# JakeWharton/sdk-manager-plugin

DEPRECATED Gradle plugin which downloads and manages your Android SDK.

Repository: https://github.com/JakeWharton/sdk-manager-plugin
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/sdk-manager-plugin
Language: Groovy
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Archived: true
Last push: 2016-10-07T23:07:08+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4540, "days_push": 3617, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1404, forks 130 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:38.026843+00:00)

## What it is
A deprecated Gradle plugin that automatically downloads and manages the Android SDK, build tools, support repositories, and emulator components for Android builds. It was superseded by automatic dependency downloading in Android Gradle plugin 2.2.0+.

## Use cases
- automatically download the Android SDK for a Gradle build
- set up Android SDK on CI machines without manual installation
- keep build tools and support libraries up to date across a team
- generate local.properties when ANDROID_HOME is missing
- download missing compile SDK API levels automatically

## When to choose
- maintaining legacy Android projects pinned to old Android Gradle plugin versions (<2.2.0)
- CI environments on old toolchains that cannot pre-install the SDK

## When to avoid
- any project using Android Gradle plugin 2.2.0 or newer, which handles this natively
- new projects seeking actively maintained tooling

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: abandoned
- function: build-tool, package-manager, developer-tools
- domain: mobile-development, developer-tools
- platform: cross-platform, jvm, cli
- tags: gradle-plugin, android-sdk, deprecated, ci, groovy, automation

## Member repositories
- JakeWharton/sdk-manager-plugin (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:38.026843+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:38:48.569773+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/JakeWharton/sdk-manager-plugin (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:38.026843+00:00, sha f27415e8c85c)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.