android Debug Bridge(.adb)
Android Debug Bridge (adb) is a versatile command line tool that lets you communicate with an emulator instance or connected Android-powered device. It also provides access to the device shell for advanced command-line operations.uiautomatorDebugging Tools :UIAutomator
The uiautomator testing framework lets you test your user interface (UI) efficiently by creating automated functional UI testcases that can be run against your app on one or more devices.Dalvik Debug Monitor Server (ddms)
Lets you debug Android applications.Device Monitor
Android Device Monitor is a stand-alone tool that provides a graphical user interface for several Android application debugging and analysis tools.dmtracedump
Generates graphical call-stack diagrams from trace log files. The tool uses the Graphviz Dot utility to create the graphical output, so you need to install Graphviz before running dmtracedump. For more information on usingdmtracedump, see Profiling with Traceview and dmtracedumphprof-conv
Converts the HPROF file that is generated by the Android SDK tools to a standard format so you can view the file in a profiling tool of your choice.Monkey
Runs on your emulator or device and generates pseudo-random streams of user events such as clicks, touches, or gestures, as well as a number of system-level events. You can use the Monkey to stress-test applications that you are developing, in a random yet repeatable manner.
MonkeyDevice
MonkeyImage
MonkeyRunner monkeyrunner
Provides an API for writing programs that control an Android device or emulator from outside of Android code.
MonkeyImage
MonkeyRunner monkeyrunner
Provides an API for writing programs that control an Android device or emulator from outside of Android code.
Systrace
Lets you analyze the execution of your application in the context of system processes, to help diagnose display and performance issues.
Lets you analyze the execution of your application in the context of system processes, to help diagnose display and performance issues.
Traceview
Provides a graphical viewer for execution logs saved by your application.Systrace
Lets you analyze the execution of your application in the context of system processes, to help diagnose display and performance issues.
Allows you to build encrypted and unencrypted APK expansion files in Opaque Binary Blob (OBB) format.
APK expansion files : ProGuard
Shrinks, optimizes, and obfuscates your code by removing unused code and renaming classes, fields, and methods with semantically obscure names. zipalign
Optimizes .apk files by ensuring that all uncompressed data starts with a particular alignment relative to the start of the file. This should always be used to align .apk files after they have been signed.
A command line utility that lets you encode PNG images to the ETC1 compression standard and decode ETC1 compressed images back to PNG.
Provides a graphical viewer for execution logs saved by your application.Systrace
Lets you analyze the execution of your application in the context of system processes, to help diagnose display and performance issues.
Build Tools
JOBB
Allows you to build encrypted and unencrypted APK expansion files in Opaque Binary Blob (OBB) format.
APK expansion files : ProGuard
Shrinks, optimizes, and obfuscates your code by removing unused code and renaming classes, fields, and methods with semantically obscure names. zipalign
Optimizes .apk files by ensuring that all uncompressed data starts with a particular alignment relative to the start of the file. This should always be used to align .apk files after they have been signed.
Image Tools
Draw 9-patch
Allows you to easily create a NinePatch graphic using a WYSIWYG editor. It also previews stretched versions of the image, and highlights the area in which content is allowed. etc1toolA command line utility that lets you encode PNG images to the ETC1 compression standard and decode ETC1 compressed images back to PNG.
Tracer for OpenGL ES
Allows you to capture OpenGL ES commands and frame by frame images to help you understand how your graphics commands are being executed.
Allows you to capture OpenGL ES commands and frame by frame images to help you understand how your graphics commands are being executed.
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