Android Question B4A Installation - Stuck on SDK Licence

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rodmcm

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Reinstalling after a long break from B4a
The installation instructions says..Make sure to read and agree to the SDK license. Click on the Windows command line tools to see the license.
How do I do this please?
 
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This would not happen if you followed the steps in B4A installation guide.
You only need to unzip the files.
You don't need to run SDK Manager.
 
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Thank you... aeric perhaps you need to read this as if you are a first time user. the SDManager is not mentioned. These instructions need a rewrite.....
  • You need to download two components, both of them do not require installation.
  • Download Android SDK Command line tools (13114758).
    Make sure to read and agree to the SDK license. Click on the Windows command line tools to see the license.
    Android Studio is not needed and will not be affected by the command line tools (which are always required).
  • Unzip it in a folder such as C:\Android
  • Download the required resources (7_25).
 
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Maybe the direct link for Android SDK Command line tools zip file should be removed or updated to point to the link of the SDK license.

The link of SDK license will redirect to the official download links where the JavaScript on the page will pops up a License Agreement dialog.

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Scroll down, tick the checkbox and click the download button.
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Actually, what we need is download the zip file from the direct download link on B4A installation page but we should not ignore the terms and conditions on Android SDK official page.
 
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You are correct... it really needs rewriting so that a first time user both understands the options and has a clean set of instructions...
 
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aeric

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Something like this:
  • Download Android SDK Command line tools (13114758).
    Make sure to read and agree to the terms and conditions on the pops up page.
    Tick the checkbox at the bottom and click on the Download button.
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    You can click on this direct download (143.0MB) link if you are fully agree to the terms and conditions.
    Android Studio is not needed and will not be affected by the command line tools (which are always required).
 
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When I downloaded and extracted the files I did not get a pop up page.... that's where my questioning began.
 
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rodmcm said:
When I downloaded and extracted the files I did not get a pop up page.... that's where my questioning began.
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Because you download from the direct link. This bypass the pop up page.
This is good for developers who doesn't care or bother to read the long page of terms and conditions.

From what I understand, one of the reasons for end user to agree to the license agreement or terms and conditions is the software provider get a legal protection against the case where the software damaged the end user PC and the end user can sue them on court.

So make sure we as the developers or the end users are understood that the provider will not responsible if anything happen to our computers due to the usage of software product.

Second thing is someone may claim the product as theirs or make financial benefit.
 
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