Setting up Android Studio and Android SDK for React Native development

 1.

Android Studio is already installed

(base) jain@jain-ThinkPad-T440s:~/Desktop/cupboard/program_files/android-studio-2025.1.1.14-linux/android-studio/bin$ pwd

/home/jain/Desktop/cupboard/program_files/android-studio-2025.1.1.14-linux/android-studio/bin

(base) jain@jain-ThinkPad-T440s:~/Desktop/cupboard/program_files/android-studio-2025.1.1.14-linux/android-studio/bin$ ls

appletviewer.policy  format.sh   game-tools.sh  idea.properties  lldb       profiler.sh  studio              studio.png      studio.sh

brokenPlugins.db     fsnotifier  helpers        inspect.sh       ltedit.sh  restarter    studio64.vmoptions  studio_safe.sh  studio.svg

2.A.

SDK Location configured in Android Studio

2.B.

Installing SDK tools

What is the use of NDK?

The NDK (Native Development Kit) is a toolset provided by Google that allows you to write parts of your Android app using native languages like C or C++, instead of JavaScript, Java, or Kotlin.

3:

$ npx react-native info

warn Package react-native-sqlite-storage contains invalid configuration: "dependency.platforms.ios.project" is not allowed. Please verify it's properly linked using "npx react-native config" command and contact the package maintainers about this.

info Fetching system and libraries information...

System:

  OS: Linux 6.11 Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS 24.04.2 LTS (Noble Numbat)

  CPU: (4) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4300U CPU @ 1.90GHz

  Memory: 1.89 GB / 7.45 GB

  Shell:

    version: 5.2.21

    path: /bin/bash

Binaries:

  Node:

    version: 18.19.1

    path: /usr/bin/node

  Yarn: Not Found

  npm:

    version: 9.2.0

    path: /usr/bin/npm

  Watchman: Not Found

SDKs:

  Android SDK:

    API Levels:

      - "31"

      - "36"

    Build Tools:

      - 35.0.0

      - 36.0.0

    Android NDK: Not Found

IDEs:

  Android Studio: Not Found

Languages:

  Java:

    version: 17.0.15

    path: /home/jain/Desktop/cupboard/program_files/OpenJDK17U-jdk_x64_linux_hotspot_17.0.15_6/jdk-17.0.15+6/bin/javac

  Ruby: Not Found

npmPackages:

  "@react-native-community/cli": Not Found

  react:

    installed: 18.2.0

    wanted: 18.2.0

  react-native:

    installed: 0.74.5

    wanted: ^0.74.5

npmGlobalPackages:

  "*react-native*": Not Found

Android:

  hermesEnabled: true

  newArchEnabled: false

iOS:

  hermesEnabled: Not found

  newArchEnabled: false

info React Native v0.80.1 is now available (your project is running on v0.74.5).

info Changelog: https://github.com/facebook/react-native/releases/tag/v0.80.1

info Diff: https://react-native-community.github.io/upgrade-helper/?from=0.74.5

info For more info, check out "https://reactnative.dev/docs/upgrading?os=linux".

4:

Logs from "npx react-native doctor"

 ✖ Android SDK - Required for building and installing your app on Android

   - Versions found: 35.0.0, 36.0.0

   - Version supported: 34.0.0

5.

Trying to fix version mismatch of SDK:

(base) jain@jain-ThinkPad-T440s:~/Desktop/vaakya_sentence_translation$ cd $ANDROID_HOME

(base) jain@jain-ThinkPad-T440s:~/Android/Sdk$ ls

build-tools  cmake  cmdline-tools  emulator  extras  licenses  ndk  platforms  platform-tools  skiaparser  sources

(base) jain@jain-ThinkPad-T440s:~/Android/Sdk$ cd platforms

(base) jain@jain-ThinkPad-T440s:~/Android/Sdk/platforms$ ls

android-31  android-34  android-36

6:

Same issue in "react-native doctor"

 ✖ Android SDK - Required for building and installing your app on Android

   - Versions found: 35.0.0, 36.0.0

   - Version supported: 34.0.0

Part of logs from "npx react-native info"

SDKs:

  Android SDK:

    API Levels:

      - "31"

      - "34"

      - "36"

    Build Tools:

      - 35.0.0

      - 36.0.0

7:

FROM CHATGPT:

Using Android Studio GUI

1. Open Android Studio

2. Go to More Actions → SDK Manager
   (Or: File > Settings > Appearance & Behavior > System Settings > Android SDK)

3. Go to the SDK Tools tab.

4. Check "Show Package Details" (bottom right corner).

5. Under Android SDK Build-Tools, look for 34.0.0.

6. Check the box next to 34.0.0.

7. Click Apply to install it.

FINALLY:

Common

 ✓ Node.js - Required to execute JavaScript code

 ✓ npm - Required to install NPM dependencies

 ● Metro - Metro Bundler is not running

Android

 ✖ Adb - No devices and/or emulators connected. Please create emulator with Android Studio or connect Android device.

 ✓ JDK - Required to compile Java code

 ✖ Android Studio - Required for building and installing your app on Android

 ✓ ANDROID_HOME - Environment variable that points to your Android SDK installation

 ✓ Gradlew - Build tool required for Android builds

 ✓ Android SDK - Required for building and installing your app on Android

8:

NOW ANDROID STUDIO

Part of logs from "npx react-native info"

IDEs:

  Android Studio: Not Found

Part of logs from "npx react-native doctor"

 ✖ Android Studio - Required for building and installing your app on Android

Device Manager in Android Studio: