pi-android-cli

Android development tools for pi, bridging the official Android CLI and low-level SDK binaries.

• 📦 npm
• 🔗 GitHub
• 🖼️ pi.dev/packages

Tools

Tool	Description
android_cli	Generic wrapper for the official android command (info, update, describe, create, emulator, docs, layout, etc.)
android_project	describe project metadata / list_templates via Android CLI
android_docs	Search and fetch from the Android Knowledge Base (android docs search / android docs fetch)
android_layout	Capture active app UI hierarchy as JSON (android layout)
android_gradle	Run Gradle wrapper tasks (./gradlew)
android_adb	Low-level ADB commands (devices, shell, install, etc.)
android_emulator	Manage AVDs. Prefers Android CLI; falls back to raw SDK binaries
android_logcat	Capture, filter, and clear device logs with PID resolution

Commands

Command	Description
/android-sdk	Show discovered SDK path, CLI path, and binary locations

Install

From npm (recommended)

pi install npm:pi-android-cli

Or pinned to a version:

pi install npm:pi-android-cli@1.0.0

From git

pi install git:github.com/RHMDHDYT/pi-android-cli@v1.0.0

Local (project-only)

pi install ./path/to/pi-android-cli -l

Requirements

• Android SDK: Set ANDROID_HOME or ANDROID_SDK_ROOT. Auto-discovers common paths as fallback.
• Android CLI (optional but recommended): Download from developer.android.com/tools/agents/android-cli. Auto-discovers from PATH.

Auto-discovery

The extension searches for:

• SDK: $ANDROID_HOME, $ANDROID_SDK_ROOT, ~/Library/Android/sdk (macOS), %LOCALAPPDATA%\Android\Sdk (Windows)
• CLI: android in PATH, ~/.local/bin/android, ~/Library/Android/sdk/cmdline-tools/*/bin/android

License

MIT