Installing platforms and tools

The Android platform installation comes with the Android SDK manager toolkit that allows you to select and download the tools and platforms that are required to build the Android apps. For example, when a new version of Android is released, you can test your application against the new platform by downloading the new bundles using the SDK manager.

The Android SDK Manager can be launched from Xamarin Studio by navigating to the Tools | Open Android SDK Manager... option:

Notice that the Android SDK Manager has now opened and it lists the following options for you to install or delete.

Tools

The Tools section is one of the core parts of the Android installation. This is required to build, install, and debug the Android application on the device:

A brief description of the tools is as follows:

• Android SDK Tools: These are the development tools that must be installed to compile Xamarin.Android applications. When you install the Xamarin platform, it automatically gets...