React Native on Mac: The SDK directory '/Users/username/Library/Android/sdk' does not exist

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I am trying to start up the Android simulator on my High Sierra MacBook Pro. I have followed these guides: React Native error: "Could not determine java version from '9.0.1'."

React Native android build failed. SDK location not found

JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory while running ./gradlew on OSX

None have been helpful. I want to get a successful build with the Android simulator on my MacBook for my React Native project.

This is the current error I am getting now when I run react-native run-android:

The SDK directory '/Users/username/Library/Android/sdk' does not exist

I ran an echo $PATH and there is nothing on the android sdk:

/Users/username/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.4.0/bin:/Users/username/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.4.0@global/bin:/Users/username/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.4.0/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/go/bin:/usr/local/opt/node@8/bin:~/.composer/vendor/bin:/Users/username/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.4.0/bin:/Users/username/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.4.0@global/bin:/Users/danale/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.4.0/bin:/Users/username/.npm-global/bin:/Users/username/.rvm/bin:/Applications/DevDesktop/tools:/usr/local/Cellar/mysql/5.7.18/bin

Does this require installing Android Studio? I do not have a folder of Android inside of my /Library folder. What am I missing?

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1 Answers

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Simply put, you need to install Android Studio for that directory to be created. Open it up as if you are about to start a project. This will allow all the necessary folders and files to be downloaded to your MacBook.

Then you need to: cd /Users/username/Library/Android/sdk/tools/bin

Then run ./sdkmanager --licenses

This will prompt you through to accepting all the license agreements.