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Asked: 2026-06-12T03:19:03+00:00

In the Android SDK Manager, if you expand any API, you see packages saying

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In the Android SDK Manager, if you expand any API, you see packages saying things like ‘SDK Platform, Google APIs’ and also many other packages like ‘Real3D, Bionic’ etc. Screenshot:

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My question is, what’s the difference between all these packages, and which packages do I need to install if I want to create virtual devices for some of the most common android configurations? Do I need to install SDK platforms, Google APIs, or any of the other packages in order to create emulations?

And what’s the difference between SDK platform and google APIs?

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  1. Editorial Team

    You need following

    1)SDK Platform (2.2,2.3 or 4.0.. depending on your need)

    2)SDK Tools/SDK Platform tools ( to build, test and debug apps)

    Google API’s acts as an interface to Google Map , While SDK Platform will provide access to platform(2.2, 2.3 etc) specific API’s.

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