Android Command Line Tools Sdkmanager Always Shows: Warning: Could Not Create Settings
Answer : Instead of passing the argument --sdk_root for each single command execution, let's deep dive into the real cause. Starting from Android SDK Command-line Tools 1.0.0 (6200805) , in contrast to Android SDK 26.1.1 (4333796) , the tools directory hierarchy has been changed. Previously it was placed right inside ANDROID_HOME (which is deprecated, we will use the term ANDROID_SDK_ROOT for the rest of the paragraph), now it's still named as tools (the only thing you'll get after unpacking the downloaded commandlinetools zip file), but differently, you have to place it inside a directory called cmdline-tools on your own. The name cmdline-tools comes from its package name, where you can get from listing packages command sdkmanager --list , whose outputs include cmdline-tools;1.0 | 1.0 | Android SDK Command-line Tools . Wrapping tools directory inside cmdline-tools directory would make it work, and help you get rid of the annoying --sdk_root argument. But ...